cwgrody, 9 months ago

@emarktaylor @baseball @baseball — The #Reds are blacked out here on the MLB app. In Columbus. In Ohio. We only see them during #MLBBigInning or during national network games. (The same is true of the #Guardians and the #Pirates. Goofy.)

emarktaylor, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @baseball @baseball

But wasn't that game played in SF?

stevenray, 9 months ago

@emarktaylor @cwgrody @baseball @baseball well, I can’t watch Giants games whether they’re at home or away.

cwgrody, 9 months ago

@emarktaylor @baseball @baseball — Yes, but TV blackout rules in baseball are designed to make you watch the local broadcast — Bally, Root, etc. — on your local cable/streaming packages. It doesn’t matter where the game is if the “local” teams are involved.

I met one #BlueJays fan on here who was blacked out despite living thousands of kilometers west of Toronto. 🤷‍♂️

MarvinFreeman, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball The chance I would watch a paid local broadcast (or a national one) is zero. So, I follow a team 1000 miles away. This is not good for the long term viability of MLB.

hawaiiboy, 9 months ago

@MarvinFreeman @cwgrody @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball Hawaii is blacked out for the entire west coast, and always has been. Go figure.

cwgrody, 9 months ago

@hawaiiboy @MarvinFreeman @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball — That makes no sense at all.

emarktaylor, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @baseball @baseball

Doesn't the local broadcaster want you to watch so they can sell adverts for more money?

Is this why you're a world expert on the San Diego Padres - cuz you don't live there?

cwgrody, 9 months ago

@emarktaylor @baseball @baseball — They also want the payments from the cable/streaming companies to show the content.

PynkEmber, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball It's very strange that the TV broadcasts are blacked out, but the radio broadcasts are not.

cwgrody, 9 months ago

@PynkEmber @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball — Don’t give them any ideas. 😊

tonyslatte, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball
The terrible thing about living abroad - I no longer can cheer for my Dodgers in person at Chavez Ravine.

The great thing about living abroad - I no longer have to worry about the stupid streaming blackouts.

#MLB #Baseball #Dodgers #streaming #blackouts

DarthSn3ak3rs, 9 months ago

@cwgrody @emarktaylor @baseball @baseball
The MLB blackout rules are so antiquated and only hurt fans, it's ridiculous. The territory lines and areas are too sweeping and you get fans blacked out by multiple teams in some parts of the country. It's just dumb.