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Enough of the "tributes" and "salutes". We don't need our teams playing in "Throwback" gear or unrecognizable colors. Today, the Giants are wearing navy blue caps to salute the military. Last week, they had jerseys of teams from the Negro League, using teams I've never heard of. Occasionally, they'll wear Orange, sometimes the logo is in Spanish.

The first part of the word is Uni...meaning ONE. Have a home uni, an away uni and leave it at that. I can bet the reason for all of the changes is to sell these bizarre looking one-offs, but having your team dress in anything but their jersey and hat detracts from the game.
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Right on mikew!!!

Negro Leagues: OK, it was nice, when it was historically legitimate, which means the origninal pre-expansion footprint of MLB, O N C E . San Francisco never had a Negro League team, and Phoenix was a town of 15K people when those leagues died out 60 years ago. I saw a game to other day where Tampa Bay was wearing the uniforms of a Jacksonville (150 miles away) Negro minor league team that existed for a few years in the 1930s. That is not historically accurate. If the teams in the northeast and upper midwest want to honor these teams permanently, then put up pennants for their past championships and retire some of their numbers from the team in your town.

Spanish: Pandering. Did MLB teams in the 1920s pick days to wear uniforms in Yiddish, Italian, Polish or German? No, they were a part of a wise social system that knew that a common language, no matter a person's ethnic heritage, was important and which encouraged newcomers to, without losing their culture if they so desired, learn the common language of the country in which they proposed themselves to live.

Military: Wearing a cammo or R,W,&B decal does not "support the military". It is, again, just pandering and feel-goodism. If you want to "support the military", join the USO. Get involved in politics and support whatever policies you feel are most condusive to their future success. Say thank you to a man or woman in uniform. Spend some time at a VA Hospital.

General Old Uniforms: As noted, the best uniforms are the ones that have not changed much. Yankees. Cubs. Dodgers. The original teams need to pick a style from the past and STICK TO IT, and the expansion teams need to pick uniforms that pick up on that style. I saw Tampa Bay, which apparently never wears its own unis, in 1967 AA Tampa Tarpons unifoms, which were just the 1960s era Reds uniforms with a modified logo (Tampa was a Cincinnati farm team). Ugh. Cleveland has like 20 uniforms, because, Cleveland never was any good and changed uniforms every few years to get a never-ending series of "fresh starts" and now it wears all of them this year.

And, while I am at it:

Batting practice uniforms have to go. WHITE shirts at home, grey on the road. No colors.

And, special memo to the Blue Jays and the Mets. Black is NOT one of your team colors. The Mets, with their systhysis of the Giants and Dodgers uniforms, have one of the best expansion uniforms. They toss that away to were sloppy black batting practice uniforms. Toronto likewise had the last natural team name left and picked up so very well on the traditional Toronto color of blue and had a cap logo that was just awsome. So they trade that for a black whatever with a pi**ed off looking bird inside a "J" (not even a "T").

Blue skies. Green grass. White uniforms.
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The throwback and salute uniforms are fine, provided they're not doing it as a marketing strategy to sell more and different uniforms. The Mets are a joke with their 65 different combinations of paraphenalia they can wear. You know there are a lot of poor saps who need to have all 65.

What really bugs me is the NHL, which uses third uniforms strictly as a marketing tool. At least they curtailed it this year, not sure what the plans are for next year.


Sandra
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Hey Sabres...I have been busy recently, my triathlon training has stepped up a notch since now I'm training for an Olympic distance triathlon, which is twice as long as the sprint triathlon I did at the end of May.

I traveled some with my job the last few weeks, so I haven't been home all the time.

Also, I started and stopped dating a guy in the last month and a half.

I have been in here on occasion, though, I did comment on how cute you looked it that blue dress in the chit chat forum, and how handsome your sister looked in her suit!

I'm leaving on a family vacation with nieces and nephews tomorrow morning and won't be back until Sunday July 13, so I'll start commenting after that.

After someone posted the picture of Roselyn Sanchez in that chit chat thread, I see no need to post a picture of me...let everyone think I look like that! Actually, I'm not computer literate with things like posting pictures online or anything, so even if I wanted to do it I'm not sure if I could.

Have a great holiday!


Sandra
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I'm leaving on a family vacation with nieces and nephews tomorrow morning and won't be back until Sunday July 13

I'm also going on a vacation to visit some relatives- to California's O.C. in roughly two weeks (My dad's parents are from California- he lived there for many years before he and my mom met in Buffalo).

However, there is an internet connection, so I will still be able to keep up with this site. But, I will not be on here the day I fly out with my family.

I will announce when that occurs, BTW.

Anyway,

good luck on your vacation, have a good time, and don't forget- the Ice-landers STILL STINK!
brainfry
.....And, while I am at it:

Batting practice uniforms have to go. WHITE shirts at home, grey on the road. No colors.

Ditto. Colored jerseys look ridiculous to me. We already have bloated offensive numbers that make the game softball-like--and with those colored jerseys, they look the part as well!
Peter Parker
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
No idea what improvements might be involved.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning. She hit FF and it went to 15x FF.
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Foxbat
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
Here's the one I need:
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dishstaller
Here's the one I need:
Just ordered one....that's great.
jsmit86
I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
long_time_Dish
They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
Oh, you mean "soon"? :biggrin
Almighty1
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner

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SuperDish_Fan23
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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HipKat
I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
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Well if it is because of reliability that wouldnt shock me.I went through 5 or 6 of them in little over 2 years. I loved the Sling when it worked! Saved lots of money having it in the day. That was probably 15 or 16 years ago?
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I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
Nominal
I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
You are thinking of the 921. The 922 was the first DVR with Sling functionality built in (that was eventually disabled along with the Sling Adapter for the 722s and the 1st Hopper because they relied on now-defunct Adobe Flash technology). With the bugginess described by others and the removal of its marquee feature (Sling) the 922 faded into obscurity once the Hopper 2 with built in Sling was released and they finally made the concept into a fully functional product.
dishdude
I had one, the front panel lighting was cool, the menus were fresh and a lot more modern looking than the ViPs. However, it was very buggy and the Sling functionality just didn't work well - I think it was due to internet speeds at the time. I think I had to pay $40 for the Sling app on my phone iirc.
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Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
harshness
Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
The two instances of "The" should have been highlighted.

Take
Me to the River - Talking Heads
dishstaller
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Bobby
I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
long_time_Dish
Little Bit Of Light - Strange Weather
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A Little Bit of Soap -- The Jarmels
dfergie
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Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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TRG
TRG
Two Chicago style hot dogs and a Fanta orange soda.
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Little mini pepperoni pizza, green beans, apples and chocolate milk.
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Fanta orange soda.
Sitting in fridge cooling off, bought 1 along with 2 Mexican Cokes at La Tienda... (I keep a few cokes stashed as well as in fridge and camper fridge)
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Garlic cheese bread
Green beans
Apples
Chocolate Milk
Some weird noodles. ;)
(They have salad and a couple other fruits if wanted)
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TRG
Club sandwich and corn chowder. Iced tea.
dfergie
Chili dog bowl, water… (homemade chili)
dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
Source Gateworld
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dfergie
The Tokra pt 1, I know pt 2 will be next...
(came across on Pluto tv live, went to media server for "clean" version)
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
osu1991
long_time_Dish
I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
Bobby
Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.

As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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Bobby
MLB, Brewers at Dodgers, Thursday 10-15, 6PM PDT, Channel 148-02.
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CFB, Notre Dame at BYU, Saturday 10-27, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.
Bobby
NASCAR, Freeway Insurance 500, Sunday 10-18, 12PM PDT, Channel 148-04.
Bobby
CFB, Ohio State at Indiana, Saturday 10-17, 9AM PDT, Channel 148-01.
CFB, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Saturday 10-17, 12:30PM PDT, Channel 148-01.
Bobby
CFB, Ole Miss at Texas, Saturday 10-24, 4:30PM PDT, Channel 148-03.
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Ramy
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.
Foxbat
Best fan sign I saw during the ND-BYU game: "Bear ate your Lucky Charms!" (Bear being the Cougars' QB). I was going to suggest, "Have you or your team been involved in a Carr crash?"
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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Jimbo
They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.