Exerpt from a Baltimore Sun article today..
Direct hit
Major League Baseball is near a deal to move its Extra Innings package exclusively to DirecTV from InDemand cable service. This package allows, say, a Baltimorean living in Seattle to watch Orioles games otherwise unavailable in his market.
Should the deal go through, that same Baltimorean would need to buy DirecTV's satellite service instead of cable if he wanted to see Miguel Tejada and Brian Roberts while he sat in his living room, drinking coffee and wearing his flannel shirt.
Full article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.frager09feb09,0,4059981.column?coll=bal-sports-baseball How weird is that?