Yes Network Woes in my area :(

twiley

Well I moved which I really didn't want to. I moved from NJ to NC and ordered the Yes Network to watch the yankees game like I used to while in NJ. Well I went to watch the game today and the Yes channel had these lame reruns of Centerstage. WTF?!!??! I start looking around on the menu and the game is there but is NOT on yes but on some MLB package. I look at the offical Yankees home page schedule and they have the game listed on Yes network. So what gives. I am POED i missed arods 600... really bummed out with my yes network channel down here...

Goot

I think they may only broadcast games regionally because we get that channel as part of our "Sports Pack" and I don't recall ever seeing a live Yanks game on the channel before. It's always just sit downs with old timers and reruns of games from back in the day.

twiley

I am one super bummed out yankee fan...

I just got off the phone with the cable company. They offer this MLB package where I can watch any game at anytime. It's $150 per season. OUCH! I just want to watch the yanks on Yes like I used to be able to do... I just don't understand why in NJ Yes network shows live yanks games, but down here in NC they don't but they show Pre and Post game stuff and reruns of center stage and yankeeography....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Barndog

<< <i>I am one super bummed out yankee fan...

I just got off the phone with the cable company. They offer this MLB package where I can watch any game at anytime. It's $150 per season. OUCH! I just want to watch the yanks on Yes like I used to be able to do... I just don't understand why in NJ Yes network shows live yanks games, but down here in NC they don't but they show Pre and Post game stuff and reruns of center stage and yankeeography....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr >>



blame the contract between MLB and cable companies. I was in the same situation when I lived in Texas. I could watch NESN for Sox pregame and postgame, but for the game itself I had to turn to the MLB Extra Innings channels. Many times, the NESN feed was the one used by MLB Extra Innings. Replays of Sox games were also blacked out on NESN. Just the way it goes...which was no less of a PITA.

PowderedH2O

Sorry, but if you are expecting the cable company in NC (Time Warner I presume?) to help you out on baseball you will be waiting a LONG time. We used to get MASN which carried most of the Orioles games. Considering the amount of O's fans in the area, plus the amount of Yankees and Red Sox fans around (which play a lot against the O's) you would think this would be an important channel to have. But Time Warner dumped it in a money dispute and we haven't had it for years. Turn on local sports radio. Whether you live in Raleigh or Charlotte or Greensboro or wherever. If you listen to local radio you will see that the ACC is the king of sports in the state, and NASCAR is a close second. If Duke, UNC, or NC State are playing basketball or any of these teams are playing each other in football, it will routinely win the ratings for that time slot. The local stations will preempt national programing to show ACC basketball games in prime time. This includes nights where top rated shows are pushed back to replays at midnight or later. Outside of Charlotte, nobody really cares about the Carolina Panthers and nobody including Charlotte cares about the Bobcats. In Raleigh, the Hurricanes get a lot of love, but nowhere else in the state. So where does that leave baseball? Dead freaking last. So, if I want to see baseball I just go catch a minor league game, which the state has plenty of. Good luck catching Yankees games.

blu62vette

welcome to out of market!!!

2ndCharter

I'm in a similar situation - I retired from Albany, NY to South Carolina five years ago. After enduring the local cable company for a few years (and subscribing to MLB so I could watch the Yankees games on a tiny screen on my PC), I switched to DirecTV two years ago and bought the MLB package. Before this season, I looked into the Regional Sports Package so I could get the YES Network (since I didn't care about all the other games, just the Yankees) but was told that the actual games were blacked out and the ONLY way to get the live game feed was to re-new for the MLB package.

So, yes, Major League Baseball and the cable and satellite companies have set the rules - if you're out of market and you want to see your favorite baseball team, you have only two choices - shell out the $180 or so for the MLB package or just catch the occasional game on ESPN, FOX, or TNT.

Connecticoin

Why carry YES if the Yankee games are blacked out? That is the only reason to subscribe to it -- makes no sense whatsoever.

twiley

<< <i>Why carry YES if the Yankee games are blacked out? That is the only reason to subscribe to it -- makes no sense whatsoever. >>

2ndCharter

Why carry YES if the Yankee games are blacked out? That is the only reason to subscribe to it -- makes no sense whatsoever.

It makes perfect sense to MLB and the cable companies - they make more money that way. After all, if I could have gotten the Yankees games through the Regional Sports Network package, it would have been cheaper for me (about $10/month or $120/year vs. the MLB package which is, as I said, $180 or so). He who has the gold makes the rules.....

I just look at it this way - at $180 for 162 Yankees games, it's costing me about $1.10 per game which is certainly a heckuva lot cheaper than the DirecTV Sunday Ticket Package for NFL games at close to $300 for a 16-game season.

By the way, I recorded on my DVR the game with A-Rod's 600th HR so I can watch it over and over.