I Think I Might Like Padres POV

Watching this evening's affair in Seattle, I began thinking about how I might enjoy Padres POV. It appears to be a show where Fox Sports San Diego cameras follow a player through their day at the ballpark, coupled with candid interviews. It looks like One on One with Jane Mitchell for those of us who aren't Madres...but I wouldn't know, because I can't see it.

Unless you live in a specific part of San Diego County and are a Cox Communications subscriber, you're likely in the same boat that I am. Some of you fall into the "completely blacked out" category, while others find themselves in the situation where they can only watch the games and Padres Live on Fox Sports San Diego. As DirecTV customers, we fall into the latter category. The trouble is, the Padres and Fox Sports San Diego are telling you to switch to DirecTV if you live in Time-Warner territory, when there's only a partial product to offer.

Fox Sports SD 19 hrs of the day on DirecTV. Riveting.

It seems wrong for the acting CEO of the Padres to shill on behalf of any company, but especially for one that isn't even offering the Padres' channel all of the time. Via Twitter, I've asked Fox Sports San Diego when they plan to be available full-time on DirecTV, and their answer was that I should call up DirecTV and let them know I want FSSD as a full-time channel. This isn't much different than Time-Warner customers being asked to either switch providers (which isn't an option for people in rentals or on property where a where dishes may be obscured for one reason or another) or to call up TW and harass their customer service reps. Reps who also don't deserve to be put in the middle of this nonsense. Overall, the mentality of the Padres and Fox Sports San Diego seems to be this; we got the channel up and running, you do the rest.

This afternoon, I heard another Fox Sports San Diego ad on the radio. We're 62 games, 8.5 innings into  the season and instead of hearing about Padres baseball being available for fans across the county, the PR engine is revving back up. Switch to DirecTV, where we're still just half-assing it. Just stop it, Padres and Fox. We don't care. We just want to watch the Padres, and you're lucky that we're still interested. Stop taking fans for granted, stop putting fans in the middle of your squabble, and stop asking us to do your job for you.

We'd all like to have A Cup Of Coffee With Dick Enberg. At least, we think we might.



******* Update for 6-14-2012


A bit earlier, Fox Sports San Diego sent this picture out through Facebook and Twitter.

Cool, dudes! You're showing everyone what's up here, bro. Totally sticking it to Time Warner by hiring those trucks to block a fire lane! Feuding in public like a couple of multi-billion dollar babies (slight Alice Cooper reference unintentional), as if we should care.

This is extremely disappointing.