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June 17, 2014 08:31 pm GMT
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How Dodgers Fans Work Around the Season-Long TV Blackout
For most Dodgers fans in Los Angeles, this is turning into a vanishing year.
With the mid-point of the Major League Baseball season approaching, Time Warner Cable is no closer to convincing DirecTV or any other pay-TV system to carry the Dodgers’ new TV network SportsNet LA.
That’s left more than two-thirds of Los Angeles unable to watch the Dodgers this season, leading to a surge in stadium attendance, record ratings for radio broadcasts, increased online piracy of games — and plenty of fan outrage.
"It’s super frustrating," said Mike Verdi, manager of Big Wangs, a sports bar in Hollywood, about eight miles west of Dodger Stadium"It's not fair to the fans, or for business. Everybody loses." Read more...
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