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Major League Baseball Releases Webcasting Plans
TopShelf writes "With spring in the air, it's time to discuss the (US) national pastime. According to this story at CNN, Major League Baseball is planning to webcast 1,000 games this season. The interesting part is that in order not to violate TV blackout rules, they'll try to deny service to viewers who instead have local broadcasts available, using Quova's user-location service. At last, an opportunity to see my hometown Detroit Tigers more than once a year!"
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At last, an opportunity to see my hometown Detroit Tigers more than once a year!
Why on earth would you want to do that?
TheFrood
If you say "I'll probably get modded down for this..." then I will mod you down.
As if anyone on Slashdot likes sports!
...posted with the expressed, written conscent nor implied oral conscent of major league baseball. Cease and desist!
why run from Vincenzo?
all we need is little foil hats and they wont be able to read our thoughts to see where we are.... they have satellites you know.
THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!! eventually.
Bart: "See, I told you Major League Baseball was spying on me!"
McGuire:"Do you people want answers, or do you want to see me hit some zingers?"
Crowd: "Zingers!"
If the user-location service proves ineffective, what will the MLB do?
Speculation welcome
Unless they break away to commercials between innings, I'm not interested.
Being bombarded by ads (either at home or at the game) has become as much a part of the beloved pasttime as the game itself.
If they're not gonna let me be a part of that, then NO THANKS!
Slightly OT: the major league baseball's website http://mlb.com redirects you to "http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/homepage/mlb_ho mepage.jsp" ! Can you beat that? I've seen this on a web design hall of shame ;^)
--Your Boss.
NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
*gasp* You mean our beloved players don't play for the love of the game? The owners want _MONEY_? The executives are CLUELESS?!?!?
I mean, no offense, but in what country is THAT news? "Professional Athletes, Owners are Spoiled, Want Money. Film at 11:00."
FAR more interesting is re-reading your above line. Greedy owners, spoiled players, weak executives. Hell, it's no wonder it's America's passtime. It's a MICROCOSM for $DIETY's sake. With the Microsoft Yankees, the AOLTW A's, General Motors Giants, and let's not forget the Amway Cubs.
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Is on "one free beer for everybody in the stands per player who tests positive for steroids night".
I wonder what Visa will do when you dispute a $100 charge on your credit card.
After you dispute the charge, MLB sends some "Customer Service Technicians" over to your house to give you a personal "Batting Demonstration" as part of the process to make sure that you are being "Serviced" to the extent that they wish.
if they traceroute through the sewage lines mentioned earlier on slashdot.
... next I hope they start doing this for sports.
-pyrrho
However, MLB plans to go on strike after the third game, thus reducing the total number of webcast games.
Since so little actually happens in a baseball game, the compression ratio should be pretty nice, meaning low bandwidth requirements.... cool. :)
Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
Well, it certainly makes baseball a hell of a lot better :P.
Game... blouses.