I would give my eyeteeth to be able to watch the Reds (home) - Cincinnati - Ohio (OH) - City-Data Forum

progmac · 09-23-2010, 06:04 AM

Does it seriously P.O. anyone else that we can't even watch our own baseball team without a $65 cable package? The Reds are having an amazing season and I can't even watch them. Anyone know if there is any talk of changing fox sports ohio's anti-American practices and iron grip on our city?

Cincy Rider · 09-23-2010, 08:48 AM

They used to be broadcast the away games on Channel 5 WLWT years ago.

Most people have cable, you and me are in the minority. MLB-TV blacks out the local teams, so not sure what the point is of even having that service.

I don't have a link but the games can be found online if you can figure out torrents....

Tubby513 · 09-23-2010, 09:55 AM

I'm with you guys. Hell, our tax dollars are going to pay for the stadium, isn't that sort of a "right" to see the games? Same with Bengals...every home game we hear this threat of being blacked out if it doesn't sell out. That's bull**** to me.

But really, I very much enjoy listening to the games. Sure, it would be great to watch too when I was feelin lazy, but that desire will never be enough for me to get cable. I never watch TV, and it would be lose-lose if I got cable. Either I'd continue to never watch (save for Reds games) or I would watch a ton and hate myself.

I just have better things to do than watch 500 lb people lose weight, or hear about the $hit My Dad Says. And those are network examples, so the options of things to watch really opens up with cable. I can't imagine sitting in front of the TV each and every night with a list of shows to watch...jesus.

progmac · 09-23-2010, 10:18 AM

i have watched some online through weirdo sites. quality is horrible.

i guess it is just a reminded of how baseball is first and foremost a business. if anything else were the truth, i'd be able to watch the games with bunny ears or at least the low-end cable package. i think baseball used to be something more, but i imagine those days are long gone.

webbbj · 09-23-2010, 10:51 AM

NFL is the only pro sport to put every city's home team on free tv.

t45209 · 09-23-2010, 07:06 PM

I'd gladly pay to get the Reds home games through a service so I could fire Time Warner Cable. I really don't see why the Fox Sports couldn't deliver a web service. What do they care whether they get their money from directly from the consumer, or through the hacks at TWC?

jlawrence01 · 09-23-2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by progmac

i have watched some online through weirdo sites. quality is horrible.

i guess it is just a reminded of how baseball is first and foremost a business. if anything else were the truth, i'd be able to watch the games with bunny ears or at least the low-end cable package. i think baseball used to be something more, but i imagine those days are long gone.

Wasn't this pretty predictable?

First, baseball started putting the first rounds of the playoffs on the pay channels.

Second, they charged you to listen to the games over the web.

Oh well, I have AT&T Uverse with 200+ channels and plenty of additional web content and rarely find myself looking at a baseball game.