The blackout isn't to protect ticket sales. It's to protect the local cable companies. They don't want you to be able to watch the game on your computer because they you aren't buying cable with CSN. I'm moving to Bloomington, IN in a couple of months, and I think its going to be one of those areas of MLB blackout hell. Its at least a Cubs, Sox and Reds blackout, but there's a portion of the west part of the state which also blacks out the Cardinals, I just can't tell if it spans all the way over to Bloomington based on the map. Uverse may be able to pick up CSN Chicago, so we'll see. Uverse probably has CSN everywhere, and if you're in the blackout area you should be able to watch games on it.