QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 5, 2011 -> 12:23 PM)
I agree with what is said in the letter, but I want to add an area where I feel the organization fall short--marketing to the surrounding areas.
If you look at the MLB "Blackout map"
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wvoLtwni0kc/RhO4...lackout+map.jpg
you will see that nearly all of Indiana falls into the Sox' "blackout area". What this means is that the team has exclusive TV rights in this area and therefore games are not available via MLB Extra Innings or mlb.tv.
However, with the exception of the NW part of the state from the IL border over to about Elkhart, the main broadcaster of Sox games, CSN Chicago, is not carried on any cable or satellite systems, and to my knowledge the network has made no efforts to get themselves on in this area. So no Sox games other than the ones on WGN are viewable to people in the Fort Wayne/Muncie/Indy areas. There is no real dominantly popular team in these areas, and the Sox are really missing out by not going after these areas.
I'm not familiar enough with Iowa and Central Illinois to know if the same problem exists in those places.
thank you, this crap pisses me off, the Reds are a lot closer to Indy, I have Comcast Cable and I can't even get CSN, wtf? Anytime they are on ESPN they are blackedout....