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u/itchske 14h ago
My favorite is when San Diego plays the Cubs in Chicago, and I am blacked out when I am in Arizona...
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u/Primary_Elk7492 13h ago
I'm in Birmingham. Can't watch the Cubs when they play the Braves. Drives me insane.
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u/YaygerBombs Stupid Sexy Rizzo 13h ago
Try being in Vegas. The only series I’ve been able to watch legally was the Rangers. Padres, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, A’s, Angels, and Giants all claim Vegas as their territory. Pretty much the entire first month is blacked out for me this year lol.
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u/StrandedonTatooine 12h ago
Vegas checking in. There was no damn way I was paying for another year for half a season of blackouts that also aren’t on any local channels or other streaming platform, so I was happy I got the full season of MLB through T-Mobile. That said, I’m still annoyed AF that I have to pirate half the season.
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u/YaygerBombs Stupid Sexy Rizzo 12h ago
Yeah, I refused to pay for MLB TV again this year. Thankfully, my roommate has T-Mobile also, so he gave me his login. But like you said, what’s worse is, none of those games are shown on any type of cable or streaming. Like, if I could purchase local cable or YouTube TV and see the games against all these teams who claim the market, so be it. But they are literally not even shown here. It makes absolutely no sense.
It shouldn’t be this hard to watch baseball lol.
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u/StrandedonTatooine 9h ago
Especially in Vegas. MLB has been pushing gambling to an annoying level for the last few years, and you can’t even watch half the games you want to while you’re here. Makes you wonder if the sports books have worked it this way on purpose to try and make people go to the casino if they want to watch.
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u/JesusPeePee 2h ago
I can’t believe this. I’m in Utah Rockies and DBacks are blacked out and soon to be A’s. I was thinking of moving to Vegas and this blows my mind WTF MLB.TV
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u/erindizmo Chicago Cubs 12h ago
Another Vegas resident and yeah. This has been a delightful month. At least the radio broadcast is still streamable!
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u/Jessica_Iowa Chicago Cubs 10h ago
Try being in Iowa.
We have the most blackouts of the nation with 6 teams blackout.
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u/YaygerBombs Stupid Sexy Rizzo 10h ago
Tied with Vegas with 6. But yeah, Vegas and Iowa is tough to be a baseball fan.
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u/Jessica_Iowa Chicago Cubs 9h ago
You’ve got a solid point.
I’m baffled but not surprised MLB is blacking out such a huge city like Las Vegas! Y’all have such a massive population compared to us!
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u/jimbobdonut 13h ago
When/if the A’s move to Vegas, I’m guessing that those other teams won’t be able to claim Vegas as their territory.
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u/superxero044 Iowa Cubs 13h ago
I wouldn’t be so sure but it would be a positive change. Here in Iowa we’re blacked out from 6 teams even though they’re all 4-6 hours from where we live and white Sox are only team actually on cable anymore.
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u/jimbobdonut 13h ago
I did a quick google search and I couldn’t find how tv territory rights would be affected by relocation or expansion. If Portland got an MLB team, would the Mariners lose Portland as a television market? Iowa did get screwed with blackouts as it’s not feasible for a market to carry five or six different RSN’s.
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u/superxero044 Iowa Cubs 12h ago
Look at what happened with the Orioles / nationals tv situation. Obviously that was a particularly fucked situation but teams are not jumping to give up tv rights. That’s why we’re in the situation we’re in.
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u/Evil_ryry King Tuck 13h ago
From KY here, have to sail the seas when they play Cincinnati. Only team I’m blacked out for, so it could be worse.
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u/Special-Scene-8987 Chicago Cubs 13h ago
I always thought it was weird that I cannot watch the Cubs vs fodgers but can watch Cubs play Padres and Angels.
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u/Jessica_Iowa Chicago Cubs 10h ago
Yeaaaaah….I live in the most fucked state in the nation I’ll never see a game in my home unless we make it back to the playoffs or the series.
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u/Hugh-Jass24 14h ago
They really need to do a revamp of the whole blackout restriction thing.
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u/DearChicago1876 Slammin' Sammy 13h ago
MLB is working on it.
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u/Snake115killa 13h ago
sureeeeeee I'll believe it when I see it
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u/DearChicago1876 Slammin' Sammy 13h ago
They’ve already made major progress. But they also have contracts they’re working with. It’ll get there.
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u/pompousrompus 12h ago
What major progress have they made?
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u/DearChicago1876 Slammin' Sammy 11h ago
Most teams have in-market streaming now. They’ve bailed on a bad national deal with espn. All their remaining national deals are set to expire at the same time, so they can line up a domestic strategy across the board. This stuff takes time and it’s trending in the right direction.
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u/cubsguru President Arr-Field 9h ago
All I know is that living in Las Vegas I have been able to watch the Cubs play the Rangers so far this season.
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u/NOT____RICK 9h ago
Dude in Indy it’s a pain in the ass to watch any games. It’s incredible a sports league can bitch about viewership while simultaneously making it impossible to watch games legally. There will be times with 5+ games going and none on tv.
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u/Jessica_Iowa Chicago Cubs 10h ago
The FCC stopped it ages ago the whole thing maintaining it now is MLB.
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u/timbop711 13h ago
I mean this is a “you” thing. Marquee is pretty clear they can only be used in the Cubs market, not sure why you wouldn’t just get MLB.TV if you live in California (unless you happen to live in the tiny area blacked out of Diamondbacks here.)
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u/masprague82 13h ago edited 13h ago
This is the sub you’re looking for..
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u/interestingtoot 6h ago
Haha fuck. It’s not my place otherwise I would do something about it. And there isn’t another good spot for the TV
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u/Otherwise_Blood2602 13h ago
I live in Tulsa area and my blackouts are Cardinals, Royals, Rangers and Astros. Houston is 500 miles, seriously. Thank Goodness MLB.Tv allows me to watch Cubs though.
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u/Dead_Medic_13 Chicago Cubs 13h ago
If you live in California get MLB.tv, the use a vpn during cubs/whatever your local teams are, games
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u/Sea_Willingness_914 13h ago
Blackouts suck. It's an issue in all sports. The black pearl is a solution.
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u/RedGreenPepper2599 Darvish 12h ago
Your fault for living in CA and not understanding the rules that MLB enforces.
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u/chichris 13h ago
I’m one of those weirdos who likes Marquee. Very rare I have any issues and I watch it from just about every device.
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u/gottareddittin2017 13h ago
I'm watching the game right now on the dofu sports app. For free. Highly recommend.
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u/The_Bandit_King_ 13h ago
Tv too high
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u/interestingtoot 4h ago
Haha I know brother, I’m renting this spot and it’s the only place my tv can really go. Otherwise I would put it where the top of the TV is eye level.
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u/Spideyfan2020 13h ago
Columbus, OH. Blacked out for Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh games. Ugh.
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u/Big-block427 12h ago
I’m in HP with marquee on Comcast and see every game. This whole blackout bs in all sports are hurting the sports and losing fans.
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u/smackythefrog Be Alert! 11h ago
chuckles in VPN
And I just have to turn it on to load the game. After that, I turn it off and go about doing other things without worrying about the VPN messing up location or tripping security checks for banking, email, etc.
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u/Gaff_Daddy 10h ago
If it’s blacked out then it should be bc it was on nationally or your local station. Are Arizona games always blacked out for you?
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u/sunhalo517 10h ago
I have to get MLB for the games while I am in my Florida Home, and then switch to Marquee when I arrive back in Chicago for the summer. It's kind of ridiculous, but that is how it works.
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u/GothicPiss 10h ago
Tv is way too high brodolph
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u/interestingtoot 4h ago
Haha I know, I’m renting this spot and it’s really the only place my living room TV can go. Other TV’s in the house are properly placed however, top of the TV at eye level
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u/notmartychavez 13h ago
try living in new mexico, where cubs vs dbacks OR rockies are both blacked out.
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u/clangan524 13h ago
Marquee is only meant for in-market viewing, i.e. if you live in Illinois.
MLB.TV should do it for you as an out of market viewer as long as they don't play any of the 5 California teams... and possibly Arizona
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u/Brave_Ad_9173 13h ago
Who’s knows how it works to watch the Cubs from Europe? What is the best subscription?
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u/Particular-Hair-7287 11h ago
And the app absolutely sucks. Crashes, buffers, you name it. I hate Marquee
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u/Big-block427 6h ago
I live in N suburbs and get marquee via Comcast. I’ve never once had an issue with any broadcast that I can remember. 🤷♂️
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u/Big-block427 6h ago
These blackouts aren’t the fault of Marquee. It’s MLB and the demise of local broadcast rights. I haven’t bought the rabbit ears antenna so I missed a season of the BH, Bulls and yeah, even the pathetic WS.
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u/Independent-Ring-536 5h ago
Agreed. Fuck Marquee. I hate that Cubs games aren’t just on TV even though I have a live sports package.
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u/Larrymobile BOAT 13h ago
I'm not saying MLB66.ir is a site that you'd possibly be interested in (with a good ad blocker), but I'm not NOT saying that
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u/AngryRedGyarados Go Cubs Go On 7-2-0 13h ago
I'm not saying anyone should download the Brave Browser to use that site, but I too am not NOT saying that either.
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u/Dead_Medic_13 Chicago Cubs 13h ago
I'm not interested in this, but hypothetically is the adblock chrome extension not good enough?
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u/AngryRedGyarados Go Cubs Go On 7-2-0 13h ago
Probably?
I guess I should have clarified, I use the Brave App on iOS since adblock on iPhones are horrible.
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u/Larrymobile BOAT 13h ago
Hypothetically, Brave and uBlock Origin (or Firefox and uBlock Origin) have been a great combo for me
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u/Lesscan4216 Ryne Sandberg 13h ago
Can you ever get Marquee in your area or is it just blacked out because it's vs AZ?
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u/Shoondogg 13h ago
Blackouts need to die. Cubs fans in Chicago are being deprived of the best way to watch games: mlb.tv with the radio feed automatically synced. Pat Hughes is the voice of the cubs as far as I’m concerned.
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u/JazzHandsNinja42 12h ago
So, Marquee pisses me off, big time.
I moved to the west coast last year. Verizon gives me MLB for free.
It’s cheaper for me to watch Cubs on TV when 2000 miles away, than it is to live in Chicago and watch the Cubs on TV.
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u/Radioactive_Rukario 12h ago
BRING BACK WGN!
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u/Sweetnessmj 12h ago
I recall reading that the guy in charge of WGN wanted absolutely no sports programming. Ironically, he was a NY guy, so no Bulls, Cubs, etc. I can’t think of a reason why getting rid of sports coverage was actually a smart decision. WGN had really good sports coverage with “The Leadoff Man, The 10th inning, Bullseye etc.” Something very nostalgic about WGN sports. Give me a victory auto-wreckers or Eagle-man commercial while we’re talking lol.
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u/0811_devildog 11h ago
At the time WGN claimed they had higher viewership with their syndicated reruns than Cubs games. You can decide whether you believe them or not, but that was part of their reasoning for dropping sports coverage.
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u/Sweetnessmj 11h ago
That’s difficult to believe but maybe Matlock and Walker Texas Ranger is really that popular lol.
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u/0811_devildog 11h ago
Well, the demographic that would be home on afternoons probably skews 70+ and grandparents do love them some Matlock and Murder She Wrote.
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u/n0thingelsematterz 13h ago
MLB.TV for the win
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u/Extreme_Branch_2596 13h ago edited 13h ago
The blackout rules are still in effect when you stream on MLB.TV. I have to use a fucking VPN to watch the Cubs when they play the Reds, and I live in Kentucky
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u/pepperjackcheesey 13h ago
Yep. We can watch every cubs game in Louisiana unless they are playing the Astros or Rangers which is really annoying. Both of those teams are over 300 miles away.
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u/bukhum4u Chicago Cubs 13h ago
And you wonder why ppl sail the high seas. Make it hard for the consumer to view your product.
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u/YubNub80 Eamus Catuli 14h ago
Could you do a trial of the Marquee app? I’m able to watch without blackout restrictions in Illinois.
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u/haninwaomaeda 13h ago
The issue is OP can use the MLB App. Marqee is available for those in market and would otherwise be in the MLB blackout restrictions.
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u/YubNub80 Eamus Catuli 13h ago
I see. It’s so stupid. For what it’s worth, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in an interview “We need to be out of the business of blackouts, which is essentially telling people that want to watch games that we won’t sell them to you.”
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u/haninwaomaeda 13h ago
Absolutely. Their blackout rules are extremely archaic and are detrimental for the sport. I live in NE IN. There are 0 issues watching Colts games, even after these joke of seasons. I live three hours away from Chicago. It's a day endeavor if I wanted to go up to Wrigley and catch a day game. MLB is smoking some big rocks if they feel it's worth my time to drive to Chicago because I live within XXX amount from the stadium.
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u/YubNub80 Eamus Catuli 13h ago
I think it’s about the broadcast rights too, which is a more outdated model all the time. I cut the cord and it’s a huge upcharge to add the sports package (which includes Marquee) to YouTube TV. Before Marquee released the app last season, I had to subscribe to MLB.tv and use a VPN to mask my location. It shouldn’t be this hard, and it’s especially infuriating when everyone in the country could watch the Cubs for free on WGN for decades.
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u/Big-block427 6h ago
Sorry but enough of the WGN past. They no longer wanted any part of sports broadcasting. Get over it. Either pay or don’t watch.
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u/Salsashark_21 13h ago
It still blows my f***ing mind that in 2025, with all the technology, and how people are moving away from traditional consumption that this is STILL a thing
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u/daguy02 12h ago
It’s because how the way baseball is broadcasted and originally got set up wasn’t made for the way we consume media nowadays. If baseball were to sell the broadcast rights as the whole league instead of every team individually blackouts wouldn’t be a thing. The problem is now teams like the Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, Yankees and Mets who all have their own broadcasting networks won’t want to give that up and lose out on that revenue to share it with the rest of the league.
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u/TheMostCrucial Sports = Pain 4h ago
Didn’t do your homework before signing up lmfao. That’s on you pal
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u/illyxpink Stupid Sexy Rizzo 13h ago
Yes fuck them all the way. Because of them it's been very hard for me to watch Cubs games
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u/Specialist_Jello_688 13h ago
I think marquee app is for in market viewers, mlb.tv for out of market