Give US...US FREE!!!

Let me start by saying October is by far my favorite time of the year. I love the weather, college football is in its prime, its my birth month (so I get presents), and finally Baseball is at its peak. My mother says the world series was on when she was in the hospital having me, so my love affair with America's Favorite Pastime has truly been life-long. This year has had some extra drama. The Braves didn't make it in, I'm over that already, sort of. But there have been some really good games lately. The Mets blew it, but more exciting than that was the tie for the wildcard game. Last night there was a one game playoff between San Diego and Colorado. I had been looking forward to watching the postseason for a while. I found that TBS had won the bid to air it this year so I was excited.

Then October 1st happened and It seems the only thing that turned cold is the cable companies heart towards me and my tradition of postseason baseball. My wife and I have basic cable. I have learned to survive without ESPN, but yesterday TBS went to what they call extended basic cable which is more money per month and I flipped out. I know they did it on purpose. They knew my love for Baseball, and everyone elses for that matter would drive people to buy more channels. Baseball was meant to be watched and enjoyed, not sold. GIVE US...US FREE!!! I'm calling the cable company today. If and when I ever talk to a live human being I will try to work in that line.

"Thank you for choosing Charter can I have your costumer number and address please?" said the cable company. "GIVE US, US FREE!!!" "Excuse me sir?" "Give US, US FREE!!" "Are you experiencing an outage in your area or has there been a break in your cable service?" "GIVE US, us FREE!!"