Last night I was able to watch my beloved Greg Maddux pitch his first home opener as a Padre, thanks to Senator John Kerry. If it wasn't for the Senator, the Comcast cable system wouldn't have been able to show this game. As the Boston Herald put it:Kerry goes to bat
Friday, April 6, 2007 - Updated: 04:35 AM EST
Baseball fans were showering John Kerry with love yesterday after the junior senator got Major League Baseball to agree to allow three of the nation’s largest cable providers to keep carrying its “Extra Innings” package of out-of-market games.
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Of course, the sixth inning last night was beyond the Senator's control. Poor Greg.
But hey! The Cubs won!
Hrm. All love and respect to any politician who's not Bush but what does Kerry have to do with baseball? Any rate, glad it worked out.
ReplyDeleteLIt's not that the Senator has anything to do with baseball, per se, but the airwaves are public and this had to do with monopolies and cable regulations, etc. MLB had made an exclusive deal with some dish provider and hence the Senator's involvement.
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