Stupid question, but can we get comcast here? I've been thinking of getting Direct TV, but realize that a lot of Cubs games have gone with Comcast recently.
Cubs Blackouts
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Ah, so we would have to go through the HD feed on channell 665 for Cubs Comcast games.
Funny thing - as a Cubs fan in DSM, I can't get Cubs games via MLBtv.com. But I was travelling last summer and was in Madison for an evening.
Sitting in the hotel bar, I was "watching" the game via that pitch by pitch thing you can get free off Cubs.com.
The bartender was nice enough to take my laptop and log himself in - and brought up the video stream of the game.
So a Cubs fan 6+ hours away in DSM can't get the game. But can just 2 hours away in Madison. Anyone want to explain the sense of that to me?
most Cubs games on espn during the week are blacked out, if the game is on Sunday night it wont be blackes out......April 12 Cubs vs Brewers, April 19 Cubs vs Cards on sunday night baseball!!
That's funny because I thought MLBTV blacked out the games just like TV depending on your region. I was pretty sure of it because I strongly considered getting that one year.
I have CSN in central Iowa. I don't know why you wouldn't have CSN in central Iowa, unless your provider (i.e. Mediacom) doesn't want to pay to carry it (ala the BTN).
Bingo. Imagine what your Mediacom bill would look like if Mediacom carried both FSN Midwest & Comcast SportsNet.
When FSN Chicago became Comcast SportsNet (all of the big 4 sports teams and the Tribune own an interest in the channel), Mediacom chose FSN Midwest because of Big 12 coverage and in the terms of fan interest and following, since the Cardnails would be considered the #2 team in Central Iowa, picking up FSN Midwest was a logical move for Mediacom.
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Tonight's came will be on Comcast Sportsnet and if you have either DirecTV or Dish Network, you're good to go.
Yeah - the black out for televised games and MLBtv.com go hand in hand. I was just trying to illustrate how stupid the rules are being a person 6 hours away without adequate coverage can't get the game, and a person 2 hours away WITH coverage (I think they had Comcast) COULD get the game.
Here's a pretty good writeup on the situation, I think
The MLB TV Blackout "Geniuses" Are At It Again - Bleed Cubbie Blue
The blogger can slam the Royals all he wants, but fact is, KC is the closet MLB market to Des Moines and back in the day, the Royals consistenly drew fans from the Central Iowa area. It's much easier (and quicker) to hop in the car and drive to Kaufmann Stadium than it is getting to Wrigley Field.
Yes, it doesn't help that the Royals haven't been in the playoffs since 1985 :no:, but field a good team with just a little bit of marketing on KC's part and the Royals would once again draw fans from this area. Not to mention, in recent years, the radio home for the Royals have been all of the dial. This year, the Royals are on KXNO and hopefully it's the start of a long term deal.
That's what you read into that? A slam on the Royals???? :no:
Point is - 6 teams in Iowa are blacked out because of these idiotic rules. None are especially close to make any real attendance impact and none - save the Cubs and Cardinals perhaps, then the WhiteSox I suppose, are on TV with any amount of regularity to warrant such rules.
And I believe the Cubs are on WGN less that half the games (maybe even as little as 30-40%) and the ONLY cable provider in the area DOESN'T carry Comcast - which carries the bulk of the Cubs games.
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You got blacked out because the zip code for your credit card is in Iowa, while the bartenders was not. The Cubs don't claim Wisconsin as their territory, while the Brewers lay claim to Iowa.
If you're wondering "does that mean that even if I'm willing to pay for it, MLB's asinine blackout rules won't let me watch the game?"
That's exactly what it means.
It was a logical move, but it was a stupid move. In order to show ISU/Big 12 football games during the fall, Mediacom decided to alienate and **** off an entire fan base for 6 months.
You would think that the morons running Mediacom could find space for CSN somewhere.
