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  On 1/29/2025 at 1:17 AM, Herbie Hancock said:

I’ll just do what I always do, and PM Spy for a link to the pirate site he’s posted the link to many times before. Then I’ll cast it to my tv and watch.

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I'm not paying for that bullshit. Guessing I'll become well-versed in pirate links. 

We'll survive. 

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15 OTA games according to Evan Grant on CW33 in Dallas and other channels in Texas. He said in a reply that YouTube TV could be a deal they're working on but it's just not part of the announced deal that's already been hammered out.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 2:01 AM, brojangles2 said:

If anyone somehow finds out what channel it will be on Spectrum, and what plan it requires, let me know. 

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I got this in my inbox this morning:

https://www.mlb.com/rangers/schedule/programming?partnerId=it-20250128-12433331-tex-1-A&utm_id=it-20250128-12433331-tex-1-A

It says Spectrum will be 448. DirecTV 677. U-Verse (that still exists?) 1752. DirecTV looks like the FSN/Bally's auxiliary channel. It also says Victory+ will allow users to authenticate their cable and satellite accounts to access the streaming content. 

First OTA game on CW33 will be the Friday, March 28th game against Boston. 

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Will be anxiously awaiting this to go live, so that I can know my own verdict. My Spectrum goes from 444-460 at the moment, does not even show a greyed out 448. I suspect that is a product of launch not yet occurring. Fingers crossed. pretty good news about Victory using cable creds to get access as well. 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 8:41 PM, brojangles2 said:

Will be anxiously awaiting this to go live, so that I can know my own verdict. My Spectrum goes from 444-460 at the moment, does not even show a greyed out 448. I suspect that is a product of launch not yet occurring. Fingers crossed. pretty good news about Victory using cable creds to get access as well. 

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Mine is the same.  That's probably the standard and they'll auto-add 448 later.  Hopefully

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Damnit, @Beau Vine

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The Rangers have signed shortstop Nick Ahmed to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training. 

The two-time Gold Glove award winner was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and I think that’s the most important thing to know.

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We also signed for Mariner great Sam Haggerty to a minors deal, that one ain't terrible. He might be the new Jank. 

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  On 1/31/2025 at 1:24 AM, mdmost said:

Not sure how well this will translate but this is the Spring training and regular season TV schedule. It looks like all Friday night home games are on CW33. Not sure which ones would be Apple+ because the schedule is not out yet.  

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https://x.com/Rangers/status/1885099366739836951

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I  hope the OTA network spreads out this way. Can't pick up any DFW stations, I could pick up a lot of Austin stations if I point an antenna out that way.

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  On 2/5/2025 at 3:55 PM, DougO said:

 

 

I  hope the OTA network spreads out this way. Can't pick up any DFW stations, I could pick up a lot of Austin stations if I point an antenna out that way.

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Where do you live? There's a list of the OTA stations at this link:

https://www.mlb.com/rangers/schedule/programming?partnerId=it-20250128-12433331-tex-1-A&utm_id=it-20250128-12433331-tex-1-A

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I love Elvis, but a statue seems a bit much. But OK, as long as it's a really good one I'll be happy. But it will probably be as bad as most sports hero statues propped up at stadiums and arenas.

Good sculpture ain't easy to come by.

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  On 2/6/2025 at 4:56 PM, mdmost said:

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I think statues are only for Hall of Famers. 

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Well that's cool.  I somehow have no recollection of that statue.  I don't care if Gonzo was juicing, he did it better than everyone else. Twice.

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  On 2/6/2025 at 4:33 PM, DougO said:

I love Elvis, but a statue seems a bit much. But OK, as long as it's a really good one I'll be happy. But it will probably be as bad as most sports hero statues propped up at stadiums and arenas.

Good sculpture ain't easy to come by.

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Read the post about who’s getting a statue again. 

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  On 2/6/2025 at 10:14 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Read the post about who’s getting a statue again. 

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Ah, OK my bad. I guess I shouldn't try to read boards before lunch after bouts of insomnia.

Next statue should be Mike Hargrove, with animatronic self-adjustments at the plate. He would be spending about the same amount of time between pitches as he did in real life.

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The promotions and giveaways plus the theme nights and community nights were published today. No UT promotions so I'm hoping it gets added in the future. Got to say, I want a jersey night like the other schools that are scheduled. 

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The Rangers intend to get Joc Pederson work at first base this spring, manager Bruce Bochy said. While the Rangers still plan to use him primarily as a designated hitter, they could get him occasional first base work over the course of the season.

Pederson was a full-time DH with the Diamondbacks last season. He’s never been a good defender, but that was the first time in which a team kept him off the field entirely. Pederson had played regularly in the outfield before that. He broke in as a center fielder with the Dodgers but had moved more or less to a corner role by 2019.

Bochy downplayed the chance of using Pederson in the outfield at Globe Life Field. “I would imagine he could go out there, but I think the focus is more at first base right now, to help out a little bit. I don’t envision needing more depth in the outfield,” the veteran skipper told Grant and other reporters. “He hasn’t been over there very much, so I imagine he’s got a little rust on him. But he’s taken some ground balls already and we’ll make a call later. We think it’s going to work.”

Pederson has played 154 major league innings at first base. He made a pair of late-game appearances there for the Giants two seasons ago. His only 19 career starts as a first baseman came with Los Angeles back in 2019. He committed six errors in 149 innings, leading to very poor defensive metrics in that tiny sample. It’s an unfamiliar position, but it’s not uncommon for corner outfielders to log occasional first base action.

Texas should have a strong defensive outfield. They’re lined up with Wyatt Langford, Evan Carter and Adolis García as their starting trio. Leody Taveras is on hand as a quality fourth outfielder who can step into everyday center field work if Carter has any kind of recurrence of last year’s injury issues.

First base is a little less established. The Rangers traded Nathaniel Lowe to Washington for reliever Robert Garcia. That came on the heels of acquiring corner infielder Jake Burger from Miami. He’s lined up for the majority of playing time at first base. Burger doesn’t have great on-base skills but brings a lot of right-handed pop. He has respectively hit 34 and 29 homers over the past two years. While he divided his playing time equally between the corner infield spots for the Fish, he’s unlikely to play much third base on a team that has Josh Jung and Josh Smith.

Pederson will work primarily as a designated hitter against right-handed pitching. Burger has had neutral platoon splits for his career. He’ll play frequently against righties, but there’s little harm in testing if Pederson can adequately step in on occasion. That’d also give Bochy some flexibility to get García or Langford off their feet at times, potentially drawing Taveras into the lineup on days when Texas wants a stronger defensive outfield. 

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