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Post by dschreib on Oct 2, 2024 14:52:20 GMT -6
So speaking of the TV home for Cardinals. Apparently late breaking news is that Bally's (Diamond) is dropping Cardinals broadcast. I guess broadcast rights go back to Cardinals to do whatever they want. Maybe a $20-30/month add on to existing or new streaming platform? Or renew with Bally's again anyway? Presumably whatever form that takes will be way less revenue than the $70 or so million per year they were getting. Which means more payroll slashing and more mediocrity? Or maybe the Cardinals had already assumed as much anyway? Overall, not a great situation having all STL professional sports teams on separate TV providers either. I think Chris should convince the bosses that Fox2 would be a fantastic home for the Turdbirds. |
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Post by bdgwx on Oct 2, 2024 16:47:58 GMT -6
According to reports Bally Sports will now carry only 1 MLB team next year (Atlanta Braves) unless the other 12 renegotiate their contracts.
And straight from the horses mouth, "The good news is it appears as though, almost under every scenario we're looking at, the fans will hopefully have a direct-to-consumer product to get our games, basically an app where they can stream games for a fee." -- DeWitt.
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Post by amstilost on Oct 2, 2024 17:16:33 GMT -6
An atmospheric weather question for anyone on here. Just driving from DeSoto North to Hillsboro and just noticed quite a few contrails which kind of surprised me after the cold front passage last night. There's a north-south one that's old it's pretty wide but there was three East West ones that stopped at the exact same spot north and west of Hillsboro. I was just curious if anyone seen those or what would cause contrails to stop at the exact same spot?  |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Oct 2, 2024 17:33:58 GMT -6
An atmospheric weather question for anyone on here. Just driving from DeSoto North to Hillsboro and just noticed quite a few contrails which kind of surprised me after the cold front passage last night. There's a north-south one that's old it's pretty wide but there was three East West ones that stopped at the exact same spot north and west of Hillsboro. I was just curious if anyone seen those or what would cause contrails to stop at the exact same spot? Change in altitude of the plane as it leaves the layer of favorable conditions for contrails...or... the plane flies away from favorbable upper level mositure profile. The compression in the engine is released as air exits the back of the jet. The sudden decompression causes a sudden, rapid drop in temperatures wich causes "flash condensation" of the available moisture within the layer... creating the cloud. It is not unlike how snow is made by ski resorts... just on a much different scale. |
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Post by amstilost on Oct 2, 2024 18:52:54 GMT -6
Thanks Chris,
I was just more surprised seeing the contrails in the first place. I just 'assumed' the air up there would have been pretty dry after the cold front Passage.
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Post by ajd446 on Oct 2, 2024 20:29:41 GMT -6
Chris, or anyone on this forum have any recommendation that are legit where I can donate some money to the effort of Hurricane Helene clean up.
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Oct 2, 2024 20:35:07 GMT -6
Chris, or anyone on this forum have any recommendation that are legit where I can donate some money to the effort of Hurricane Helene clean up. American Red Cross or Salvation Army are always good choices |
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Post by dschreib on Oct 3, 2024 7:18:05 GMT -6
According to reports Bally Sports will now carry only 1 MLB team next year (Atlanta Braves) unless the other 12 renegotiate their contracts. And straight from the horses mouth, "The good news is it appears as though, almost under every scenario we're looking at, the fans will hopefully have a direct-to-consumer product to get our games, basically an app where they can stream games for a fee." -- DeWitt. They're probably already trying to figure out how to charge consumers $15 each time they go to their own fridge for a beer during the stream. |
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Post by dschreib on Oct 3, 2024 7:19:55 GMT -6
An atmospheric weather question for anyone on here. Just driving from DeSoto North to Hillsboro and just noticed quite a few contrails which kind of surprised me after the cold front passage last night. There's a north-south one that's old it's pretty wide but there was three East West ones that stopped at the exact same spot north and west of Hillsboro. I was just curious if anyone seen those or what would cause contrails to stop at the exact same spot? Change in altitude of the plane as it leaves the layer of favorable conditions for contrails...or... the plane flies away from favorbable upper level mositure profile. The compression in the engine is released as air exits the back of the jet. The sudden decompression causes a sudden, rapid drop in temperatures wich causes "flash condensation" of the available moisture within the layer... creating the cloud. It is not unlike how snow is made by ski resorts... just on a much different scale. Do you miss the days of forecasting contrails? |
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Post by dgl1004-Moberly, MO on Oct 3, 2024 9:37:19 GMT -6
Attendance is going to probably be about as bad as I have seen it in my lifetime. Maybe some of the years in the early to mid-90's before LaRussa got there were worse but I don't remember. there were games I would go to in 1994, 1995 that they announced at "officially" about 17,000, and there were maybe 10 of us in the entire upper deck. It was quite depressing attending games back then but it was nice being able to pay $5 30 minutes before the first pitch to sit in the bleachers. |
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Oct 3, 2024 9:43:56 GMT -6
Big X9 solar flare this morning
Could be some visible auroras this weekend
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 3, 2024 15:06:18 GMT -6
The Cards are cooked until there is a major overhaul of the entire organization AFAIC...and I'm not seeing it. Once they lost their long-standing aces, it was the beginning of the end of their success.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 3, 2024 15:19:40 GMT -6
Several people have said "it's great we get a chance to dry out." I look at the next few weeks and wonder if we're heading back into a drought. This is definitely a favorable pattern for "flash drought" conditions with significant rainfall followed by weeks of little to no precipitation. It seems like we've entered a long-term dry pattern overall these past couple years after many wet years since 2008. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Oct 3, 2024 17:42:09 GMT -6
Change in altitude of the plane as it leaves the layer of favorable conditions for contrails...or... the plane flies away from favorbable upper level mositure profile. The compression in the engine is released as air exits the back of the jet. The sudden decompression causes a sudden, rapid drop in temperatures wich causes "flash condensation" of the available moisture within the layer... creating the cloud. It is not unlike how snow is made by ski resorts... just on a much different scale. Do you miss the days of forecasting contrails? Not really lol. |
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Post by dgl1004-Moberly, MO on Oct 4, 2024 7:48:18 GMT -6
The Cards are cooked until there is a major overhaul of the entire organization AFAIC...and I'm not seeing it. Once they lost their long-standing aces, it was the beginning of the end of their success. There have been rumors that DeWitt wants to sell the team. I am not sure I believe them but I do think a change that big could help get the team back to where they need to be. The attendance the last two seasons has taken a nosedive and even though I agree with the decision to do a complete overhaul of the farm system, the fact that DeWitt is letting Mozeliak and Marmol both stay on next season for it and not letting Bloom take over and hire his own manager to guide the team through the transition right away shows how tonedeaf he is when it comes to the fanbase or how little he cares about the fanbase. |
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Post by dschreib on Oct 4, 2024 8:19:25 GMT -6
The Cards are cooked until there is a major overhaul of the entire organization AFAIC...and I'm not seeing it. Once they lost their long-standing aces, it was the beginning of the end of their success. There have been rumors that DeWitt wants to sell the team. I am not sure I believe them but I do think a change that big could help get the team back to where they need to be. The attendance the last two seasons has taken a nosedive and even though I agree with the decision to do a complete overhaul of the farm system, the fact that DeWitt is letting Mozeliak and Marmol both stay on next season for it and not letting Bloom take over and hire his own manager to guide the team through the transition right away shows how tonedeaf he is when it comes to the fanbase or how little he cares about the fanbase. Tom Stillman and crew get my vote. That's a group of investors with a vested interest in the (financial) success of the area, not just the team. |
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Post by Jeffmw on Oct 4, 2024 10:32:48 GMT -6
You know it’s slow in the weather department when they start talking sports on here lol.
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Post by Worldserieschampions (Chicago) on Oct 4, 2024 11:31:39 GMT -6
There have been rumors that DeWitt wants to sell the team. I am not sure I believe them but I do think a change that big could help get the team back to where they need to be. The attendance the last two seasons has taken a nosedive and even though I agree with the decision to do a complete overhaul of the farm system, the fact that DeWitt is letting Mozeliak and Marmol both stay on next season for it and not letting Bloom take over and hire his own manager to guide the team through the transition right away shows how tonedeaf he is when it comes to the fanbase or how little he cares about the fanbase. Tom Stillman and crew get my vote. That's a group of investors with a vested interest in the (financial) success of the area, not just the team. I want a billionaire doing it as a hobby, not an investment. The bad teams in baseball are profitable. Most of the value comes from selling the team or the adjacent real estate like BPV though. If Tink Hence and Quinn Mathews are good pitchers, the turn around could be rapid even without raising payroll. Take the $13 million invested in Lynn and pay a bunch of smart people to optimize player development. |
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Post by dschreib on Oct 4, 2024 12:42:13 GMT -6
Tom Stillman and crew get my vote. That's a group of investors with a vested interest in the (financial) success of the area, not just the team. I want a billionaire doing it as a hobby, not an investment. The bad teams in baseball are profitable. Most of the value comes from selling the team or the adjacent real estate like BPV though. If Tink Hence and Quinn Mathews are good pitchers, the turn around could be rapid even without raising payroll. Take the $13 million invested in Lynn and pay a bunch of smart people to optimize player development.  That’s Tom getting doused and loving every minute of it. Don Lux, Andy Taylor, Thomas Schlafly are just a few of the others in that group. I don’t think we’d be disappointed.
I'd guess that some or most of that group are fans to begin with. I guarantee they know the value to the downtown area of putting a winning team on that field.
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Post by ajd446 on Oct 4, 2024 14:06:49 GMT -6
Tomorrow is.gonna be a scorcher for October standards. I believe all time oct temp is 94, I think we will make a run at it based on how efficient today heated up after morning clouds. But that's my opinion but it is feeling torchy.
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Post by yypc on Oct 4, 2024 14:17:40 GMT -6
Euro showing another hurricane making landfall with the gulf coast of Florida next Wednesday.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 4, 2024 15:59:13 GMT -6
Tomorrow is.gonna be a scorcher for October standards. I believe all time oct temp is 94, I think we will make a run at it based on how efficient today heated up after morning clouds. But that's my opinion but it is feeling torchy. 2007 was a scorcher with several days topping 90*...this is looking pretty tame compared to that but still plenty warm. I'd say KSTL may hit upper 80s/near 90 considering the influence of a thermal ridge and favorable SW flow. |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 4, 2024 16:05:23 GMT -6
Euro showing another hurricane making landfall with the gulf coast of Florida next Wednesday. That's looking like a compact storm that could wind up a bit...shear is running pretty high with a deep trof across the NE but the water in the E Gulf is still bathwater around 90* which could support a deepening storm on approach. That could be a big player for the Tampa/St. Pete area if it comes in like the GFS/EURO shows. |
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Post by Chris Higgins on Oct 4, 2024 18:01:37 GMT -6
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Post by showtime - Marissa on Oct 4, 2024 23:15:25 GMT -6
Very interesting indeed…..81/82 …. I seem to remember something about that winter lol |
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 5, 2024 9:00:22 GMT -6
I was just reading about that on Cohen's blog...could be an interesting winter if that continues. We're certainly long overdue for a wintry season and not these winters with a week's worth of weather and mild and snowless otherwise. Having three duds in a row would be very unusual. |
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Post by dschreib on Oct 5, 2024 9:08:36 GMT -6
92L looking pretty organized this morning.
Edit: or TD14
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Post by STGOutdoors on Oct 5, 2024 9:33:32 GMT -6
Yea, it’s developing ahead of schedule and looks very healthy and symmetrical. Not good.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Oct 5, 2024 9:58:53 GMT -6
0* isotherm making it's first arrival on the models towards mid-month...looks like a pretty good shot of cool air after a long stretch of warmth.
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Post by STGOutdoors on Oct 5, 2024 10:18:24 GMT -6
If it plays out as currently modeled Tampa is in trouble.
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