[IRCA] Re: Alternative Radio & MLB

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Curt, any Wobblers?



"W. Curt Deegan" wrote:

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  Today I listened to the first game of spring training on *radio*.
  The Florida Marlins and LA Dodgers as covered by the Dodgers
  announcers, were on XM Radio and Internet Radio.  I had hoped to hit
  a trifecta with local BCB radio also carrying the game, but the
  Marlins announcers were not covering it, so no local broadcast.  Only
  noticeable distinction was that the Internet was one to two seconds
  ahead of the XM audio.  This is especially interesting when you
  consider that Internet audio is usually 15 to 30 seconds behind the
  live TV action.  Unfortunately there was no TV coverage to compare
  with today - ESPN had the NY (of course) Mets and the Washington
  Nationals - so that ultimate four way comparison will have to wait
  until another day.  On the annoyance scoreboard, Internet radio
  dropped out once and required a pause and resume to restart the
  stream - not as bad as it often has been in past seasons, but it may
  well get worse as more games are carried.  XM radio did not score any
  annoyance points at all, functioning normally.  If XM gets any
  annoyance points over all, it would be because Internet radio carries
  all games, home and away announcers, while XM will only carry the
  home team announcers (or so I understand). No matter how you look at
  it, as a baseball fan, things are getting better.  Both on radio and
  on TV, with all the cable channel coverage of local teams.  I will
  miss, though, the challenge of listening to a game direct from WSB,
  wondering what happened during that fade out.  In that regard,
  Internet radio sort of keeps the thrill alive, when the stream clogs
  up. W. Curt DeeganBoca Raton, (South East) Florida

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