# Why is this baseball game blacked out?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 7, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-baseball-game-blacked-out/302763 "2005-05-07T00:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-baseball-game-blacked-out/302763/1 "2005-05-07T00:02:49Z")

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I live in Savannah, Ga. I have DISH Network and while flipping through the stations, I get to WSBK, the UPN affiiate out of Boston. They are showing the Red Sox/Mariners game (instead of Enterprise, bastards!). The onscreen guide indicates that the game has been blacked out in my area.

Any idea why? It’s definitely out of “my area”.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-baseball-game-blacked-out/302763/2 "2005-05-07T00:13:41Z")

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It’s probably on cable at the same time. Check the ESPNs.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-baseball-game-blacked-out/302763/3 "2005-05-07T00:19:13Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> It’s probably on cable at the same time. Check the ESPNs.

ESPN has basketball and the alternate channels are blank. However, DISH does offer a seasonal baseball package and it’s being shown on one of those channels.