Good explanation of the absolutely bizarre MLB blackout rules:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2870960
...”Can anyone think of a good or service other than MLB, where customers chase a vendor around with $, yet the vendor goes to such great lengths to restrict the distribution of its own product?”...
If you want to see the idiocy of MLB territories, look at this map... In some areas six different teams claim the territory, and all are blacked out if you don't have a regional sports network carrying that team. My local cable doesn't carry Chicago teams, but I'm in their coverage are, so no games despite paying for the MLB.TV package.
![](http://royals.server310.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/MLBTerritories.jpg)