http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/24016 I should have asked for Monday off. Better yet, I should have requested the entire week off. It's baseball season, and I can't get enough of it.&nbsp; The&nbsp;only disappointing glitch, and it's a small one because I found a work around, is that the Cincinnati Reds'&nbsp;game isn't&nbsp;televised. It's the first time in 8 years, the Reds' Opening Day game&nbsp;won't be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2. But as I said,&nbsp;it's a minor detail because I&nbsp;found a work around. For the&nbsp;first week of the season,&nbsp;all the games&nbsp;can be seen on MLB Extra Innings -- FREE. Yes,&nbsp;FREE.&nbsp;(Just putting the word &quot;FREE&quot; in bold makes be feel like I'm&nbsp;watching a&nbsp;late-night informercial for some&nbsp;Ronco product.) For those that have Bright House networks digital package that's channels 154 through 163. Now I don't know what the channels are if you have DirecTV, but I'll know once I get in the office tonight. So I encourage you to take the day off Tuesday and Wednesday. Maybe Thursday. Shoot take the rest of the week off. You have my permission. And that's as good as a note from your mom in this case. I should have asked for Monday off. Better yet, I should have requested the entire week off. It's baseball season, and I can't get enough of it.&nbsp; The&nbsp;only disappointing glitch, and it's a small one because I found a work around, is that the Cincinnati Reds'&nbsp;game isn't&nbsp;televised. It's the first time in 8 years, the Reds' Opening Day game&nbsp;won't be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2. But as I said,&nbsp;it's a minor detail because I&nbsp;found a work around. For the&nbsp;first week of the season,&nbsp;all the games&nbsp;can be seen on MLB Extra Innings -- FREE. Yes,&nbsp;FREE.&nbsp;(Just putting the word &quot;FREE&quot; in bold makes be feel like I'm&nbsp;watching a&nbsp;late-night informercial for some&nbsp;Ronco product.) For those that have Bright House networks digital package that's channels 154 through 163. Now I don't know what the channels are if you have DirecTV, but I'll know once I get in the office tonight. So I encourage you to take the day off Tuesday and Wednesday. Maybe Thursday. Shoot take the rest of the week off. You have my permission. And that's as good as a note from your mom in this case. en-us Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:43:43 PDT <p>THANK YOU!!!&nbsp; Jarret (my son) and I were just discussing this block of channels last week.&nbsp; &quot;Mom, where are the MLB channels???&quot;</p> <p>Let's repeat, for emphasis:&nbsp; FREE FOR A WEEK!!</p> <p>Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd....PLAY BALL!!</p> <p>Go Dodgers!&nbsp; :)</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/24016/#c_218559 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/LastRites/24016/#c_218559 <p>THANK YOU!!!&nbsp; Jarret (my son) and I were just discussing this block of channels last week.&nbsp; &quot;Mom, where are the MLB channels???&quot;</p> <p>Let's repeat, for emphasis:&nbsp; FREE FOR A WEEK!!</p> <p>Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd....PLAY BALL!!</p> <p>Go Dodgers!&nbsp; :)</p>