Blackout Blues: Not Quite Catching All the Action by Maury Brown

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On Baseball Prospectus: Not Quite Catching All the Action
Published 4/12/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
... Today, on Baseball Prospectus, I go over the national and local blackout policy for those stuck with MLB Extra Innings, MLB.TV and blank screens today. As I write in Blackout Blues: Not Quite Catching All the Action: ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Phillies, Saturday 4/12, 6:05 CT
Published 4/12/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... Report will be subject to any penalties (i.e., suspensions). Further: Friday's agreement also ensures there will never be another Mitchell report, as both sides agreed to keep players' names private until discipline is imposed in any future probe. The sides also agreed a player would be given any allegations and evidence against him before any investigatory interview. Will this do any good? Only time will tell. Also today, Maury Brown wrote at Baseball Prospectus on the TV blackout rules, which I just wrote about last ...

Blackout
Published 4/14/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... Here's what I'm hoping to accomplish with this post. First, I'd like anyone who was blacked out yesterday to post their location. Second, the other day when I wrote on this topic, I quoted Maury Brown's Baseball Prospective article ($) on the subject. Later that day I discovered that Maury had signed up to be a BCB member. So Maury, if you're reading this, I hope you too will post a comment, and perhaps if we raise our voices loud enough, even the see-no-evil-hear-no-evil-speak-no-evil ostriches who run baseball will see the light of their television screens. ...

Friday Night Fungoes: Dan Fox, Projections, and the Future, man!
Published 4/19/2008 by Justin at On Baseball and the Reds
... , I mentioned a series of recent issues related to MLB's tendency to not necessarily keep the best interests of their fans in mind. I forgot a big one: blackouts. Maury Brown posted a BPro article (I guess that's a reason to keep my subscription) about TV blackouts last weekend that is worth a read, though I frankly still just don't understand what MLB is thinking. Here's my favorite quote from it: ...