Sometimes if you don't have XM, you don't have baseball

"Patterson noted that since XM and Major League Ball announced their exclusive contract in the fall of 2004, about 23% of new subscribers have cited baseball as a factor in their decision to get XM."

• Chance Patterson, VP Corp. Affairs, XM, in Jan. 2006, physorg.com news

I heard a listener call in to XM the other day from Jacksonville, Florida. He'd wanted to see or hear the Tampa Bay v Baltimore game, but:

1. IT WAS BLACKED OUT ON MLB TV.
2. IT WAS NOT ON ANY BROADCAST RADIO STATION IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA.
3. HE WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO BALTIMORE TO SEE THE GAME.
4. XM RADIO WAS THE ONLY PLACE ON THE PLANET HE COULD GET THE TAMPA BAY-BALTIMORE GAME.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GLOBAL GAME OF BASEBALL? Fine, what about complaining that the New York market has all the media money, & how can small markets like Tampa Bay survive? ANSWER:

• GET SOMEONE FROM MLB TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THIS RIPOFF. IF SOMEONE IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA IS BLACKED OUT FROM THE GLOBAL GAME OF BASEBALL, I SUGGEST EVERYONE AT MLB, MLB.COM & MLB ADVANCED MEDIA RESIGN.

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