Baseball

Much like the NFL, MLB is trying to get you to subscribe to their network. Yesterday's playoff games were there, and not on the normal "free" cable networks.

Baseball playoff games used to be on network television. Everyone with a TV could watch them for free. Baseball ratings were soaring.

Then cable TV bought the rights to some of the playoff games. Only cable or satellite subscribers could watch them IF they were were lucky enough to have those channels in their cable lineup. Baseball ratings suffered a bit, but baseball made more money.

Then all of the playoff games were on cable TV. None were left for free TV.

Now some of the games are just on the MLB premium subscription channel.

My guess is yesterday's playoff games were the worst watched ever.

I think I'll skip the next few games myself as a means of protest. Baseball used to be America's number one past time. MLB is gradually killing the interest of once rabid fans. Soon no one will care about baseball. And MLB won't understand what happened.

I'm just letting them know, if you do this during football season, you are real idiots. You've killed the national past time, one broadcast contract at a time.