The Hawaii Blackout is no longer a season-long irritation to us thanks to our move to the mainland. But the B-O still affects Hawaii friends whose favorite teams are blacked out when they play Bay Area teams. (SF Chronicle sports columnist Scott Ostler once made the B-O his "Knucklehead of the Week" -- see 9/27/10 post.) This blog now promotes a "Run on Third Out" rule change. My proposal would energize baseball like never before, and isn't that what everybody wants? GO GIANTS!!!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Happy Ending of Giants’ 1-0 Win over Phillies:
What a Tease; Blackout of Coast Teams Means It
Was 1 of Only 17 SF Games on HI TV in 2012
At least the wait was worth it, but the classic pitchers’ duel (Matt Cain, 2 hits, no runs in 9 innings) and walk-off RBI in the 11th makes the blackout seem all the crueler. THAT’s the kind of Bay Area baseball Hawaii fans are denied watching due to the incomprehensible ruling by Major League Baseball that Hawaii is in the “home television territory” of the Giants, A’s, Padres, and Mariners. We’re still banking on the group of United States senators putting an anti-trust fear into Selig and Company.
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