Can't watch internet baseball

[gr8fl4porsche]

I live outside of St. Louis. I get my TV with an antenna. The Cardinals are broadcast on FSN Midwest - available only on pay tv.

I don't want pay TV - had it for 20 years and finally got rid of it. I basically run my TV with a HD antenna and the internet. I download everything I want to watch and use a multimedia device (HD Tivo) to play it thru my system wirelessly.

MLB.com offers HD baseball over the web but it is blacked out if you live anywhere within a few hours of St. Louis.

I believe the blackouts are monitored by IP address, anyone have an idea to create an out of area IP that will fool the MLB.TV site into believing I live in Chicago or elsewhere?

[Stanley]

You could always find a friend with a slingbox that they are willing to share.

[gr8fl4porsche]

That's an interesting idea.

Thanks for the tip.

[masraum]

You could try an internet anonymizer. I'm not sure if they would block those too, but they might.

[Schumi]

One word:

Proxy.

Google it.

[t951]

You could just watch paint dry....about the same as watching baseball!



Does Hulu have sports on?

[Heel n Toe]

Until you get yer pick-cher box set up, don't forget the time-tested trusty fallback option.

[gr8fl4porsche]

Success, got it working.

I am now able to watch the Cards play in HD on my computer.

Next question,

Any way to stream the live feed through my TivoHD box?

I use a TivoHD connected wirelessly to my receiver and then TV.
I use Pytivo and Steam Baby to stream and transfer videos.

Of course I could hook up another DVI cable and go straight to the TV but distance / routing are an issue.

Any ideas?

[mattdavis11]

I thought not being able to hear or see anything about baseball was a bonus.