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[andy9o]

I don't have cable tv. Don't have a ton of use for it, as what little time I have never happens to fall during a show I actually want to watch. I prefer to pick up the box sets on Amazon after the season is over. The only thing I would like to watch live, is Baseball. But, if you want to watch Baseball in New England, you have to see it on NESN, and to do that, you have to have cable.

Or, you could pay $80 or $110 (Regular or Premium/HD) to watch it streaming! Just, not live.
From their website, the blackout conditions:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscri...iliateId=mlbMENUBANNER

UNITED STATES (INCLUDING THE TERRITORIES OF GUAM AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS) AND CANADA
Regular Season Local Live Blackout: All live games on MLB.TV are subject to local blackouts. Such live games will be blacked out in each applicable Club's home television territory (except for certain home television territories for which MLB.com may offer in-market subscription services). If a game is blacked out in an area, it is not available for live game viewing. Each game will be available 45 minutes after the conclusion of the game as an archived game (archived games are blackout free).

In addition, note:
? These blackout restrictions apply regardless of whether a Club is home or away and regardless of whether or not a game is televised in a Club's home television territory.
? All live Toronto Blue Jays games are blacked out throughout the entire country of Canada.
? Additional teams may also be subject to blackout in parts of Canada based on their region.
? All live games will be blacked out in the U.S. territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the MLB regular season.

To find out which Club's live games are blacked out of the area where you will be watching the game, enter the zip code of that area here and click Go:
If you think we have inaccurately determined your blackout restrictions, you may call Customer Service at 866.800.1275 (US) or 512.434.1542 (International).

Regular Season Weekend U.S. National Live Blackout: Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, live games occurring each Saturday with a scheduled start time after 1:10 PM ET or before 7:05 PM ET and each Sunday with a scheduled start time after 5:00 PM ET, will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Live Audio of such games is available as part of any MLB.TV subscription or as part of the MLB.com Gameday Audio Package. Each game will be available 45 minutes after the conclusion of the game as an archived game (archived games are blackout free).

Postseason Live Blackout: Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, during the MLB Postseason, all live games will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada. Live Audio of MLB Postseason games is available as part of any MLB.TV subscription or as part of the MLB.com Gameday Audio Package. Each game will be available 45 minutes after the conclusion of the game as an archived game (archived games are blackout free).

Really? $80 so I can NOT watch them live? $80 that goes straight to MLB, not to Comcast, or Verizon, or some other damn company? $80, plus commercials...for what? I'm willing to pay for the stream, but, I'm not willing to sit down to watch an evening game 45 minutes AFTER ITS OVER. Nothing like some midnight baseball. Maybe I'm the only person who feels like this is shafting the consumer, but, screw it... I'm done watching baseball.

 

[OCGuy]

Edit: Damn!

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Edit: Damn!

Nice try.

 

[mugs]

I don't mind paying for cable even though I don't watch a whole lot of live TV other than sports, but I'd love it if the Devils could get some freaking respect! MSG put them on their fourth-string channel last night (MSG PLUS 2) because both the Rangers and Islanders were playing, and they had some Knicks retrospective crap on their main channel. Jerks. Unfortunately Comcast doesn't carry the channel they were on (at least where I live).

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: andy9o
stuff about mlb.tv

For me, I like morning baseball. Baseball at 10:00am PST thanks to 1:00pm EST games.

How many games are blacked out? I'm a Giant's fan living in San Diego, so I can watch most games except when they play SD and it's locally broadcast, and when they plan on a nationally broadcast television channel (which I can watch on TV).

Even with the blackout, I like baseball in general and like having baseball on in the background while I do stuff even if it's teams I don't care for (I'm really watching Col vs Ari right now? Well, it's on so why not).

And if you really really cared you can use a proxy to get around the blackout? I got the premium as I have in past years.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: oogabooga
And if you really really cared you can use a proxy to get around the blackout? I got the premium as I have in past years.

Good idea. It may be based on the ZIP code of the credit card you use to sign up. If so, you could just have a friend or relative in another area buy the subscription. If that person is located in another team's market, games against that team would still be blacked out, so pick someone who doesn't live near a team the Red Sox play a lot.