A good idea?

No. I don't think so.

The guys at Deadspin had this story:

In Case You Had Any Doubt, MLB Doesn't Care About You At All

We are not against corporations, inherently; we spend most of our days enjoying products of the Coca-Cola Company and the Philip Morris Corporation, and if they do an excellent job mass-producing consumables that we keep on buying, hey, that's the American way. But as a serious sports fan, there might be no corporation that's causing us more headache than DirectTV.

It was one thing when DirectTV, in a desperate attempt to justify its own existence, bought out the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, making it impossible for anyone unable to install the dish network -- or unwilling, if you're one of those people like us who uses digital cable for both television and the Internets, making DirectTV entirely unnecessary and cumbersome -- watch out-of-town games without wedging into a crowded bar with a bunch of screaming people. It's annoying that they do that, but that's just Sunday, after all; just one day.

But now, they're taking away MLB Extra Innings. If you don't have DirectTV this year (or for the next seven years), you're not going to be able to order the MLB Extra Innings package, because DirectTV just paid $700 million for exclusive rights over the next seven years. It will also be the exclusive home to a 24-hour baseball channel.

That link in the excerpt goes to a New York Times story.

So. I'm a cable subscriber. The Trailer Park Association doesn't allow for a dish. I can't get the baseball package now? Okay. Not realistic. I wouldn't get it at home anyway because I'm never here during the summer. Let's be more accurate...

Let's say the Timber Rattlers wanted to get the MLB Extra Inings package at Fox Cities Stadium so I could hang out in the press box after the game to watch a west coast game. I can't do that?

Now, I'll have to go home after the Rattler game?

That's.
just.
great.