Comments on: BLACKOUTS

By: Dave W

Dave W — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Not to nit-pick, but the Orioles-Braves game tonight is actually in Atlanta.

At least on my cable system, the game is on a local television network (WB54) and I think that is why they black-out the game on TBS - to force you to watch the local feed of the game.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Dave: Interesting. I've never had that happen before with a TBS game. I know when I lived in Georgia or even Alabama they occasionally blacked out an ESPN game--but they were showing it simultaneously on TBS.

Oh, well. I wound up going out for the evening about 15 minutes after the post, so would have just caught about 45 minutes of the game.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

You could have watched it on the local station since it was the Orioles.

And it's really only a 3 hour drive in rush hour from where you are. Unless you were speaking in terms of the round trip. :wink:

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'll have to remember that--although the Braves seldom play the Orioles. One of the disadvantages of DirectTV is that flipping throught the channels is a pain.

Shoot, it's almost a 90 minute drive during normal traffic up there.

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