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Originally Posted by issybird
Not living in the Yankees' market means almost no opportunity to watch them play absent a pricey cable package which is against my religion. Even when they play the locals, it's mostly carried by a cable channel which is not part of my as-basic-as-you-can-get lineup - which I have only because it comes to the same as internet only.
But you've got me.  If I won the lottery, I'd probably stump up for the necessary during the baseball season. |
Thank you.
I got rather nasty response from the cable company when they first wanted to install to house. Told them all I wanted was Yankees Baseball. Didn't want Starz, HBO, and various other things, just baseball. The idiot on the phone told me I was "unAmerican" They did not get permission to install line to house. We still are not hooked up over 40 years later.
Fast forward - I can now subscribe to MLB on the Roku, get At Bat for tablet and phone free and watch whatever teams I'm interested in - without any movie channels in the way. We have wired DSL, it's fast enough. Now I want the Golf Channel for the other half so he can watch the majors he is interested in. Neither one of us cares whether or not it's HD as long as we can see the picture, or in my case, hear the announcer call balls and strikes.
Fighting to get service does depend on what type of policies the city you live in follows. Northern Colorado is fighting to and installing city internet systems, I don't think our city will follow suit.
I do watch games and read at the same time - or I will be pursuing another hobby while watching a game. There is always instant replay. I also don't mind the game being a day late and a dollar short. At least I can watch it after the fact.