Just Wondering How To Watch Giants Games ...

by Persiflage on Apr 5, 2009 4:04 PM PDT

ok, I've just moved back to California after living on the east coast for 8 years ...

My family has Dish Satellite, and I just paid the extra to get the multi-sports package so that we could get CSNBA and watch most of the Giants games. So far during the preseason, all these games seem to be blacked out (we live in the central valley/Fresno area).

So, is this going to change with the start of the regular season? Can you get any Giants games at all on CSNBA in the Central Valley? I've tried googling Giants and "blackout rules" but haven't really been able to find anything - how do these blackout rules work exactly?

Basically, if I'm willing to pay for it - can I f-ing watch the Giants games on TV? Or does the Fresno/Clovis/Visalia area only get the Dodgers and As? Sorry if this has already been addressed, but I tried to search "McCovey Chronicles" for a blackout discussion and couldn't find one.

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CSN BA is the Giants official home, so you should be able to watch the games. Dodgers and A’s have their own respective channels.

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by Natto on Apr 5, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions

I have Dish where I’m staying and we don’t have CSN Bay Area. I don’t know why. Dish is pretty shitty.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 5, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions

I think you have to pay more to get that “multi-sports package” where you get all the MASN, YES, NESN, FS-channels etc……

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by Giant among Angels on Apr 5, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I have no say in the bills here, unfortunately.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 5, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

careful

Those things all have the games blacked out if you don’t have Extra Innings, which I don’t think Dish has a deal with MLB for.

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by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

oops

you’ll get the CSNBA games, but not the Channel 11 games if you don’t get local channels.

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by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like for Fresno your Channel 11 equivalent is KAIL-DT 7.2 (digital) Fresno, CA

by Merope on Apr 6, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I have the Extra Innings on Directv so it doesn’t really apply to me. Does Dish have the extra Innings thing as well?

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by Giant among Angels on Apr 6, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions

nope

they’re douchbags like that

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by Persiflage on Apr 7, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions

We changed from Comcast to DirecTV. Am I basically screwed out of watching 90% of the Giants games? I’m not paying extra for any sports package.

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by JRPhillips on Apr 5, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I dunno, we have Dish Network.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 5, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I have DirecTV and don’t pay extra for a sports package. You should be fine. CSNBA is channel 696.

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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Apr 5, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh, hell yeah! I just found it on the tele. Now the only thing stopping me from watching Giants games on TV this year is my daughter insisting on watching Curious George instead! Thank goodness she goes to bed reasonably early!

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by JRPhillips on Apr 5, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Apr 6, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions

696-1 (HD), 697(Alternate), 697-1 (HD) . worth the extra $10

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by nvsfg on Apr 9, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions

It might depend on which “Base” package you have. We get CSN on DirecTV and don’t have the sports package.

by Merope on Apr 5, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Honestly, the MLB package is definitely worth it if you live out of the area.

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by Giant among Angels on Apr 5, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

we’re paying the extra $5.99 a month to get the multi-sports package on Dish Network, that gets you CSNBA

on the other hand, we’ll drop the package if as many of the regular season games are blacked out as they have been during Spring Training

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by Persiflage on Apr 6, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions

How to watch Giants games:

Drunk will really help.

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by JRPhillips on Apr 5, 2009 5:58 PM PDT reply actions

I was going to say it’s best to have a bottle, bong or both handy… also, realistic expectations are helpful.

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by Johnny Disaster on Apr 6, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

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by Sabertooth on Apr 5, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions

Watch them on KNBR 680 AM.

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by tk on Apr 5, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions

Honestly

I think that mlb.tv is the easiest way to do it, especially if you can hook your computer to a tv

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by TexasRanger on Apr 5, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions

next year I'm gonna do this

cheaper than Extra Innings, and with my netbook computer, easily portable on the road.

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by natteringnabob on Apr 6, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions

we'll see how many of them are blacked out on CSNBA

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by Persiflage on Apr 6, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions

how to watch giants games?

One word: Drunk

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by zenbitz on Apr 6, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions

Get games but no hd

I live in northern california and get the games on directv 696, but as of right now none of the games are availible in HD. Anyone know why?

by havefun79 on Apr 6, 2009 4:57 PM PDT reply actions

They’re not all in HD, but the ones that are will probably be on 696-1. Or possibly 697-1 if they’re on at the same time as the Sharks/Warriors.

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by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Apr 6, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Called DirecTV yesterday

and they said, according to their secret channel guide it will be shown in HD today on 696-1. I asked them to send me a copy of that guide and they said no way man. If it is not in HD today I am going back to comcast cable for the season.

by Squez on Apr 7, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I like to watch giants games

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Apr 7, 2009 12:35 AM PDT reply actions

we'll see what happens today

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by Persiflage on Apr 7, 2009 8:56 AM PDT reply actions

OK, CSNBA IS BLACKED OUT

at least in the Fresno/Visalia area

I’m going to cancel fucking Dish Network if it’s simply impossible to watch Giants games even while paying for their multi-sports package.

Does anyone know why CSNBA is blacked out over here? Is it on another channel I’m not getting? Is this going to happen every game, or is opening day just different for some reason???

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by Persiflage on Apr 7, 2009 2:28 PM PDT reply actions

Does Dish Network not know?

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by groug on Apr 7, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Does Dish Network not know?

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by groug on Apr 7, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

1 – ok, I called Dish Network and ask them about it – they said that the Giants game was blacked out in our area, it was a local area thing that had nothing to do with Dish Network

2 – so I called the Newspaper which advertised the game as being on CSNBA and asked them why the game would be blacked out, and why they’d say the game was on that channel if it was blacked out – they turned their TV on and there was the Giants game on Comcast (which they have instead of fucking Dish Network)

3 – I called Dish Network again and told them that anyone in Visalia who has Comcast is currently watching the game right now – in other words, it’s only blacked on in our area for Dish Network – they had no idea about any of it, said blackouts weren’t their fault and looked up the schedule and said that most of the games will be blacked out but I can watch my first Giants game on April 10th

I’m currently looking up DirectTV and Comcast packages, Dish Network needs to go _ themselves

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by Persiflage on Apr 7, 2009 3:12 PM PDT reply actions