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And if you live in Iowa, you can’t watch six teams regardless.


Yeah, those are the "local" games whose broadcast rights were sold to somebody else.

When I was in Hawaii I couldn't watch any of the west coast teams - Mariners, Angels, Giants, Dodgers, A's, or Padres because they were the local teams.


This is where it gets asinine - back now 20 years ago the local San Diego network that made a deal for the Padres also made the game free to stream for anyone in the San Diego area - that was nice. I doubt anyone is doing that these days. I don't even care if I get the ad-filled stream (for awhile you could get "raw video" feed on the MLB app, which was fun because when the game went to commercial you'd just see whatever the last camera that had been on wandering around the park) - make it so we can get the game!

And don't even get me started on the "it's easier to be a fan of a team far away than your local one" that is so common now because of all the restrictions.




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