A question for people with a local MLB team
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el-remmen
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In NYC you need to have SNY (a cable channel that comes with most packages) to see most Mets games (about 1 a week is on local broadcast tv WPIX) and YES to see Yankees games.
Similarly, here in Pittsburgh to see the Pirates you need access to to the Root.
I paid for MLB.tv to watch Mets games for years since moving to Pittsburgh (but ironically could not watch when the played the local team due to blackouts) but cancelled it this year. I have basically given up on MLB after paying and barely watching the last 3 to 4 years (and not at all last year)
Similarly, here in Pittsburgh to see the Pirates you need access to to the Root.
I paid for MLB.tv to watch Mets games for years since moving to Pittsburgh (but ironically could not watch when the played the local team due to blackouts) but cancelled it this year. I have basically given up on MLB after paying and barely watching the last 3 to 4 years (and not at all last year)
Aeson
Up, up, and away.
My head is enormous. Normal baseball caps don't fit. I am always the exception to "One size fits all". I haven't worn a hat of any type in over 20 years. My dad was a ball cap/trucker hat guy. He might have worn a Cowboys hat if it was given to him, but you wouldn't catch him in a Rangers or Yankees hat.I’ve always been big on buying merch to display my fandom. And with the Rangers, their team colors (red, white & blue) lend some additional seasonal wearability.
But both of my Rangers caps come from an era when they were red, with the team logo- “T”- in navy & white. So I haven’t worn it outside of my backyard in at least a decade, to avoid any mistaken impressions IYKWIMAITTYD.
The most recent era had had a blue cap, but I’ll be damned if I’ll give them my money when I can’t watch the team.
Aeson
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I remember being able to watch the Cubs on WGN and the Mets on WWOR as a kid. At some point WWOR wasn't available nationwide any longer. It was wild watching those channels, because they aired local commercials for things we didn't have here. I don't know if WGN still shows Cubs games. I don't think they do.
el-remmen
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WWOR is where/how I watched games growing up.
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Hero
Red sox are on nesn . I think it’s a higher tier than basic cable. Tv38
. We are dating ourselves with that reference
Aeson
Up, up, and away.
This makes the user name make sense.Red sox are on nesn . I think it’s a higher tier than basic cable. Tv38
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
Here in BC, every Canucks game is on Sportsnet (basic cable), except if "Prime" (is that Amazon?) has the game on its Monday night telecast then Sportsnet - and thus, I - can't get it. I believe the same is the case in the Calgary (Flames) and Edmonton (Oilers) markets.
All the Blue Jays games are also on Sportsnet, Canada-wide, but that makes sense given the company that owns the network also owns the team.
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