"I would like to think that if we increase the popularity of baseball," DuPuy said, "it ends up being a good thing."

I never understood why MLB thought driving fans away, which is what their blackout rules do for folks like me who are “kind of” close to their favorite teams, was a good idea.

since I’m in Florida, and I can use it to watch Rangers games. My roommate and I actually split it, so he can watch Red Sox games. But it is freaking ridiculous that because I’m in the State of Florida, I’m blacked out for the Marlins (not that I would watch them) who are 7.5 hours away from me, and the Rays (who I might watch, when they play the Rangers or just because they’re fun to watch) who are 4 hours away. The whole, reasonable expectation that I could make the game theory, is bullshit.

Let me put it this way… I’m blacked out for the Marlins who are 7.5 hours away, but I’m not blacked out for the Braves who are only 5 hours away. That state borderline really is a bitch though.

or those in houston, how many Rangers games do you get if you don’t get the Extra Innings package, or mlbtv.com?

I’m just curious because in DFW, I get maybe one or two Astros games a week, so I was curious how that worked in Houston…

I don’t know if this an option for you, but I live in Galveston, and use Direct TV. When the games are on FSSW I can watch them. When they are on MY27, I’m able to catch it on MLB EI, but I never order it, and don’t pay for it. I’m only paying for the regional sports package. The only downside is not being able to DVR the game when it is on MLB EI.

Blalocks Going Away

AJM—I’m curious how that works though. I have Dish in DFW, and I only get the Houston games if the Rangers are on my27. If you can live in Houston and get “just about all” the Rangers games, can I get “just about all” the Astros games in DFW?

I get all of the FSN and the other Rangers Network Games through Time Warner Cable (about 160 a year0 plus we get about half of the Astros Games, though I am not much of a National League Fan, Wednesday Nights ESPN game was blacked out but we got the FSN broadcast with Josh and Tom, if I lived in California or some other state I would have to pony up the bucks for the cable extra innings package, got to have Rangers BB

Well, there are a few of us here that can say that we contributed in some small way to this potential change with our emails to the commish’s office.

I can live with the blackouts on Sat. for FOX games and even Sun. night games for ESPN, it’s just all those other stupid blacked out games for no good reason that I have the problem with.