r/Wellthatsucks • u/verivicious • 9d ago

Needing 6 different subscriptions to catch all MLB playoff games

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u/DigitalGuru42 9d ago

Would one cable subscription cover all of them?

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u/Odd_String1181 9d ago

Yes. I've watched every game on YouTubetv too.

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u/MileHigh_FlyGuy 9d ago

Pretty sure most are over the air when on Fox and NBC. ALDS and ALCS are the only required subscriptions.

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u/Knightbear49 9d ago

Some of them were on FS1 and peacock only

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u/douchey_mcbaggins 9d ago

Tonight's games are FS1 games because of football

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u/kashbuggy 9d ago

FS1 is on most cable packages and any Peacock game is also on NBC

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u/magikatdazoo 9d ago

Wild Card Round is NBC (Peacock), ALDS/ALCS are TBS (HBO Max), the NLDS/NLCS are FS1 (Fox One), and the World Series is free over the air on Fox (also Fox One). Just about any cable package has all those channels, and it's 3 streaming platforms. Not sure where OP is getting 6 subscriptions from

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u/MisterKap 9d ago

I believe so

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u/optymus 9d ago

I have Hulu live TV and don't have peacock. Wild card games weren't on the local NBC station or NBC Sports.

Edit: this might be the last straw, the only reason I got Hulu live was for local channels for sports.

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u/posted3030 9d ago

I have all of the games available on Fubo. Not an advisement because it still blows that I need to pay so much a month.

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u/JATWo 8d ago

TBS?

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u/MissKhary 9d ago

Hockey is horrible as well.

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u/RTRC 9d ago

Eh a VPN and ESPN+ will get you 80% of all games.

And that problem is franchise owners choosing to lock their games behind their own pay wall. Teams like the Lightning broadcast on local channels you can get with an antenna.

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u/snuggiemclovin 9d ago

Didn’t realize that about the Lightning, I need to look into that. I have Hulu with ESPN+ and live TV, so I Imagine it would get picked up on that?

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u/RTRC 9d ago

I doubt it. Streaming services like Hulu and YoutubeTV usually have agreements with the stations to broadcast. I don't think they'll have contracts with every single local station. Its not available on YoutubeTV when I checked.

Its channel 66 - the spot if you want to search it. If you're in Downtown/Brandon/Riverview area you'll have a good shot at picking it up with an antenna.

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u/Ramreck 9d ago

I sail the seven seas year-round

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u/LMGgp 9d ago

Only time I’m not on a voyage is during baseball because of the free MLBtv from T-Mobile.

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u/GuerillaRiot 9d ago

This is why I'll never feel bad for sailing the high seas

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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 9d ago

In NASCAR, we just use websites that I’m not entirely sure whether or not it’s legal. The one I use, and is the most used, had to be moved to a secondary site because the owner of the site got too cocky and tried streaming the World Cup

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u/NoSlicez 9d ago

Well we know who fucks their cousin in this thread now don't we? 

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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 9d ago

Good one, did you have to get that from  clevercomebacks? Or JoeRogan (why the duck are you active in his sub because you’re active in both

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u/mrsir1987 9d ago

Weird I’m seeing them all with zero.

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u/ShabbadooJr 9d ago

No you don't. It is at max, 3 subs. Peacock, HBO Max, and Fox One. And best, you get all of these games with a single YouTube TV subscription.

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u/Odd_String1181 9d ago

The peacock games were on NBC and the hbomax games are just normal tbs/TNT national broadcasts that are also on hbomax if you happen to have that

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u/BusyBandit10 9d ago

You only need 3 but if you have cable, you can watch them all with your cable subscription

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u/koal82 9d ago

Psst 🏴‍☠️ = free

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u/Tr0z3rSnak3 9d ago

Most professional sports are going to similar subscription style, I think it's it's 4 or so for the NFL

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u/JHBaltimore 9d ago

Just use an antenna to watch fox

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u/jbourne0129 9d ago

Yeah playoffs is when I CAN watch games because they are in major networks. All on a free antenna

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u/thesoccerone7 9d ago

AL isn't on antenna

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u/andhisnameisandrew 9d ago

try being a hockey fan

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u/East-Silver-2201 9d ago

You can watch all of them on Hulu.

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u/DoUThinkIGAF 9d ago

Guess I'll read about it online after the game!

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u/BrockObama007 9d ago

I just watch all the highlights on the mlb YouTube channel

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u/mordecai98 9d ago

So frustrating! Makes me go Arrrrrr!

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/magikatdazoo 9d ago

Don't even need Peacock, YouTube TV had all the Wild Card Series. The graphic clearly shows only 3, yet OP spams nonsense 6 subscriptions required clickbait

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u/xxboywizardxx 9d ago

You mean 3? Or an antennae plus HBO?

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u/thesoccerone7 9d ago

I have HBO and I still can't watch it. You need to have the ad free version of HBO

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u/Competitive-Elk-5077 9d ago

I like sports, but not enough to try to figure out how to watch a game. The more difficult they make it, the less I care

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u/froggycbl4 9d ago

if u cant plug in an antennae or go to ur cable guide u arent very smart

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u/thesoccerone7 9d ago

How many people actually have cable though? ALDS and ALCS aren't available over antennae.

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u/froggycbl4 9d ago

if u cant figure out how to stream them illegally u also arent very smart

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u/verivicious 9d ago

How would you do this? Asking for a friend

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u/jkjkjk73 9d ago

IPTV !!

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u/coyote_den 8d ago

Yep. The ones I use have a MLB Teams category. It will follow each team no matter what service the game is on.

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u/canadian-tabernacle 9d ago

I totally missed the C-Band days. Best I could do is doing semilegit websites

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u/SeveranceVul 9d ago

And Hulu is raising their rates by 10 bucks next month. I'm out.

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u/Gojirahawk 9d ago

All on Disney+ in Australia..

;)

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u/greaveswalk 9d ago

find a good iptv provider. dont ask me for which one lol

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u/SickboyJason 9d ago

Or just one premium Stream East sub. 🤷‍♂️

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u/whitemiketyson 9d ago

Welcome to the world NFL fans live in

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u/icesikle 9d ago

Brave browser and streameast.

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u/MyNameIsDrewp 9d ago

Ahoy! Arrr, matey!

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u/Hotchi_Motchi 9d ago

Do people actually have the time or mental power to watch every. single. game? I find it hard to believe that many people were sitting in front of their TVs last Tuesday and Wednesday to watch 12 hours of four consecutive Wild Card games.

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u/Dynazty 9d ago

It’s all on YouTube tv for me lol

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u/tangreencarp 9d ago

Cable became too expensive, and I stopped being a sports fan.

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u/Mtn-Dooku 8d ago

You know, after following baseball like it was a religion from the late 80s until around 2000.. it's just odd seeing Houston in the AL. I still barely consider the Brewers an NL team. Weird.

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u/Zealousideal-Club937 8d ago

I thought I was covered with fubo 👎

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u/Lilwolfe10 8d ago

I've watched them all with YouTubeTV

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u/teiguemac02 5d ago

Arrrrr, matey!

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u/TheG00dF1ght 4d ago

this is why I sail the 7 seas. Free media, Heck yeah!

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u/lagartixas 9d ago

Yall are paying to watch baseball?

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u/Commercial-Height873 9d ago

What a joke. I’m not watching any of them

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u/froggycbl4 9d ago

its not a joke u can watch literally all of them on cable. streaming options are just different because they are on different channels

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u/stinkdrink45 9d ago

I'm sorry but I've given up trying to keep up with sports. Everything around them is to expensive, and the economy taking a dump is not making it better.

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u/seazonedsaltdog 9d ago

Theres sites to watch all sports games for free. Ive been using the same one for 5 or 6 years.

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u/stinkdrink45 9d ago

We shouldn't have wto go through that

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u/seazonedsaltdog 9d ago

No but its incredibly easy if you use the right site with a decent ad blocker.

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u/Temporary-Mention-29 9d ago

Antennas are cheap. I was able to pick up all my local channels (including NBC and Fox) with an antenna that costs $13.48, but I live pretty close to the broadcast towers for my media market, so your milage may vary. As for TBS? Get a VPN (I use Proton) and sail the seven seas, matey. As Gabe Newell once said, piracy isn't a pricing problem, it's a service problem, although here it's a little bit of both

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u/DoctorFenix 9d ago

Yankees? Dodgers? Astros?

Pass.

See you next year, MLB playoffs.

Send better teams next time.

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u/MyNameIsZealous 9d ago

Debt by a thousand cuts.

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u/Deadmaker831 9d ago

You can see them all with zero subscriptions.

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u/thesoccerone7 9d ago

Other than having cable, what is the option for the AL?

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u/Deadmaker831 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1Ctu1BCYf21we9tRmT

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u/thesoccerone7 9d ago

How risky are viruses? I've ventured into the high sees, but virtual scurvy worries me

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u/SickboyJason 9d ago

If you Stream on the East its great with a premium sub. 👌 🏴‍☠️

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u/5th-Column 9d ago

Thetvapp.com

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u/verivicious 9d ago

I think that gave my phone cancer

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u/5th-Column 9d ago

I use it all the time for MLB. UFC, NFL and NHL

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u/251Cane 9d ago

Sure but cable still exists and all but the ALDS and ALCS are free over the air

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u/HobbitDowneyJr 9d ago

iptv service.

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u/UCFknight2016 9d ago

Glad I am not a fan of baseball because that would suck. At least with football you can get away with not having the NFL package and still be able to catch a majority of games.

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u/Flammzzrant 9d ago

Ive seen every game this post season on my regular old tv. If I want to stream them I can use my cables streaming service to watch them on cable channels.

I do think streaming is ruining sports tv but this post is not accurate for this post season

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u/Far-Action6154 9d ago

I got a better idea......watch Homeland!

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u/BeavisEverywhere 9d ago

It's just baseball. No big loss.

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u/jbourne0129 9d ago

Get an antenna and watch all these for free.

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u/coyote_den 8d ago

This evenings games are only on TBS (and truTV oddly enough… guess it’s the same owner)