Washington Nationals fans just don't give up

Luckily for the region's 1.3 million Comcast viewers, the Washington Nationals' season opener Monday was televised on ESPN, so the spectacle of most of a major metropolitan area being unable to view its team's first game in 2006 was averted. But since only 40 of this season's 162 matchups will appear on national broadcasts by ESPN and Fox or locally on WDCA-Channel 20 because Comcast and Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos still haven't solved their television-rights dispute, the Washington area is in danger of repeating last year's blackout debacle. Right NOW, another team's owner can earn revenue from your team's telecast. Why is this allowed to go on? It's like a crime family, who exists to get into the next guy's territory with nobody asking big questions. It must violate something.

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