Thanks to ESPN, We See Giants Win NL West

The Giants clinched the National League West Division title today, and although millions of fans in the Giants’ “home territory” watched the game on the mainland, Giants fans in Hawaii were denied that pleasure until the top of the 9th inning.

That’s when ESPN inserted the final three outs into its “Baseball Tonight” show. Thank you, ESPN, for your broadcasting savvy, common sense and fan appreciation. Comcast, which owns the Giants television rights, showed once again it has no such qualities, for reasons detailed in this blog, below. Baseball fan Jim Loomis adds his perspective on his own blog.

Major League Baseball has demonstrated another quality – indifference. MLB executives stand on the sidelines, washing their hands of the Infamous MLB Blackout of Hawaii, saying in essence “it’s not my job.” They reason that since Comcast has done a deal with DirecTV, Hawaii fans are taken care of. News Flash to MLB: DirecTV has less than 5 percent of the Hawaii television market!

We now look forward to watching the Giants in the first round of the post-season, beginning Thursday against the Braves. We trust the playoffs are beyond the reach of the Comcast/MLB evil empire, but after two seasons of being blacked out on MLB.com and the largest cable system in Hawaii, nothing would surprise us now.