Sometimes I prefer baseball games on the radio because they call all the plays. TV announcers know you are watching so they spend too much time yakking with each other. Radio announcers will even interrupt each other to call the play.
My father only listened to games when the Univ. of Wisconsin was playing, always on the radio because none of the three TV channels in Chicago broadcast those games.
Used to be a fan – went to a lot of games – then I quit watching pro sports because of the greed. When the players went on strike (NFL ’87) and tried to block paying fans from going into the stadium to watch the replacement players, it got ugly. The Philly Eagles linebackers started fighting with the fans – haven’t watched a pro game since. College has lowered themselves to the greed gutter since the teams are openly competing for TV money.
My neighbors in Norfolk didn’t have AC. In the summer they would sleep on the “summer porch” and have the baseball games on the radio to listen to. They were in their 80s in the 1980s. Still miss them.
Subscription TV packages – cheap for two years then pay with your arm, your leg and an eye because you could not see beyond the “Two Year Subscription Package Deal.” Sure you can unsubscribe anytime but I don’t know anyone who unsubscribed until the $400 + bill showed up lol
GROG Premium Member 4 months ago
Or their ticket prices.
The dude from FL Premium Member 4 months ago
Can’t live without my XM radio (for music in the cars)
wfhite 4 months ago
Or old time radio shows, as I said in an earlier comment on a different strip.
jojo318 4 months ago
Blame your favorite team for paying Ohtani 700 million dollars.
Johnnie Polo Premium Member 4 months ago
To stream the Red Sox is 30 dollars a month. That’s HBO Max and Netflix almost combined. No thanks.
The Humanist 4 months ago
Which sport is the most popular sport in the USA?
cageeey 4 months ago
Sometimes I prefer baseball games on the radio because they call all the plays. TV announcers know you are watching so they spend too much time yakking with each other. Radio announcers will even interrupt each other to call the play.
win.45mag 4 months ago
But you can afford 3 shopping carts full of junk food.
mourdac Premium Member 4 months ago
That’s how I grew up, both baseball and NFL.
rickmac1937 Premium Member 4 months ago
But now it’s tough to listen on radio because the greedy bast###s want to charge you if not in listening area
david_42 4 months ago
My father only listened to games when the Univ. of Wisconsin was playing, always on the radio because none of the three TV channels in Chicago broadcast those games.
raptor 4 months ago
Used to be a fan – went to a lot of games – then I quit watching pro sports because of the greed. When the players went on strike (NFL ’87) and tried to block paying fans from going into the stadium to watch the replacement players, it got ugly. The Philly Eagles linebackers started fighting with the fans – haven’t watched a pro game since. College has lowered themselves to the greed gutter since the teams are openly competing for TV money.
bigplayray 4 months ago
I canceled MLB network. They cut a Dodgers/Tigers game off in the 9th inning, with the score tied, to show the start of another game! UNFORGIVABLE!!!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 4 months ago
Sports fandom in 2024.
brick10 4 months ago
There is a certain nostalgia about listening to a baseball game on the radio – summertime, sitting in the shade of a big tree, sipping a cola.
Brent Rosenthal Premium Member 4 months ago
A good baseball announcer is better than watching it on TV. Tom Hamilton of the Guardians is always worth listening to.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 4 months ago
Ralph has always embraced wireless technology.
crazeekatlady 4 months ago
My neighbors in Norfolk didn’t have AC. In the summer they would sleep on the “summer porch” and have the baseball games on the radio to listen to. They were in their 80s in the 1980s. Still miss them.
pkrogh 4 months ago
Ah yes, Giants/Dodgers and Lon Simmons…..
Smeagol 4 months ago
Subscription TV packages – cheap for two years then pay with your arm, your leg and an eye because you could not see beyond the “Two Year Subscription Package Deal.” Sure you can unsubscribe anytime but I don’t know anyone who unsubscribed until the $400 + bill showed up lol
Bill The Nuke 4 months ago
My mother listened to every Chicago Cubs game and Heaven help the kid who touched that dial.
PAR85 4 months ago
Or going to the game.
eced52 4 months ago
Join the club.
jrdub Premium Member 4 months ago
Go Dodgers!