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STO Post Game - Pie Video

Harrydoyle_tiny by Harry Doyle on

This season because of the Extra Innings/Direct TV Debacle, my cable company, Cablevision, didn't get the E/I Package until June.  (Of course, it was offered at the full-regular season price eventhough more than one fifth of the season had already gone by.  Thank you, Mr. Dolan.) By that time, I'd gone with XM and Gameday Audio to get the games.  

The one thing I have missed is the STO post-game interviews and the pies in the face of the players.

Is there a repository of these events somewhere on the vast and useful thing we call the internet?

If so, where?  If not, can someone create one?  

It would be greatly appreciated by video-challenged fans like me!

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Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
Sorry to hear about your particular E.I. debacle, but for what it's worth, the issue seems to be resolved for several years to come.

You might like to know, however, that E.I. subscribers get the exact same feed as MLB.tv subscribers, so you wouldn't be seeing the pie either way.

As far as I know, the only way to get out-of-market pie is to subscribe to the regional sports networks package, which includes STO, and which is only available through DirecTV.

by Jay on Aug 16, 2007 12:38 PM EDT reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
This and the NFL Network (and I suppose the Big Ten network) are the only reasons I'm sticking with DirecTV.
Turf Toe -- Sports skewered weakly (and weekly.)

by emd2k3 on Aug 16, 2007 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I love the fact that we both typed 'DirecTV' in the proper spelling/upper and lowercase format.

I have a hell of a time remembering 'TiVo'.

Turf Toe -- Sports skewered weakly (and weekly.)

by emd2k3 on Aug 16, 2007 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
My problem with Direct TV (No I won't bother spelling it that way) is that I have my phone and internet with Cablevision too.  I'm not giving up that bundle just to get these extras.

Too bad STO hasn't thought to make the post game interviews avaialable over the web.  My only hope is that the Indians go all the way this year(for this, and other obvious reasons) because this is surely fodder for the incessant WS pregame shows.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 16, 2007 2:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
Apparently Jacobs Field (?) ran a compilation set to "Carmina Burana":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s3Y95Ib76U

by JulioBernazard on Aug 16, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
Thanks, the internet is a wonderful thing.  Let's all send Al Gore a thank-you note for inventing it.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 16, 2007 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

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W told us all that it's actually the "Internets."

by JulioBernazard on Aug 16, 2007 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Whoa guys!  Sports blog here, watch the fiery political rhetoric!  For your purposes please use the name Cal Bore and the initial X.  Thank you.

by NickFantana on Aug 16, 2007 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

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The references to a couple political figures. I'm not deleting the two posts, but please stay away from asides like this in the future.

by Ryan on Aug 16, 2007 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I thought both posts were tepid at best, but I've taken note.

by JulioBernazard on Aug 16, 2007 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

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My bad, Ryan - broke out the old joke about the internet, and forgot it may be taken badly by others.  I'll refrain from this sort of diversion in the future.
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 17, 2007 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
It would be a big mistake for anyone to assume that the readership here is predominantly "red" or "blue."  What I can guarantee is that whatever kind of comment someone wants to make, there will be a lot of people who don't take it well.

I'd like to comment on your comment, but I won't.

by Jay on Aug 17, 2007 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

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....and I'd like not to comment on your non-comment to my comment, but I couldn't.

OK, silly enough.  I'm done!

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 17, 2007 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

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Man, do I hate those red and blue labels the media has foisted upon the country as a sort of political shorthand.

Most people, when you get down to it, are some varying shade of purple.

Turf Toe -- Sports skewered weakly (and weekly.)

by emd2k3 on Aug 17, 2007 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

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The only RED and BLUE we should really worry about around here are the colors on the Indians uniforms.  It's nice to see them peacefully co-existing there, isn't it?
"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 17, 2007 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
Yeah, I just watched that three times.  Thanks.

by Thommy on Aug 16, 2007 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
The Indians are now selling "Rally Pie" T-shirts.

by nickjs21 on Aug 16, 2007 3:49 PM EDT reply actions  

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O RLY? Where do you purchase one?
"We've talked about it so many times," Wedge said, "but this is a special group."

by CarnegieAndOntario on Aug 16, 2007 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I saw them at the Indians team shops.

by nickjs21 on Aug 16, 2007 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Hmm... I see nothing on the indians.com Shop or even on eBay. I'll have to take a run up to the Jake or something.
"We've talked about it so many times," Wedge said, "but this is a special group."

by CarnegieAndOntario on Aug 16, 2007 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Actually the online merchandising is run through MLB while the Indians themselves decide what goes in the team shops.  So discrepancies are quite common.  

by nickjs21 on Aug 16, 2007 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I did not know that. Good tip.
"We've talked about it so many times," Wedge said, "but this is a special group."

by CarnegieAndOntario on Aug 16, 2007 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Shoot. Wish I was anywhere near that area. As it is, I'm on the verge of buying one of those T-shirt jerseys (of the Fausto variety).

by Gradyforpresident on Aug 16, 2007 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I spoke to someone at the team shop in Akron.  He confirmed that they have it and that it (and a lot of other merchandise) is not available on the web.

Are the rally pie shits exclusive to the team shops, or can they be bought at other local merchants?  I'd like to find a rally pie shirt closer to Canton so my mother can buy one for me.

Any suggestions?

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 17, 2007 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
You've got me, but it would seem only a team shop would have it.  

by nickjs21 on Aug 17, 2007 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Did you guys see the PD article about fans being pizzed that the team shop carries Yanks merch?

http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2007/08/indians_selling_out_to_the_ene.html

I think it's OK if the Indians keep some of the revenue. Or does it all go into the MLB kitty?

by JulioBernazard on Aug 16, 2007 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

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That is pretty nauseating, money maker or not. I wonder if they were just stocked with NYY crap because they were in town? Does the team shop do that with all visiting teams?
"We've talked about it so many times," Wedge said, "but this is a special group."

by CarnegieAndOntario on Aug 16, 2007 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I know I've looked for Indians stuff in Oakland, DC, and maybe a couple of other places and never seen it. I was looking more out of curiosity than anything else.

by afh4 on Aug 16, 2007 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Yeah, I went into a Nationals/DC sports store yesterday and they had only Washington stuff, except for the stack of Yankee hats. Disgusting, really.
Now the Lord can make you tumble, and the Lord can make you turn, and the Lord can make you overflow... but the Lord can't make you burn

by Turkmenbashi on Aug 17, 2007 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

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Do all team shops have Yankee stuff now, I wonder aloud. Now that would be nauseating.
"We've talked about it so many times," Wedge said, "but this is a special group."

by CarnegieAndOntario on Aug 18, 2007 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

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According to the article, it would seem that other teams do not do this.  Imagine trying to buy a Browns sweatshirt at Heinz Field or a Yankee hat at Fenway.  You may not make it out of the store alive.

After reading the story, I'm torn.  I know it's making money for the Tribe (and not the other team), so that's a good thing.  But there have got to be other ways to make $$$.  In the article, the rep for the team said they've been doing it for years.  That doesn't make it right.  Besides, non-Indians gear was probably the only thing they could sell there back in the 70's.

Jerry Seinfeld had a good bit about sports fans and the fact that we're really rooting for the uniforms rather than the players in them.  If that's true, I think the team owes the fans some respect by not selling out to earn what it seems to admit is a small portion of its profits.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 16, 2007 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

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They can't possibly make enough money on this to justify it.  I'd love to see the sales numbers.

by Jay on Aug 16, 2007 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

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I was at the mall yesterday and asked someone working at the team shop.  He was actually pretty open about it: about $10,000 per game for the weekend, just on Yankees stuff.  This particular team shop didn't even sell any New York gear, so I assume most of that comes from the ballpark.  Why someone visiting from New York would already be wearing Yankee stuff is beyond me, which brings up a disturbing image of Clevelanders sporting pinstripes.

by nickjs21 on Aug 17, 2007 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
$30K (probably gross) hardly seems enough to justify the loss of goodwill from Indians fans, who are likely to be buying an exponentially higher amount of stuff.

Anyother GREAT business decision there folks.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Aug 17, 2007 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Re: STO Post Game - Pie Video
Only New York, and only when they come to town.  On a much smaller degree I've seen some Red Sox stuff.

by nickjs21 on Aug 16, 2007 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

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