The Astros/Cubs are one of the Fox games on Saturday at noon, but with the Braves/Mets also scheduled for noon, I suspect most of the country will get that one. The Astros/Giants are scheduled to be on ESPN Wednesday night. They will be on Fox Family again next Thursday. Who knows, if Bonds is at 69 or 70 HRs, maybe ESPN will show the Tuesday night game as well. They are also on WGN this afternoon (Friday) as well as Sunday afternoon.
For fans in Texas residing outside of Houston, beware of blackouts. Last night's game on Fox Family was blacked out in Austin and Dallas. I don't understand why the Astros/MLB would blackout a road game. If its a road game, fans should check KVC 13 or Time Warner 77 in Austin. Home games are on Fox Sports Southwest. I know ESPN home and road games are blacked out here.
<B>Last night's game on Fox Family was blacked out in Austin and Dallas. I don't understand why the Astros/MLB would blackout a road game. If its a road game, fans should check KVC 13 or Time Warner 77 in Austin. Home games are on Fox Sports Southwest. </B> If it's on a local station (77 in Austin yesterday), they have the rights to the game first, so the national broadcast is blacked out so people will watch the local one (and thus give the advertising money to the local company). As far as Dallas goes, if it wasn't on another station, there's no reason for a blackout as far as I know.
Not necessarily true. I remember watching an Astros at Cubs game on both Ch. 51 and WGN while in Houston. Wouldn't MLB blackout the WGN broadcast to protect the rights of the Astros local broadcast? Whenever the Cubs or Braves visit Enron, MLB blacks out WGN or TBS so the only option is Fox SW.
