October 11, 201511 yr Are they not airing all the games on regular cable? It seems ridiculous that youd have to have mlbnetwork to watch the playoffs...
October 11, 201511 yr Are they not airing all the games on regular cable? It seems ridiculous that youd have to have mlbnetwork to watch the playoffs...They have also been airing on Fox Sports.
October 11, 201511 yr Author Hmm maybe its just where I live, fs1 hasnt carried it either. Thankfully I'm more interested in the NL this year, but why have one league so difficult to watch?(for this round at least)
October 12, 201511 yr It's ridiculous that you have to have cable. Got a dial up modem, too? Edited October 12, 201511 yr by Thrylos
October 12, 201511 yr I haven't seen a single Twins game on TV at my house because of the cable issue, which is sad because it's the only sport I really want to watch. But then again, I really don't want to spend the $ for one channel. MLBNetwork would be ideal but that isn't an option... Edited October 12, 201511 yr by RedBull34
October 12, 201511 yr Yup, it's like they don't want us to watch. btw, thrylos, around 50% of the Twin cities has cable.....lots of cord cutting, lots of people that don't have it for money reasons. If we are going to subsidize billionaires and millionaires, they should return the favor and let us actually watch the games.
October 12, 201511 yr Good news, MLB Network exclusive games are done for this postseason. It's all FS1, TBS, or regular FOX from here on out: http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule Edited October 12, 201511 yr by spycake
October 12, 201511 yr For those that don't get MLB Network, Fox Sports 1, or TBS, all three of those channels stream live online too. Just need to log in with a cable/satellite account -- maybe ask family or friends?
October 12, 201511 yr I understand that there are workarounds but that doesn't change the fact that it's ridiculous they expect you to need to use those or have a special subscription. As benefactors of their anti-trust position, I feel MLB should be required to broadcast these games in their local market. Kind of like the NFL does for cable games, if nothing else. Yes, I know their anti-trust thing is different than MLBs.
October 12, 201511 yr I understand that there are workarounds but that doesn't change the fact that it's ridiculous they expect you to need to use those or have a special subscription. As benefactors of their anti-trust position, I feel MLB should be required to broadcast these games in their local market. Kind of like the NFL does for cable games, if nothing else. Yes, I know their anti-trust thing is different than MLBs.Maybe ABC, CBS, NBC and regular Fox decided they'd rather show football, other sports, or their fall premiere shows than a sport that seems to get less and less popular to the TV watching public? Wouldn't they have to buy the rights to the games?
October 12, 201511 yr I understand that there are workarounds but that doesn't change the fact that it's ridiculous they expect you to need to use those or have a special subscription. As benefactors of their anti-trust position, I feel MLB should be required to broadcast these games in their local market. Kind of like the NFL does for cable games, if nothing else. Yes, I know their anti-trust thing is different than MLBs.I'd like to see free local postseason broadcasts too, but I'm not sure that was the complaint of this thread. Do we have TD posters in Houston and KC? I think 2006 was the last I remember the Twins having a free local postseason broadcast -- the games were on ESPN and simulcast by the local ABC affiliate. (2010 was the last year for weekly free regular season Twins broadcasts.) Of course, if we'd advance to the World Series, they'd be on free TV. It would be easy for the FS1 games to be simulcast on the local FOX affiliates, I'd think. MLB Network and TBS, not so much.
October 12, 201511 yr Good news, MLB Network exclusive games are done for this postseason. It's all FS1, TBS, or regular FOX from here on out: http://m.mlb.com/postseason-scheduleThat's too bad. I really enjoyed hearing Bob Costas call playoff games again.
October 12, 201511 yr This just in: Carlos Correa is a big, bad, stud! Two HRs and a double in today's game!
October 12, 201511 yr And a potentially game-losing play at short to follow up! it's a cruel game :-) Funny part was one of the announcers said that shouldn't have been an error. Edited October 12, 201511 yr by jimmer
October 12, 201511 yr Butera lining up to be the hero here!!!! BUTERRIBLE takes notes from Mauer and walks with runners on second and third!
October 12, 201511 yr Houston has blown a 6-2 lead in the top of the 8th, KC still batting. On the TV thing...the problem is that over-the-air broadcast platforms don't want to pay for playoff baseball. We're lucky cable picked them up, or we'd not be able to watch at all without literally paying for it. I understand not wanting to pay for cable/satellite, but then don't complain about not being able to watch cable/satellite.
October 12, 201511 yr We're lucky cable picked them up, or we'd not be able to watch at all without literally paying for it. I understand not wanting to pay for cable/satellite, but then don't complain about not being able to watch cable/satellite.Actually, "literally paying for it" in the form of a full postseason package of MLB.TV would be nice. And wouldn't be nearly as expensive as a hypothetical blackout-free regular season package.
October 12, 201511 yr it's a cruel game :-) Funny part was one of the announcers said that shouldn't have been an error.The Error stat just isn't the sabrmetric stat everyone wishes it was. Call it a hit, call it an error, it can still be a play that another player (or the same player on another day) makes. I don't worry about the official scorer's call on that.
October 12, 201511 yr Author Houston has blown a 6-2 lead in the top of the 8th, KC still batting. On the TV thing...the problem is that over-the-air broadcast platforms don't want to pay for playoff baseball. We're lucky cable picked them up, or we'd not be able to watch at all without literally paying for it. I understand not wanting to pay for cable/satellite, but then don't complain about not being able to watch cable/satellite.Well I have directTv, I just missed a few games because where I live they were only shown on mlbnetwork, not fs1 or any other channel. Apparently thats not gonna be an issue anymore but I still think its weird to have one league on tbs and the other, well wherever they end up. Especially when "wherever" is sometimes a channel that even people with cable, directTv, etc dont get.
October 12, 201511 yr Well I have directTv, I just missed a few games because where I live they were only shown on mlbnetwork, not fs1 or any other channel. Apparently thats not gonna be an issue anymore but I still think its weird to have one league on tbs and the other, well wherever they end up. Especially when "wherever" is sometimes a channel that even people with cable, directTv, etc dont get.Seems to be an oddity with DirecTV. Looks like their "Entertainment" package includes FS1, but they don't include MLB until one step further ("Choice" package). I think most systems include the two channels in the same bundles...?
October 12, 201511 yr The Error stat just isn't the sabrmetric stat everyone wishes it was. Call it a hit, call it an error, it can still be a play that another player (or the same player on another day) makes. I don't worry about the official scorer's call on that.yeah, I get that. I am obviously not a fan of the error/fielding % stat for many reasons, one because of plays just like that one where some might think it was a single (like one of the guys in the booth) and others think other-wise. Another scorer could have agreed with the guy in the booth. It was ruled an E-6 as it should have been. Edited October 12, 201511 yr by jimmer
October 12, 201511 yr Gibbons taking Dickey out for Price in the fifth inning when Dickey is sailing along and they are up six is just a terrible, terrible move.
October 13, 201511 yr Houston has blown a 6-2 lead in the top of the 8th, KC still batting. On the TV thing...the problem is that over-the-air broadcast platforms don't want to pay for playoff baseball. We're lucky cable picked them up, or we'd not be able to watch at all without literally paying for it. I understand not wanting to pay for cable/satellite, but then don't complain about not being able to watch cable/satellite. Cost is only a fraction of my reason for not having cable. The big reason being that I don't want the 10,000 other shows I'd have to pay for at the same time. I just find it to be a strange arrangement. I mentioned the local broadcasts before (which would not affect this year at all) because it seems like a reasonable midway point. I'd also love to rant about the scheduling of post-season game timeslots to anybody listening. Or did they fix that already? I guess I don't know because I don't have cable.
October 13, 201511 yr Let me, you know, buy it. I'm willing to watch a stream of a national broadcast. If MLB has to send some of the money to cable owners, that's part of their deal. As for not complaining.....our tax dollars literally fund hundreds of millions of dollars for each team, every 20 years or so, so ya, I think it should be available other than 1 way. YMMV, I'm ok with that.
October 13, 201511 yr I think it should be available other than 1 way. YMMV, I'm ok with that. You can always buy a ticket
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