Got some great laughs from this segment, but seriously, you should pitch the 'Yard Crashers' idea...brilliant stuff.

Loved the Nolan Ryan show!

American Idle. Designers compete to create the best mother's-basement fan-caves for baseball stat geeks who have never actually been to a game.

In behind all the goofy fun, there's a really good idea here. Why aren't they showing baseball-themed movies? Why can't we get winter ball there? Why isn't it better integrated with mlb.tv? (For that matter, how long will the insanity of people not being able to get the local team's games on mlb.tv continue?)

I propose replacing "Intentional Talk" with a 3-hour show where Kevin Millar is placed in a suit covered in layers of squeaky toys, and contestants are allotted time to whomp on him with wifflebats. The winner of the competition is given five extra minutes with the bat.

The audio of this show will be preferable to "Intentional Talk" so long as Millar is muzzled.

This show would leverage the popularity of Honkbag (http://www.honkbag.com).

The West Wing: Behind the scenes of the Angels

The Wire: A drunk cop and a detective try and bust PED users all while tapping the phone lines of MLB GM's!

Treme: Go behind the scenes of a dying culture in baseball! RBI's, clutch, and batting average try to stay relevant in a changing culture

Ok, Ian's were better, but whatever.

Genius! I would gladly pay Direct-TV much more if they would carry your MLB lineup. I know that you are carrying Jonathan Swift's train, but I really wanta see this stuff live and for real.

I believe that what makes your humorous takes on the sport and its denizens is that you really really love this game and its whackadoos. Wow!

Sweet Jesus this was good.

Why aren't they showing winter league games? That would be much preferable to repeats of their ongoing analyst babble. Keep the Spanish language announcers instead of broadcasting the games in English. Even if you don't understand Spanish, the announcers in the winter leagues are much more entertaining.

Outstanding work, Mr. Miller.

This tickled me. Loved it.

Awesome piece. I love Clubhouse Confidential, but everything else on mlb network is close to unwatchable. This amazing lineup of shows would seriously change that! Kudos Ian, great work.

C'mon Ian, we all know the #1 show they need is a TV version of Up and In. With MLB's budget maybe they can lure KG away from the Astros.

Agreed that "Got Heeem" is the worst utterance from a would-be sportscaster not named Stewart Scott.

Worst part is these would-be analysts don't do their homework. With the dozens of hours spent on the Gonzalez-Beckett et. al. trade, no one ever mentioned that Boston got anything but Loney. No mention that Allen Webster was the prospect that the Dodgers were unwilling to part with to get Ryan Dempster, nor that Rubby de la Rosa, prior to blowing out his elbow had made ten starts and was averaging the fastest average fast-ball speed in the leauge (Strasburg still nursing his own TJ surgery). Now the two are never even mentioned among Boston's possible pitching staff. Unbelievable.

This might make paying for MLB Network worth it.

I'd watch Luke Scott's show every night, like a true American.

These are funny, but they really should do better, especially in the off season. This is a perfect time for someone like Will Carrol to have a fascinating show filled with tips on how young pitchers can stay healthy. It would not just make money, but could conceivably help a lot of kids make it through high-school without blowing out their arms.

Let's not forget Rich Dauer.

I only just recently subscribed to cable. Did MLB Network cover the winter meetings, and if so, was the coverage good?

Also, someone above described the network as "failing." Is that just a reference to "failing" to produce watchable off-season content, or "failing" in that they'll probably shut the whole thing down?

I've liked what little I've seen of MLB Network's in-season programming on TV at friends' houses. Sure, Millar is god-awful (just as he was a god-awful player), but most of the guys are watchable, and it's a thousand times better than "Baseball Tonight".

Millar and Reynolds: I don't even know where to begin, so I won't. My jaw is literally open when I listen to them. Stupefying!

I believe Mitch Williams did a great job putting on some pounds and jumping as the emergency relief host on The Knife Show. Will Cashner also be making an appearance?

Once the season ends they could show a rotting stump 24/7 and it would be more interesting. An occasional Clubhouse Confidential is worth a half hour, every once in a while hot stove is ahead of everyone else on a story, but the absolute best program they have is the Ken Burns Baseball innings on Tuesday nights. The Nolan Ryan show needs to happen.

I would rather watch "Mr. 3000" starring Bernie Mac on an endless loop for 96 hours than even watch Kevin Millar for five minutes...and I'm NOT just saying that because I'm a Yankee fan.

The Emerald City: High Times with Tim Lincecum.

Just the dude cruising around Seattle with his Frenchie getting high. I would watch this for real.

Man, you guys are harsh. Sure, I would prefer to see fewer repeats, but I rather appreciate having MLB Network around, thank you very much.

You forgot "Jay Jaffe's 'stache for Cash" .... a live gameshow hosted by Mr. Jaffe in which each week, contestants must provide compelling arguments for which of 2 major leaguers would look better if they had Mr. Jaffe's 'stache. Facebook voting during the show would determine the winning contestant.

Also, "Breaking BABIP": Unemployed college stats professor living in his mother's basement finds out he has terminal cancer, starts cooking up "crystal methods" . . . new stats that every GM seemingly can't get enough of.

I'm guessing the design credit for Chez Papelbon goes mainly to wife Ashley.

Offseason programming is always going to be weak for any sport-specific network. There's only so much new content available.

I enjoyed the classic games they showed in their first offseason. It seemed like each weekend had a theme. I distinctly remember the 20-strikeout weekend where they showed both of Clemens's games, Johnson's game, and Wood's game.