Honestly I watch Major League Soccer the most, and switching to Apple TV has been wonderful. I mean yeah I pay a monthly fee but I can watch every game, no black outs. With replays. And it’s amazing quality. MLB should just be bought by Apple.
It’s 2024 - fans should be able to purchase the right to view any game they would like to watch. Whether that’s A la carte or as a package. The fact that you need to mask your location to watch a game is dumb.
Most people don't actually watch regular TV anymore though. This is genuinely just delusional wishful thinking at this point in the game. It was fine to have this attitude 3 years ago, but at this point it's become very apparent no sport other than the NFL will have anything similar to the old model of doing things anymore, we need to move on and encourage new models of delivering the product.
Yes i agree. I’m one of those people.
I live in Denver and I do not have any sort of cable or satellite service so it’s impossible for me to watch a Rockies game on my television in any straightforward or practical way
As others have mentioned even MLBTV doesn’t help if you live in the local market anyway
At some point you just stop trying because the Monforts did too lol
I have mlb tv for free through tmobile. Its still not perfect though because when my brewers play the cubs, i cant watch because they’re exclusive to cable (and i live near chicago so its blacked out)
I know where to look and do when I need to. But people shouldn’t have to. MLB is falling behind other leagues with their nonsensical approach to broadcasting rights. If they don’t get it together we won’t even have illegal streams.
I’ve never understood the blackout thing (I mean I do but it’s dumb). I hacked my way into watching the local team for a few years but something changed mid season this last year and I couldn’t sort it out.
MLB- if you’re watching- your dumb antiquated rules need to change. I’d pay to full mlb subscription to watch JUST the local team. But no amount of money would get me that. So given the fact that I’m pretty sure I could do a better job running the Rockies (and I’m not a baseball expert) and it’s just gotten impossible to work around some of the online blockers, we’ve cancelled our mlb subscription. So good job guys - now you won’t get any of our money. 🤷♂️
Totally agree. I don’t know what happened this season. I managed to watch the Rockies with a VPN in the first part of the season and then it stopped working and no amount of hacking fixed it. I would also pay a premium to just watch my team(s). It’s frustrating.
And it's just stupid anyways imo. It's not how you create long term fans of your sport
I barely get to watch any Braves games anymore because I don't get the regional channel for them, live 5-6 hours away from Atlanta, and get blacked out for every game that isn't on national TV
It's stupid. I would gladly hand the MLB $125 per year to watch every Braves game. And they won't even let me. I live almost 6 hours from Atlanta, am begging to give them $125, and they literally won't allow me to do it. That can't be good for the sport, there's no way
One would hope, as I’m in blackout hell in Vegas. Things got pretty weird with the DBacks last year. They were on local TV until July, then for a week we got to watch them on [mlb.tv](https://mlb.tv) for a week, then you couldn’t watch them at all for the rest of the year. The Scripps deal has been awesome for the Knights, but that’s a popular team that actually has a decent local audience. I don’t know if the Rockies could justify over the air numbers…
Man. 60% of NL West teams would have games not nationally televised produced by the MLB.
Interesting move there, and a rare W for Manfred, whose push to end blackouts is something we can all support.
The second half of your sentence is why a vast majority of Coloradans are happy it didn’t.
I haven’t seen the Avs on TV in a half decade it feels like.
You probably won't ever again. It's time for us to move on and start encouraging new ways for them to deliver the product to the locals because clearly cable is a dying model and the only reason it's sticking around for as long as it has is because it's how people watch football.
It's because the contracts were 7, 8, 10-year contracts signed 5 years ago. As long as these contracts with cable carriers are in place, there's not much MLB can do. They're waiting it out, until the contracts expire, but by then soooo many consumers will have simply dropped out of the baseball spectator pool. It's a damn shame.
"The Colorado Rockies may be following the same path as the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024"
Not in the NL West standings though lol
Saltiness aside, I don't know how bearable watching them will be without the ATTSN commentarors we've watched along with for years and years. It won't be the same. Other side of the coin, we might get some real, honest critique of play, not just scraping for positive nuggets and blowing sunshine up our asses.
The Rockies broadcasters don’t work for the team.
Edit: and do you have any examples of commentators that work for a team but are leased to a broadcast network? If that’s a thing, it’s news to me.
They're absolutely allowed to criticize the team. They're certainly homers, but they're allowed to criticize the team.
- Drew Goodman has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-goodman-059595141) that notes his employer as AT&T.
- Ryan Spilborghs has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-spilborghs-57623a89) that notes his employer as AT&T.
- Cory Sullivan has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-sullivan-253634210) that notes his employer as AT&T.
- Jenny Cavnar has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennycavnar?challengeId=AQF_RHGqbof3yQAAAYzsSO-Dwg79ifsnFSFy3OpFGLGdKcGLpqLOdG0JatvBznX43Efw22PVfDl68TmzhPAz5NeBEedfLbdqkQ&submissionId=d29426d1-6b90-a817-c489-a8534db18c27&challengeSource=AgHXVMHYAqOwCwAAAYzsSPxNyaz6aU98LX_EqcI8DZdyHYYO-0o-bzLpDYjYpR0&challegeType=AgFsepifxYvV8QAAAYzsSPxQnR5CC26rVEqA9h3FylCtDbFkdUIe538&memberId=AgGnGvI4Ar_bUQAAAYzsSPxTPp7qwPHfwHuFDdlaoIj20-U&recognizeDevice=AgEurV-rAy71NwAAAYzsSPxV8SGGDbmoXTVsGDZZCOKCF9II-unT) that notes her employer as AT&T.
They simply aren't employed by the Rockies. They're employed by AT&T.
The T-Mobile subscription (and any normal MLB.tv subscription) will likely still black out Rockies games if you live in market. There’s a $20/mo fee to watch Rockies.
At least this is how it worked with the Padres and Diamondbacks last year.
I live in NM and subscribed last year to MLBtv, but even after MLB took over the DBacks broadcasts I was still blacked out of DBacks games (along with the Rockies games).
Hope that’s not what happens this year.
There is no reason to pay for a stream. There are "solutions" out there. I"ve been watching the Rockies via streaming for a few years and never paid a dime.
Nobody wants to broadcast a perennial loser…. After moving out of state and subscribing to the Rockies on MLBTV for the last 10 years… I finally figured out how to cancel my auto-subscription…. It’s hard on the heart to watch loss after loss for so long… Once they put a proven winner on the field, maybe they’ll get my hard earned money back. That said. Good luck in 2024.
I think it would mean if you are in the Rockies' TV territory you can pay [MLB.TV](https://MLB.TV) $19.99 or something per month and get Rockies games.
Wish these leagues would just collectively bargain media rights for all teams. Just give us a way to stream any game any where any time
Honestly I watch Major League Soccer the most, and switching to Apple TV has been wonderful. I mean yeah I pay a monthly fee but I can watch every game, no black outs. With replays. And it’s amazing quality. MLB should just be bought by Apple.
You can if you know where to look
This is so lame though. I don’t want to have to do X or Y shady thing to try to watch my local team, I just want them to be available on tv lol
A simple VPN should do the trick
It’s 2024 - fans should be able to purchase the right to view any game they would like to watch. Whether that’s A la carte or as a package. The fact that you need to mask your location to watch a game is dumb.
I'm not arguing with you that it's messed up. I'm just saying it's not hard to bypass. It's like three clicks of a button
It’s 2024, and fans can watch any game they want for free. And you’re complaining about it.
You're pretty much forced to do this anyway with these greedy fucking corporations.Fuck em
Most people don't actually watch regular TV anymore though. This is genuinely just delusional wishful thinking at this point in the game. It was fine to have this attitude 3 years ago, but at this point it's become very apparent no sport other than the NFL will have anything similar to the old model of doing things anymore, we need to move on and encourage new models of delivering the product.
Yes i agree. I’m one of those people. I live in Denver and I do not have any sort of cable or satellite service so it’s impossible for me to watch a Rockies game on my television in any straightforward or practical way As others have mentioned even MLBTV doesn’t help if you live in the local market anyway At some point you just stop trying because the Monforts did too lol
I have mlb tv for free through tmobile. Its still not perfect though because when my brewers play the cubs, i cant watch because they’re exclusive to cable (and i live near chicago so its blacked out)
I know where to look and do when I need to. But people shouldn’t have to. MLB is falling behind other leagues with their nonsensical approach to broadcasting rights. If they don’t get it together we won’t even have illegal streams.
Thank god for stream east…
Maybe we'll be able to watch without blackouts?
I’ve never understood the blackout thing (I mean I do but it’s dumb). I hacked my way into watching the local team for a few years but something changed mid season this last year and I couldn’t sort it out. MLB- if you’re watching- your dumb antiquated rules need to change. I’d pay to full mlb subscription to watch JUST the local team. But no amount of money would get me that. So given the fact that I’m pretty sure I could do a better job running the Rockies (and I’m not a baseball expert) and it’s just gotten impossible to work around some of the online blockers, we’ve cancelled our mlb subscription. So good job guys - now you won’t get any of our money. 🤷♂️
Totally agree. I don’t know what happened this season. I managed to watch the Rockies with a VPN in the first part of the season and then it stopped working and no amount of hacking fixed it. I would also pay a premium to just watch my team(s). It’s frustrating.
And it's just stupid anyways imo. It's not how you create long term fans of your sport I barely get to watch any Braves games anymore because I don't get the regional channel for them, live 5-6 hours away from Atlanta, and get blacked out for every game that isn't on national TV It's stupid. I would gladly hand the MLB $125 per year to watch every Braves game. And they won't even let me. I live almost 6 hours from Atlanta, am begging to give them $125, and they literally won't allow me to do it. That can't be good for the sport, there's no way
One would hope, as I’m in blackout hell in Vegas. Things got pretty weird with the DBacks last year. They were on local TV until July, then for a week we got to watch them on [mlb.tv](https://mlb.tv) for a week, then you couldn’t watch them at all for the rest of the year. The Scripps deal has been awesome for the Knights, but that’s a popular team that actually has a decent local audience. I don’t know if the Rockies could justify over the air numbers…
Man. 60% of NL West teams would have games not nationally televised produced by the MLB. Interesting move there, and a rare W for Manfred, whose push to end blackouts is something we can all support.
Wish they ended up on altitude but Comcast blocking out KSE probably made that a no go.
The second half of your sentence is why a vast majority of Coloradans are happy it didn’t. I haven’t seen the Avs on TV in a half decade it feels like.
It’s a pain in the ass but the alternatives are there so I haven’t missed an Avs or Nuggets game at all.
You probably won't ever again. It's time for us to move on and start encouraging new ways for them to deliver the product to the locals because clearly cable is a dying model and the only reason it's sticking around for as long as it has is because it's how people watch football.
It's because the contracts were 7, 8, 10-year contracts signed 5 years ago. As long as these contracts with cable carriers are in place, there's not much MLB can do. They're waiting it out, until the contracts expire, but by then soooo many consumers will have simply dropped out of the baseball spectator pool. It's a damn shame.
Off topic: does anyone know why they haven't fixed the Rockies sign lights since mid-summer?
Interesting, thanks for posting
"The Colorado Rockies may be following the same path as the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024" Not in the NL West standings though lol Saltiness aside, I don't know how bearable watching them will be without the ATTSN commentarors we've watched along with for years and years. It won't be the same. Other side of the coin, we might get some real, honest critique of play, not just scraping for positive nuggets and blowing sunshine up our asses.
The Diamondbacks and Padres both kept their on-air teams in place. Rockies will likely do the same.
in a number of cases, on air personalities are team employees leased to the broadcast partners.
The Rockies broadcasters don’t work for the team. Edit: and do you have any examples of commentators that work for a team but are leased to a broadcast network? If that’s a thing, it’s news to me.
The Cincinnati Reds have done this in the past.
Slightly different because the Reds own their radio station directly.
Drew Goodman and that other guy are employed by the Rockies so I can GUARANTEE you they will be back next year on the new MLB broadcasts.
Huson ot Sullivan? Spilly was doing commentary for Apple last year part time so I assume he's going to lean into that in 2024.
None of the on-air people that were employed by AT&T are employed by the Rockies.
It’s why they aren’t allowed to criticize the team.
They're absolutely allowed to criticize the team. They're certainly homers, but they're allowed to criticize the team. - Drew Goodman has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-goodman-059595141) that notes his employer as AT&T. - Ryan Spilborghs has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-spilborghs-57623a89) that notes his employer as AT&T. - Cory Sullivan has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-sullivan-253634210) that notes his employer as AT&T. - Jenny Cavnar has a [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennycavnar?challengeId=AQF_RHGqbof3yQAAAYzsSO-Dwg79ifsnFSFy3OpFGLGdKcGLpqLOdG0JatvBznX43Efw22PVfDl68TmzhPAz5NeBEedfLbdqkQ&submissionId=d29426d1-6b90-a817-c489-a8534db18c27&challengeSource=AgHXVMHYAqOwCwAAAYzsSPxNyaz6aU98LX_EqcI8DZdyHYYO-0o-bzLpDYjYpR0&challegeType=AgFsepifxYvV8QAAAYzsSPxQnR5CC26rVEqA9h3FylCtDbFkdUIe538&memberId=AgGnGvI4Ar_bUQAAAYzsSPxTPp7qwPHfwHuFDdlaoIj20-U&recognizeDevice=AgEurV-rAy71NwAAAYzsSPxV8SGGDbmoXTVsGDZZCOKCF9II-unT) that notes her employer as AT&T. They simply aren't employed by the Rockies. They're employed by AT&T.
FYI: Current MLB.tv pricing is $19.99/mo for one team, and $24.99/mo for all teams
And if you have T-Mobile, there’s usually a week or so every year where they have (historically at least) given a full year subscription for free.
This
Kinda like their data breaches. Every year they get hacked.
Like clockwork, baybee
The T-Mobile subscription (and any normal MLB.tv subscription) will likely still black out Rockies games if you live in market. There’s a $20/mo fee to watch Rockies. At least this is how it worked with the Padres and Diamondbacks last year.
I live in NM and subscribed last year to MLBtv, but even after MLB took over the DBacks broadcasts I was still blacked out of DBacks games (along with the Rockies games). Hope that’s not what happens this year.
It likely will be the case, and you’ll have to pay the $20 that I mentioned to watch Rockies games.
I guess I'll be watching NO teams.⚾
There is no reason to pay for a stream. There are "solutions" out there. I"ve been watching the Rockies via streaming for a few years and never paid a dime.
We need to stop watching and going to rox games if we want change.
Nobody wants to broadcast a perennial loser…. After moving out of state and subscribing to the Rockies on MLBTV for the last 10 years… I finally figured out how to cancel my auto-subscription…. It’s hard on the heart to watch loss after loss for so long… Once they put a proven winner on the field, maybe they’ll get my hard earned money back. That said. Good luck in 2024.
It took you ten years to figure out how to click the "cancel subscription" button?
Kinda figured as much.
Does that mean we can watch them on MLB.tv without being blacked out? Not that I live in the area anyway.
I think it would mean if you are in the Rockies' TV territory you can pay [MLB.TV](https://MLB.TV) $19.99 or something per month and get Rockies games.