minuteman

Superstar- I"m guessing you are outside Chicago? Here in Chicago, we get all the WGN games in HD on Direct TV, but we don't have the option of watching the other teams network in HD through MLB EI. Watching baseball in SD on a flat panel tv blows.

I was getting nearly every Cubs game in HD with Direct TV, but lately, including tonight, I can only get the game in SD on channel 666. Hope this is not a trend- do us Direct TV people need to switch to Comcast in order to see ALL the Cubs games in HD? During tonight's telecast they said that the game is available in HD- I take it to mean that its available in HD to Comcast subscribers? Then something came on the screen to say that the game was available in HD on Direct tv channel 668-1, but it wasn't there, and when I try to access the game in HD on channels 646 and 725-1 it says "blacked out in this market." Are those of you with Comcast getting the game in HD tonight?

The 04 team was loathsome based mostly upon personalities, and only partly based upon performance. This year's team is easy to hate mostly based upon (non) performance.

1. Hard not to hate any team that (as of May 20) is hitting .127 with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. One freaking twenty seven. Good Lord. 2. I hate Dusty and all those who defend him. 3. I hate those who excuse Dusty on the basis of injuries. His teams have never played good fundamental baseball, and that has nothing to do with injuries. 4. I hate it when I see Cubs fans on tv (or in person at the game) who look completely delirious during Take Me out to the Ballgame when the Cubs are getting slaughtered. Yes, its fun to come and get drunk and sing the song, but please try to at least pretend to care about the result of the game. 5. Bob Brenly. Yes, he seems like a very nice guy, but I don't want an anouncer that is nice, especially not when watching this miserable team. I want someone who is angry and ornery, and who tells it like it is. 6. People who site last years Houston Astros comeback as a reason to be hopeful about the Cubs right now. 7. Money is no object Cubs fans who pay $100 or more for a bleacher seat to a game. 8. The same a-holes that leave after the 7th inning stretch, even though the game is still close. 9. All the Cubs hitters that have K/BB ratios of 3, 4 or 5 to one. (meaning most of them) 10. A coaching staff that for years has done nothing to change point number 9. 11. Cubs fans who thought that all this team needed was a new leadoff hitter and some better set up men. Those leading off for the Cubs this year (nearly always Pierre) have the lowest OBP in the league (.260), but even if this were not so, it was obvious that the Cubs needed a big bat in the middle of the order. (not Jacque Jones) Ok, that's enough hatred for one day.