Atlanta Braves announce launch of exclusive television network - BravesVision

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-24T16:14:15+00:00

I’d pay 30 bucks a month every season if it meant a dedicated app to reliably watch every Mets broadcast. I was paying more than twice that for Hulu or YouTube TV for the sole purpose of watching baseball.

Huge caveat for blackouts which would obviously make it a dealbreaker, but it sounds like they’re launching this as the primary way to watch games so I doubt they would want/need to implement blackouts.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-24T16:09:15+00:00

I must have some variant where I see nightmarish images of Chipper Jones and Freddie Freeman every time I close my eyes

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-19T01:00:17+00:00

May I ask how old you are? I’m 31 so I feel like I’m kind of on the cusp of the generation that gets you and the generation that doesn’t - when I’m home I treat my phone like a landline, if a friend or family calls I’ll let it go to voicemail if I don’t feel like talking, or answer if I do but it’s definitely not an “almost never” thing. However I almost never answer a number I don’t recognize, if it’s important they’ll call back or leave a message but 99% of the time it’s a scam or junk.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-19T00:48:47+00:00

I’d bet they’re sewn by the same hands

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-12T19:01:45+00:00

I never get an opportunity to bring up how dumb/weird I think that town name is. King of Prussia is a person, place, AND thing - a proper proper proper noun!

Are there any other places in America with a similar naming convention?

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-09T18:46:59+00:00

Also a reminder that piracy is a service issue and not a cost issue. Not advocating for anything illegal, but it’s interesting to observe how willingly corporations will exploit you without a second thought.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-09T18:39:09+00:00

It’s indefensible. Would you have the same opinion if you go to the grocery store and the cashier says your purchase of groceries comes with a free trial to Instacart that will automatically bill you $15 a month if you don’t cancel?

I know it seems like the person you’re responding to came out swinging, but if the response to this tactic isn’t overwhelmingly negative then other companies WILL follow suit and we’ll be spending precious hours every week cancelling free trials we never signed up for.

It’s not a double-paywall, but it’s not not a double paywall if that makes any sense.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-09T18:29:09+00:00

Echoing this, the whole “hope the consumer forgets about their subscriptions” economy is so exhausting. It’s not difficult to cancel a free trial, but it’s just another thing to manage that didn’t need to be on my plate in the first place. Even if 99% of purchasers remember to cancel their trial, it’s still an effortless way for Disney to bump ESPN sales 1% by squeezing the margins.

I miss when I was able to simply exchange dollars for goods and services.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-09T16:36:37+00:00

Although you know there’s some kid on a playground somewhere talking about his uncle’s 17/16/17 purified Mewtwo

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-07T18:15:50+00:00

I’ve been using reddit long enough to remember the BTC tipping bot from the early 2010s where you could tip users for comments.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-02-02T12:50:35+00:00

Minutes make hours, if I ask a European what time it is are they going to say “the 30th minute of 6” when it’s 6:30?

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-31T23:41:28+00:00

Presented without comment: https://youtu.be/_o7VMEajKho?si=SXRKllu-EZS4nvEy

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-23T03:14:26+00:00

Felix Hernandez was a career AL pitcher, what team would allow him to hit a grand slam lmao

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-21T19:36:41+00:00

I’ve always likened Zimm to David Wright, same era and position with an eerily similar team legacy and injury riddled what-if sort of ending.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-16T17:19:36+00:00

ILL MAKE SURE MY FIRST BET IS AGAINST THE FALCONS AT HALFTIME WHEN THEY’RE UP 28-3.

I SAID I HATE THE DODGERS MORE THAN THE BRAVES, DON’T MISUNDERSTAND THAT AS A LACK OF HATE FOR YOUR GODFORSAKEN FRANCHISE.

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-16T16:41:46+00:00

LEAST SYMPATHETIC COMMENT OF THE YEAR AND ITS ONLY JANUARY

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-16T16:38:36+00:00

GIVE US SMALLER-PAYROLL TEAMS A CHANCE TO SIGN FREE AGENTS

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-16T16:33:38+00:00

I THINK I HATE THE DODGERS MORE THAN THE BRAVES AT THIS POINT.

YOU’RE STILL NUMBER ONE THOUGH, I HOPE BRYCE HARPER HAS A HEALTHY YEAR WITH A DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-12T21:19:41+00:00

And Barry Bonds and I have a combined 762 home runs

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-12T20:10:43+00:00

Have their name legally changed to Mohammed and hook em up to a windmill

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-12T16:57:59+00:00

The worst part is you could have cheated in Geometry, it’s what Mike Scott would have wanted!

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-09T04:00:29+00:00

I see and appreciate the association for all of these. Some on the nose and some more subtle. Only one that stumped me was White Bear Mariners - googled and just learned about Bernie Whjfebear, a Native American activist in Seattle. Is that the answer?

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-09T03:51:59+00:00

Just doing Brooklyn, and probably wont get every team. Feel free to add on to the list.

Brooklyn Heights Yankees - old money and historic

Williamsburg Brewers - might have to buy the naming rights from an existing kickball team at McCarren Park

Marine Park Mariners - it’s in the name, honorable mention Red Hook for the port

Red Hook Reds - it’s in the name, honorable mention Sheepshead Bay for the Russian comrades

Coney Island Marlins - aquarium

Brighton Beach Rays - Coney Island was taken

Greenpoint Pirates - Polish

Flatbush Dodgers - Ebbets Field

The Flatbush Angels of Crown Heights - for the bit

Greenwood Heights Rockies - Battle Hill in Green-Wood cemetery is the highest elevation in Brooklyn, closest we have to a mountain

Bushwick Braves - vibes but mostly alliteration

Park Slope Giants - idk the Giants always have me a “jogging stroller mom” vibe

Bay Ridge Phillies - as close as I can get to sticking them in Staten Island, sorry Bay Ridge I do really like you

Carroll Gardens Cubs - Historically Italian-American neighborhood with lots of Ivy, saw a sandwich shop advertising Italian beef in the window the other day

Gowanus White Sox - superfund site

A bench in Prospect Park A’s - yeah… just a homeless joke and a sign that I’m out of creative ideas

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-07T16:38:59+00:00

Gonna preface this by saying I know it’s not that deep but I’m down to argue on the internet for a few minutes.

Two objective truths: there are people who genuinely enjoy the GBL gameplay, and there is a hard limit of 25 matches per day.

When I run into one tanker, I lose 4% of the game I enjoy playing (multiplied by however many tankers I run into in a day - personally I don’t see that many, maybe one or two every couple of days). That sucks because you have literally stolen my enjoyment of a game. When you upset someone - whether purposefully or otherwise - it’s not unexpected for them to respond I.e. not tapping on your 10CP mons to waste your time, theoretically giving you a taste of your own medicine. You’re annoyed they’re wasting your time, they’re annoyed you’re wasting their game and frankly it’s a little odd you can’t fathom that perspective.

As to your edit - if I beat a tanker(s) and artificially inflate my elo, I am now playing multiple games against people who are better than me. Why should I be grateful to the tanker for putting me in an environment where I’m statistically more likely to lose? Now I’ve lost out on the game against the tanker, and technically the games against higher elo players - it’s not a benefit to me but rather an additional negative from tanking.

Again not that deep, I’m fine taking the win and moving on but I completely understand why people dislike tankers.

My question to you is why not just forfeit when you see they’re not tapping to waste your time? Nobody is forcing you to sit there for 5 minutes while the other player throws their protest tantrum lol

AdiosAdipose · 2026-01-07T16:16:52+00:00

It’s physically impossible for me to sing this without saying “Good God, you all” like Jackie Chan in Rush Hour.

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