It's bad enough that CSN Bay Area wasn't televising the game; the MLB Network channel was televising the game at a 3-hour delay -- 6am instead of 3am. But I found out that MLB.com was streaming it live, so I pay $20 for a month of MLB.com, mostly to catch this game...

I wake up at 2:30am log into MLB.com this morning to catch the game, and the fucking thing is blacked out in this market anyway! I end up having to watch the damn game on some bootleg-ass stream on Justin.tv.

I get that the A's are not that important to the powers that be in the MLB, but it's the first game of the major league season... how are you not gonna televise the game live?

And of course, they lose the same way as they did all last year... starting pitcher keeps it close, A's lose late. (Extra innings hurt when they're happening at 6am.)

That said, I am still hopeful about the team, and expect better results tonight.