FOX to increase Primetime presence, blackouts

We've learned more information today, and this isn't going to please people who hate the MLB blackout rules.

During the primetime schedule, [including 10 straight weeks between May and July] all games scheduled between 7 and 10 PM EST will air on FOX locally and be unavailable to watch on MLB Extra Innings or MLB.tv. Normally, FOX blackouts only take out three afternoon games at a time. During the primetime periods, the blackouts will take out five or six games at a time.

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doesn't this mean there'll be a lot more saturday afternoon games?

by craigws on Feb 19, 2012 8:43 PM CST reply actions

yes. they said that at soxfest

Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.

by KenWo4LiFe on Feb 20, 2012 12:26 AM CST up reply actions

yougottabefugginkiddingme

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by homesickalien on Feb 19, 2012 11:40 PM CST reply actions

you'd hafta think they'll quit that in the next few years.

unless fox is offering more money than they could ever make from mlb.tv.

by craigws on Feb 20, 2012 12:29 AM CST up reply actions

the fox contract runs through 2013

hopefully now that mlb.tv is a much stronger product than in 2006 they can leverage away the national blackouts.

link

I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.

by thatshortkid on Feb 21, 2012 10:39 AM CST up reply actions

why are you complaining.

it means you will see more white sox games.

by larry on Feb 20, 2012 1:42 AM CST up reply actions

i kind of doubt that

The white Sox aren’t going to be the game they show over the Angels/Rangers vs just about anybody out west.

by e-gus on Feb 20, 2012 2:07 AM CST up reply actions

this isn't that hard.

there’s a schedule. with game times.

by larry on Feb 20, 2012 2:12 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

national games broadcast in different regions are terribly innaccurate

or atleast they were when i lived out of state.
many a disappointing saturday.

by e-gus on Feb 20, 2012 9:10 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

the listed games were merely suggestions

with the program directors having final say as to what was saw in their market

by e-gus on Feb 20, 2012 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

seen

by e-gus on Feb 20, 2012 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

unless i'm missing something larry is saying the sox adjusted to fox saturday night blackouts by scheduling

a shit load of day games on saturday.

Kenwo4life=ratings. Just call me Mr. USA Today.

by KenWo4LiFe on Feb 20, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions

and nearly all of them are on WGN

which she should be able to see on tv

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by KenWo4LiFe on Feb 20, 2012 11:26 AM CST up reply actions

my understanding is the white sox prefer to host day games on saturdays in may/june. so this maybe just provided additional impetus for that. in any event, an out of towner will be able to see more white sox games this season, though a part of that is that the white sox aren’t exactly an attractive game right now, either. and if one is in seattle, one of the national games is against the mariners and another is against the cubs on a day without a yankees-mets or dodgers-angels so there’s a decent chance that will be the “national” game.

by larry on Feb 20, 2012 1:05 PM CST up reply actions

Jesus, gus.

We're all here because we're not all there.

by winningugly on Feb 20, 2012 6:52 AM CST up reply actions

As long as 60 Minutes is seen in its entirety, we're cool.

by FlyingSpaghettiMonster on Feb 20, 2012 10:32 AM CST reply actions

FUCK FOX

Everytime time the Sox are on Fox here in KC, Fox chooses to show the Yankees or some other team and Im pretty sure thats a local affiliate decision…I have no clue why they wouldnt show a divisional opponent other that KC’ers are on Yankees and Cubs nutz too

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by Grinder Rule #42 on Feb 20, 2012 5:04 PM CST reply actions

oh woops....what e-gus said

"Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches" Jim Bouton

by Grinder Rule #42 on Feb 20, 2012 5:05 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

heh, larry's right: the sox look to suck so bad fox doesn't want the broadcasts.

sort for saturdays: http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=cws&year=2012

that being said, fuck fox and their motherfucking blackouts. baseball games don’t get ‘flexed’ like in football if one team is suddenly not awful and makes for a good tv matchup, right?

I love seasons too. That's why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones.

by thatshortkid on Feb 21, 2012 10:33 AM CST reply actions