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out of market baseball games rant.

  • Ok, so I live in Swansboro, NC. I can drive to Myrtle Beach in 1 hour and 45 minutes. How in the hell is the Washington Nationals considered "in market"? They are playing in Cincinnati so i cant watch the game. I am beyond pissed right now and feel like breakibg sonething. It makes no sense whatsoever to not be able to watch a Reds game in Cincinnati because a team 2 states away is playing them.

    Someone explain this to me.

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  • North Carolina has like 4 teams in their market which is stupid. They are all blacked out too. Many orioles fans in NC can't watch the team because of this rule.

    Hot Sauce

  • MarineMountie said...

    Ok, so I live in Swansboro, NC. I can drive to Myrtle Beach in 1 hour and 45 minutes. How in the hell is the Washington Nationals considered "in market"? They are playing in Cincinnati so i cant watch the game. I am beyond pissed right now and feel like breakibg sonething. It makes no sense whatsoever to not be able to watch a Reds game in Cincinnati because a team 2 states away is playing them.

    Someone explain this to me.

    surely you realize myrtle beach is yankee country?

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  • cockengr said...

    surely you realize myrtle beach is yankee country?

    Doesn't matter. The fact of the matter is, I am nowhere near DC. Why should I not get to watch the Reds playing in Cincinnati just because they are playing against a team that is 2 states away from me?

    I only go to Myrtle to golf. If I want to go to a nice beach I drive 10 miles from my house to Emerald Isle.

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  • Get MLB Extra Innings with DIRECTV. I can get that started for you whenever.

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  • MarineMountie said...

    Doesn't matter. The fact of the matter is, I am nowhere near DC. Why should I not get to watch the Reds playing in Cincinnati just because they are playing against a team that is 2 states away from me?

    I only go to Myrtle to golf. If I want to go to a nice beach I drive 10 miles from my house to Emerald Isle.

    I was being facetious and alluding to the number of northerners in Myrtle Beach, which make Washington games "in market"...twas but a jest.

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  • Longhorn in OK said...

    Get MLB Extra Innings with DIRECTV. I can get that started for you whenever.

    Had Extra Innings last year. They black out the Nationals games as well because they are "In Market". At least MLB TV lets me watch the games 90 minutes after they are completed. MLB TV archives every game for me and is $100 LESS than Extra Innings. Never going back to Extra Innings unless they lower their ridiculous price.

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  • Do media blackouts actually boost attendance? I mean, is there data confirming this? I've had more than a few Braves games blackedout in Tuscaloosa (a couple were actually away games, so... wtf?) and the Alabama spring game was blackedout when I was in Atlanta. I mean, how far away do you have to get?

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  • sf2k4 said...

    Do media blackouts actually boost attendance? I mean, is there data confirming this? I've had more than a few Braves games blackedout in Tuscaloosa (a couple were actually away games, so... wtf?) and the Alabama spring game was blackedout when I was in Atlanta. I mean, how far away do you have to get?

    Alaska apparently.

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  • Okay this thread is confusing as hell. I watch all the Braves games on FSS and SportsSouth, which includes all the Braves games. The games I can't see are all the other teams. I am in the Braves market too. So I guess y'all s teams just suck at TV deals.

    TroyTide

  • TroyTide said...

    Okay this thread is confusing as hell. I watch all the Braves games on FSS and SportsSouth, which includes all the Braves games. The games I can't see are all the other teams. I am in the Braves market too. So I guess y'all s teams just suck at TV deals.

    Lol! Has nothing to do with tv deals.

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  • TroyTide said...

    Okay this thread is confusing as hell. I watch all the Braves games on FSS and SportsSouth, which includes all the Braves games. The games I can't see are all the other teams. I am in the Braves market too. So I guess y'all s teams just suck at TV deals.

    To be fair, compared to when we used to be on TBS, our TV deal sucks, too.

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  • MarineMountie said...

    Lol! Has nothing to do with tv deals.

    Apparently it does, because in the Braves market you can watch their games on basic cable or satellite. Doesn't seem to be the case elsewhere from what I am reading here.

    TroyTide

  • sf2k4 said...

    To be fair, compared to when we used to be on TBS, our TV deal sucks, too.

    Apparently it's still better than these other guys teams.

    TroyTide

  • TroyTide said...

    Apparently it's still better than these other guys teams.

    You really have no idea what you are talking about. Just stop. TV deal? Seriously?

    I can get the Nationals games just like you get the Braves games. For some reason, even though I'm 2 states away, they consider the Nationals our local team. That means their games are blacked out on MLB TV and MLB Extra Innings. Doesn't matter if they play home or away, they are blacked out. They play on a local station that I get, but I have to record that on my DVR. I was unaware that the Reds were playing the Nationals yesterday, so I didn't record it. You can watch your Braves on your local station, but you wouldn't be able to watch them on MLB TV or Extra Innings because it would be blacked out.

    Nothing at all to do with TV deals. Its just that the local station has the rights. Its like that in every city.

    This post was edited by MarineMountie on 5/12/2012 at 1:19 PM

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  • MarineMountie said...

    You really have no idea what you are talking about. Just stop. TV deal? Seriously?

    I can get the Nationals games just like you get the Braves games. For some reason, even though I'm 2 states away, they consider the Nationals our local team. That means their games are blacked out on MLB TV and MLB Extra Innings. Doesn't matter if they play home or away, they are blacked out. They play on a local station that I get, but I have to record that on my DVR. I was unaware that the Reds were playing the Nationals yesterday, so I didn't record it. You can watch your Braves on your local station, but you wouldn't be able to watch them on MLB TV or Extra Innings because it would be blacked out.

    Nothing at all to do with TV deals. Its just that the local station has the rights. Its like that in every city.

    You may want to go back and read your post, because it read like you couldn't get it at all.

    As for your complaint, get over it, just DVR the game and watch it on TV. Geez. Sounds to me like it's your fault that you didn't get to watch it. Also how could you not know who your team was playing anyhow?

    TroyTide

  • TroyTide said...

    You may want to go back and read your post, because it read like you couldn't get it at all.

    As for your complaint, get over it, just DVR the game and watch it on TV. Geez. Sounds to me like it's your fault that you didn't get to watch it. Also how could you not know who your team was playing anyhow?

    My complaint was more about the Nationals somehow being my local team. It just doesn't make geographical sense. Also, I hadn't looked at the schedule and I must have missed it during the 3rd Brewers game that we had the Nationals next in Cincinnati. I've caught every game so far this year because of how great MLB TV is.

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  • Its a team ownership issue, not a rights issue. If they don't sell out 48 hrs before the game is played the owners will usually black it out to the market they play in.

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  • shoeless7777 said...

    its the best out there , i got mine after you mentioned it in one of your posts a long time ago - thanks

    Shoulda built it through me and saved $150.

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  • MarineMountie said...

    Had Extra Innings last year. They black out the Nationals games as well because they are "In Market". At least MLB TV lets me watch the games 90 minutes after they are completed. MLB TV archives every game for me and is $100 LESS than Extra Innings. Never going back to Extra Innings unless they lower their ridiculous price.

    Tell that to the MLB owners. They have to compensate for the rediculous salaries they pay these dudes.

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  • Cincy is winning 1-0.....and I have to say this game looks mighty fine on the new tv.

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