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How to watch the Major League Baseball playoffs and the World Series without cable

from PC world 29 September indexed on 29 September 2017 4:01

Major League Baseball has placed more hurdles in front of cord cutters than any of the four professional sports leagues. It has made baseball broadcasts the exclusive province of cable and satellite networks, even for your local teams. Add to that the league's draconian blackout policies, and the prospect of watching the Grand Old Game without a pricey TV subscription seems as reachable as a Clayton Kershaw slider. It doesn't get much easier come October. This year's postseason games will air nationally across five networks: Fox, Fox Sports 1 (FS1), ESPN, TBS, and Major League Baseball Network (MLBN). All but the first are cable/satellite channels you can't tune into with a TV antenna. Fortunately, with some combination of over-the-air and over-the-top options, you can still watch virtually every at-bat, from the Wild Card round to the World Series. Here's how. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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