#milb

[based--ball]

anyone who wants to watch minor league baseball. for whatever reason. maybe the buffalo bisons. you can do this:

according to the bisons' website, you can watch their games (and all other milb games it seems) for free on bally sports live. you don't need a subscription or a credit card, it isn't a free trial, it is just free, but you do need to sign up with a cellphone number.

i have heard it works well from a reliable source (gracie @travisdermotts) and i signed up this afternoon to see what the deal was. it seems fine? the bisons aren't playing today but i was able to stream some other game. it does work in canada!

also, here is the schedule for the bisons.

(if you already have mlb.tv, you can also watch all minor league games through that. i just know most canadians wouldn't since the jays are blacked out lol)

[cstheday]

Just a group of athletes taking $0.75 hot dogs very seriously 🌭😭

[empyrean11]

Last night was Space Potatoes alter ego night for the Fisher Cats… first pitch ⤵️

[antrea]

at baseball!!! orioles top prospect enrique bradfield jr is doing rehab down here + wehiwa aloy 2025 golden spikes winner and pride of maui

[pitchburgh]

Waiow... this is just like Deep Space Nine.......

[sufferingthunderbirdsfan]

Trying to meet more mutuals with the same interests to be friends with

If you have any of these interests, I'd like to be mutuals

Hockey:

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Springfield Thunderbirds

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Baseball

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Cleveland Guardians

Worcester Red Sox

Columbus Clippers

Nature stuff

Random other stuff

[newhampshireofficial]

This world series is brought to you by 11 former Fishercats. Go Blue Jays!

[canvaswolfdoll]

so, when i have to kill time at work, i occasionally find myself looking up baseball teams. not actually watching baseball or doing particularly deep research, but i'll chase curiosities about japanese baseball and minor american leagues.

and you want to know what's currently happening with the minor league (hence milb)?

they've expanded from 120 teams to 121

the newest team?

the malmö oat milkers!

which is... a very brave thing to name your team.

and i'm sure you're wondering where malmö is. certainly odd for a us town to feature a diaeresis, i'll bet that town has an interesting history!

oh, it's named for a swedish city. so... where are the oat milkers actually based out of?

wait, can you elaborate on what this means?

oh. the oat milkers don't actually exist in a sort of 'everyone are the oat milkers' type of way.

so oatly, an oat milk company, has paid off the major leagues to create a virtual minor league baseball team. which is insane, but baseball teams are actually owned by major corporations in the background so at least there's a sort of... honesty* to this advertising stunt?

but also zero dollars from this deal goes to the actual minor league teams themselves, despite not being allowed to opt out of playing a game as and against the oat milkers, so it's all corrupt.

also i can't find any oat milkers merch online, so what's even the point if i can't get a baseball cap and/or jersey that says 'oat milkers'!?

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* the japanese leagues (the npb) notably integrate the parent companies into the names, which is how you get the yomiuri giants and the nippon-ham fighters