…after Jamie Moyer gave up a first inning three-run homer to the Braves…

(04:19:09 PM) me: glavine can’t find the strike zone. not good.
(04:19:15 PM) me: he’s about to give up a 3 run homer in the first too
(04:20:22 PM) philly fan: about to ?
(04:20:27 PM) philly fan: you can predict these things now ?
(04:20:28 PM) me: kearns is up with 2 on.
(04:21:34 PM) me: there it is.
(04:21:35 PM) me: 3-0 nats
(04:21:53 PM) philly fan: wow, that’s kind of scary

The song that’s in the new iPod nano commercials:

You can buy the song, cheaper than at iTunes as a DRM-free MP3, at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/1234/dp/B000V9I67Y/. I don’t know why, but I find this absolutely hilarious.

They need to fix these fucking blackouts.

I’m sitting here watching Mets/Marlins, after the Marlins just scored a run in the 9th to tie it up. The next game scheduled for this channel, starting 2 minutes ago, is Dodgers/Diamondbacks, but the Mets game isn’t over. 1:30 hits, blackout starts, in the bottom of the 9th, in a tie game, in a game that shouldn’t be blacked out.

Fix this already!

Update: It only took an inning, but the Mets/Marlins game is back on. Still, they should just do away with the blackouts altogether. It’s not like they actually protect the local broadcasters anymore, or whatever they’re supposed to do.

I have to resort to this because of the damn national blackout.

Dear Fox and MLB,

Screw you and your Saturday afternoon national blackouts. It’s not going to make me watch whatever game happens to be on the local Fox station. Hell, the game I want to watch is on Fox in NY, but there’s no amount of money I can pay to anyone to let me watch it here. I guess I’m stuck listening on XM, where unlike MLBEI and MLB.tv (of which I have BOTH), I can actually get EVERY out of market game.

Sincerely,
Alan

Edit: The Angels/Mariners game is in rain delay, so for the time being I actually get to watch the game I want. Keep raining in LA Anaheim!