I left work during the Brewer’s home opener today and was listening to the game on the radio on my way. When I got home, I figured surely it would be on TV… it’s the home opener! I turned on my TV, changed it to the channel that had the Brewers game listed, and selected it. Now what am I watching instead of the game? A black screen with plain white text reading “FCC Rules mandate that this program be blacked out in your area.”

What. The. Fuck.

So I try to stream AM 620 over the ‘net. Here’s the message on their website: “SPORTS TEAMS RETAIN THEIR OWN INTERNET AUDIO STREAMING RIGHTS. We are not able to stream any sports play-by-play broadcasts. That means you will not be able to hear any Brewers, Bucks, Packers or Badgers games through this site.” That’s bullshit. If I had a radio, I could listen to it, but if I try to stream the exact same broadcast over the Internet, it’s illegal? This licensing crap has gone too far. All I wanted to do was watch my team’s home opener when I got home from work, but instead the MLB would rather lose me entirely as a viewer for the day.