As I write this, I am watching out of the corner of my eye, the cartoon depiction of the American League Championship Series that MLB.com provides as a play by play for every game. This would be fine if it were the middle of August, but this is the American League Championship Series and I can’t watch it because it is on TBS and I don’t have that station on the DirecTV family plan.

How crazy is it that I live within driving distance of Tampa and I can’t watch them play on TV? I thought to myself, no problem, they will have a local station broadcasting the game so I can watch it, certainly there is some kind of exemption. I know when the Redskins used to play on ESPN they would pick it up on the local station and rebroadcast it there, but no. Me and millions of others can’t watch the American League Championship Series! That is asinine.

And they wonder why the ratings are down? Here is someone that would be watching every pitch, but I can’t. Certainly there are millions of people just like me, I am not that unique, who would be watching the game if they could, but they can’t! This is just stupid.

Do you feel the championship series should be on cable? We are depriving the country of their pass time, the poorest among us can’t find pleasure watching the game they love taking them away from daily crisis and financial crisis providing an escape, because it’s on cable. Horrible decision MLB. Maybe a few more dollars today, but a loss of many more in the future.