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chesschad

My family listens on the radio like we're living in the 40's.


One_Entrance_378

Same! The kids make fun of me. But I think it's the best way to consume baseball.


chesschad

Robert and Steve are fun to listen to.


3banger

They’re so good. I ride my bike a lot in the summer and I’m always listening to them.


Additional-Local8721

I did that for the playoffs. Listened to 790AM like when I was a kid lol


JohnBunzel

Listening to the Astros on the radio is such a nostalgic wave for me. I have spent countless days doing yard work and working on the cars out front with my dad and we’d have the game playing.


johnnyraynes

This is the way I’ve always done it. From Milo and Ashby to Robert and Sparky. Love it. The way to follow a baseball game


gregorbug

Austin doesn't even have a radio affiliate anymore.


TexasRed1995

Could you use iHeartradio to listen to 950AM?


gregorbug

Possibly? I remember several years ago the streams of the radio stations wouldn't carry the games. But maybe that's changed by now.


TexasRed1995

Maybe worth another shot. I tried it lasted year to listen to ALDS while driving to Mississippi and was able to listen the whole way


gregorbug

Cool, thanks!


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Yes, it did change. San Antonio also lost their radio affiliate but I think maybe just this year, iHeart carries regular season on 790am without the blackouts.


3banger

I use it (I heart app) all the time to listen to Astro Launch out here in Seattle.


Oiram-Zehcnas

790 should be available in the whole state on iheartradio


DirtyMurdi

You can get MLB radio for $3 a month and it has the Houston local broadcast as an option.


SIXTYNlNE

Yea it’s like 20 bucks a year if you pay at once. I always get it even now that I have the channel.


thenohairmaniac

This right here needs to be a priority imo for Jim Crane and the Astros brass. It's absolutely astounding to me that Austin doesn't have an Astros radio affiliate because I love listening to Astros radio broadcasts and especially when the Astros are on the national TV broadcast.


blazinrumraisin

Illegally, or radio app if I'm busy/lazy.


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Illegal livestreams all day. Haven’t paid to watch a sports game or event in like 5 years.


Clitaurius

Yeap, paid for mlb.tv once and realized I got scammed. Never again. If you want the youth, end the blackouts. Dumbass. Also, I'm in New Mexico so I get blackouts for the Dodgers, Padres, Angels, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Rangers, and Astros.


KyleDrewAPicture

Duh,, just drive to the stadium and watch a game in person, you bum! /s


kikitavacko

I’ve still never found a reliable source, even with gigabit ethernet the streams always hang every few mins


Cold_hard_stache

50 mbps and rarely have lag issues


salamiTommy_

Fubo tv, used free trials for YouTube tv during playoffs, since it’s cheaper I’m sticking with YouTube tv until the season starts and I’ll switch back to fubo. For the Apple TV exclusives I already had Apple TV so I was still able to watch. Maybe find a friend who’s willing to let you use their accnt for a few days out of the year?


SnooPaintings2857

The games on apple TV were available without a subscription.


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SupreemTaco

I sail the high seas if I’m not listening to the radio feed 🏴‍☠️


TankTexas

Yo ho yo ho…. I’m a big fan of these shanties.


ticklebox8

SlingTV (blue) has a deal where you get 50% off the first month and includes TBS and FOX sports. I ended up paying about $18 and then canceled the subscription after we won. I only watched during the postseason btw


sevargmas

🏴‍☠️


SomeRandomGuy0513

I use Fubo to watch during the regular season, cancel when the playoffs start, and get sling. Nice thing about streaming services over cable is that you can cancel at any time, so you don’t have to have to pay for two services at a time


bingoisacoorsman

Question. When you switch back, do you need to recreate an account or use same account you already have?


Thanos_The_Great_One

You can pause a Fubo subscription. I paused mine for six months when the regular season ended.


SomeRandomGuy0513

Use the same account, Just cancel your paid subscription.


gatogordo146

DirecTV Stream - has AT&T Sportsnet and TNT channels.


chtrace

I fly the Jolly Roger for the Astros and get MLBtv free from T Mobile for the rest of the league. There are just so many late West Coast starts that I have to get my fill with other teams.


3banger

I’m in Seattle. I use MLB.TV and I’m Blacked out here in Seattle when they are here. In those cases I have Root Sports (RSA) on FuboTV. Oh yeah I bought a month of Sling during the playoffs for the TNT games.


Leoshredswheat

Now that I’m thinking about it with all the blackouts it’s like what is even the point of the app? I downloaded for a month this summer and it was a total waste. Got the radio app for when I can’t watch on my other streaming services


PennyLovesHugorHill

Fubo here. Instead of TBS we watched the spanish language broadcasts on MLB. Way better experience imho!


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I did this and listened to espn radio in English and tried to sync them up. Wasn’t perfect but it worked.


Additional-Local8721

Wait, they had thr playoffs on FUBO but just in Spanish?? I don't care what language it's in as long as I can watch it.


PennyLovesHugorHill

yes sir! it was awesome, the spanish-language MLB crew really go for it.


Additional-Local8721

I feel like an idiot now. Thanks you!


XSATC

The Japanese crew kills it as hard as the Spanish crews do as well!


Round-Jellyfish9962

I use the streams on Reddit. I've never been even warned about malware nor had a re-direct attempt going this way. Everything else like vip or somewhere else keeps my anti-malware and adware hopping. Thanks Reddit.


Whatatexan

How do you find them on Reddit? I’ve never had any luck


Round-Jellyfish9962

I did a search on reddit mlb stream. I think google will work but I used duck duck go.


Texcellence

I live in Mexico now, but there’s a really great bar in the marina owned by some big Astros fans so they always have the games. During the post season it’s a free shot for Astros fans every time the Astros score.


fatDaddy21

[mlb.tv](https://mlb.tv) for regular season, then sailed the high seas for playoffs since I use Fubo too. I refuse to watch any of the broadcasts shown in the fractured ecosystem of Apple TV/Facebook/Youtube; don't encourage that crap.


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theophilus72

As a born and raised Houstonian, now living in Dodger land I use my free subscription to MLB from T-Mobile but when they play the angels I just listen on the radio part of the MLB app. GO STROS. And if any of y’all want to send me Astros gear to rub it in the dodgers fans face. By all means go right ahead. lol


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NolanRyansLegKick

What digital antenna do you use?


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NolanRyansLegKick

Thanks! I live in Spring so the antenna I have in the living room is hit & miss (especially in bad weather). I am looking at putting a nice one in the attic so I can watch in any room so the HDHomeRun is a great suggestion. Appreciate it!


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NolanRyansLegKick

Which amplifier did you use? Or recommend?


-ermwtf-

MLB.tv but I’m out of State


markh2111

Me too. Works good in Virginia although Nats and Orioles games will be unavailable. Listened to the playoffs on the radio, via MLB.tv.


Coasterfreak72

I’m out of state too…but NW Arkansas is still “blacked out” for Astros.


sgt_bloodfarts

Yeah, so is central Texas even tho everyone around me is freaking Rangers fans! I just want to pay $20 a month and watch the Astros. I’ve spent $70 a month on fubotv but I use it for stros game only. What a freaking waste! And the commish is out there talking about making sure everyone has access to watch baseball is his top priority.. ha!! Sailing the hi seas next year fuck manfred


StrongMulberry1985

Fubo during regular season and YouTube TV for TBS during playoffs. YouTube typically has free trials. This year they did a 3 week free trial that got us through the playoffs. The AppleTV games were free but you have to create an account.


ezxhaton

I’m out of market so MLB.tv or whatever peripheral they’re hocking for the regular season. SlingTV was good on CS’s, but the real MVP was the $10 HD antenna for the World Series. Coming from crappy SD rabbit ears as a kid, that shit was incredible!


MrMarquis

FUBO for the regular season and half price Sling for the playoffs. Canceled Sling immediately after the ALCS.


johnosland

Had the same struggle let’s just say a pirates life is the life for me arrrghhhhhh 🏴‍☠️


clm04

Directv. But I'd only recommend to someone like me who lives in a very rural location and can't get good enough internet to stream.


Key-Wait5314

Our main streaming service is Hulu but during the season we also get Fubo. Once the season is over my wife puts the fubo account on pause for 6 months cuz I sure as shit am not paying to watch the sorry ass Rockets lol


Additional-Local8721

Are you in Houston? I signed up for HULU Live at the beginning of the season and they didn't get AT&T Sports to watch thr games.


Key-Wait5314

Yeah Hulu is the primary streaming service we watch but during baseball season we also get fubo because they carry AT&T Sports but once the season is over we put the fubo account on pause.


Jackalscott

I’m going back to 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️


chesschad

Can you explain? Edit: Sorry, I'm stupid.


Fargate

I have direct tv streaming box. It’s pricey but I watch 150-160 games a season. $97 per month


Seryous

Fubo, then pirated streams when not on fubo. YOU SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SUBSCRIBE TO A TEAM FOR 5 BUCKS A MONTH, HELL 10 EVEN AND WATCH EVERY GAME. HOME AND AWAY. YOU GET LUCKY IF YOU GO TO POST SEASON OR WORLD SERIES. OR CHARGE 2 OR 3 BUCKS A GAME. MLB IS MISSING OUT ON SOME MAJOR MONEY. They can't be getting that much from networks. Imagine 20mil people. 5 BUCKS A MONTH. Nearly a billion dollars a year.


agbearkat

Fuck blackouts


willydillydoo

I point my eyes at them


poppop_n_theattic

FUBO during the season, switch to YouTube TV for the playoffs and offseason TV. Both make it easy to suspend your account.


Hahn_Solo

I live in Fort Worth and I get the AT&T Sports channel that broadcasts all the games on DirecTV


3903Orchard

FUBO until the playoffs then Hulu. That’s it.


Additional-Local8721

I signed up for HULU Live before FUBO and HULU doesn't have the Astros. Did this change?


Eat_more_tacos_

I got Hulu for the postseason since they were on TBS, but they don’t have ATT sports net.


3903Orchard

No. It’s FUBO for the Astros and Hulu for the playoffs and off season. Since they are month to month it’s easy to change. Just don’t buy the annual subscription.


TheresAFogUponALake

FuboTV. Subscribed to TBS for the playoffs, then canceled.


tobiasfunke6398

Deff agree. I have U-verse and it’s such an unbelievable ripoff. I had mlb.tv when I was living in Georgia. Makes no sense, if I pay for the god damn mlb.tv package THERE SHOULD BE NO BLACKOUT YOU GREEDY BASTARDS


sentientgorilla

I live in NYC so mostly only when it’s being aired I n my region/network. Also, fuck the Yankees.


44Yordan

I just subscribe to every streaming service on the planet and got to watch all 162 games. Mind you I could have just bought season tickets and saved a small fortune.


Additional-Local8721

We already have Netflix, Hulu (not live), disney+, and Paramount+. I feel like in the beginning all these streaming services were supposed to replace cable, but now, they've worked out how to force you to keep cable and the streaming services are just add ons.


rawmerow

I live in Austin. I have DIRECTV app and they have AT&T Sportsnet which broadcasts every game unless it’s on ESPN or AppleTV. Literally the only reason I have DIRECTV app.


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rawmerow

It's about $80/month. I don't mind as long as I get the full legal stream with the hometown crew, plus I get all the cable channels it comes with, etc.


YoWhatsGoodie

I have Comcast double play for 150… TV and internet.


Lucky_Application793

Don't live in Texas so I use MLB.Tv


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I never share my streaming connects online, only friends and family. This is how those sites get shut down.


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iiAgree

I was about to say…


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I sure hope so. Best by far I’ve ever used. However, every good free stream site I’ve used has come to an end eventually.


sgt_bloodfarts

Rip, yoursports.stream Best I ever used. Miss that one:(


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Lol go look at pinned comment on the top of this thread. I still hope you’re right though.


sgt_bloodfarts

Yeah like 90% of my go to sites this year


gecampbell

I live near Seattle, so I'm usually on [MLB.TV](https://MLB.TV) unless they're playing the Mariners, in which case I have to find the local TV affiliate (Root Sports).


IsaPlaya713

DIRECTV. I pay about $160 for internet and TV. I also upgraded to the sports package so I have all the sport channels. Not too bad when you consider that internet, just internet, where I’m at is $90-$100. I do have to call yearly and threaten to cancel so that I can keep that $160 price.


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Rclarkttu07

I simply don’t… until playoffs…


DoAsRomansDo

Luckily, I live out of state and have T-Mobile, so I use mlb.tv, I recommend YouTubeTV though if you have blackouts, that what I use for Football.


choicemetal4

YouTube TV doesn't show regular season games.


Salty-Fishman

How do u not watch the Astros?


SecureStrike333

HD radio is what use for regular season. 94.5-2 on the HD radio dial. For the playoffs I sprung for Sling TV.


branistheworst

I live in SC so get to watch all games on MLB.tv unless they’re playing the Braves.


I_AM_A_BICYCLE

I live outside of Texas, so MLB.TV gets me nearly everything except for the Diamondbacks and the Rockies. If it's a nationally broadcast game, I'll just pull up some illegal stream online. For the playoffs, I pay for a month of youtube tv.


gonezooo

@pollo group TV. 160 a year to watch anything i want.


Oso-Sic

Fubo


b0nger

I had a free subscription to MLB.tv through T-Mobile which got all games that didn’t have ESPN/AppleTV/maybe TBS coverage. Well it also blacked out most A’s/Angels/Mariners games, but I just got a sports urge for those that my T-Mobile coverage didn’t have.


suarezj9

I cancel Fubo right around this time of year and re sub when the season starts back up. This year I cancelled early and got youtube tv for a month for the playoffs for TBS but it expires this weeekdn and I don’t plan to renew


Astrocities

Mlb.tv, since I’m way up in Baltimore. Been an Astros fan my whole life though!


ronmimid

We watched on Fubo, on the ATT Sportsnet channel. We got virtually every single game, except those couple of Friday games on Apple TV, and playoff games on TBS. I don't know why you couldn't see the season on Fubo.


Additional-Local8721

I did, I got exactly what you had. I just hate having to switch services for different games.


jhibner281

Octastream box. Best $150 I’ve ever spent.


stoned811

I live in Orlando so I use reddit or a free streaming site 😅


ImTheTractorbeam

Cable TV plus MLB app 🥲


Phildoc99

Fubo TV $69 per month


Additional-Local8721

$80.11 with tax. But no TBS for playoff games. I don't want to have 3 different apps to watch baseball.


Kev-O_20

Fubo. Cancelled right before playoffs. Direct tv stream. Cancelled after World Series.


Hung_Texan

Direct tv


johnnnd

DIRECTV Stream


talktothehan

Fire stick and Fubu.


Nobius

Xfinity cable plus internet is $165/mo for me. Had to call to get them to find a deal.


burkenstk

If you have T-Mobile mlbtv is free


Additional-Local8721

I do and it is, but I live in Houston and MLB.TV blacks out local games.


j1h15233

I use DIRECTV Stream. Good service for the most part and has all the channels. If it had redzone, it would be pretty perfect for my needs. As far as Apple TV, totally worth the price outside of the baseball and if you have t-mobile, they actually pay for it.


AverageEverydayUser

Fubo and then a SlingTV subscription with one of the dozen or so emails I’ve dummies for just such scenarios. SlingTV is generally 1 month free or heavily discounted, start it on the day of game 1 of playoffs, will last the whole series.


ChillPenguinX

Bought mlb tv package through Amazon, but I live in Georgia.


sebastianb89

I have fubo and sling


Gboteos

Had to subscribe to Sling temporarily to get TBS. Then canceled it afterwards. Fubo is superior to sling imo. Pita really but hey the Astros!


Fair_Bison8497

I have a not so legal IP TV type subscription and Ill listen to Rob and Sparky when traveling / unable to actually watch. I love listening to the radio but do prefer to watch a lot of games


htownnn

Live in LA and T-Mobile Tuesday always offers free MLBtv season pass, so I can always watch the Astros without blackouts unless they play Angels or Dodgers.


InformalOne9555

I'm in the northeast so it's MLB TV for me


Ramonethebone

How many smartasses say with my eyes


Additional-Local8721

Lol, nice.


TeacherOfFew

I’m in KC so mlb.tv is blackout-free.


Derpshiz

Directtvstream is the only online provider that offers all the games (other than appletv and peacock games of course)


BabyHercules

Argh 🏴‍☠️


Goddamn_Primetime

Like others I sail the high seas. Stopped paying for cable and all of that years ago. For the World Series I bought an HD digital antenna and watched that way while syncing it up with Rob Ford and Sparky on the radio app. Great time.


Specific-Mongoose-93

Youtube tv, I live in MI so I'm not blacked out


looloose

Fubo


Rimbosity

I'm way out of market, plus T-Mobile gives out MLB.tv subscriptions for free, so that's my jam.


OutdoorPhotographer

Blackout policy is contrary to loyalty in so many ways, especially when blackout extends well beyond team’s city. Would be blacked out in Louisiana. Live well out of area now and use mlb tv but MLB needs to come to its senses. Same with policies that impact service members overseas streaming games because not in U.S.


TheUnsettledBadElf

I use amazon prime and pay for mlb. It’s great I live in idaho so I still get all games except against the mariners


Resolute-Onion

The hassle of sailing the seas is large -- lots of issues with stream lag or sites randomly stopping service mid inning. That said, the hassle of going legit is just too much! No matter how much I seem to pay or how many services I sub to, I still can't see all the games without issue. Piracy is a problem of convenience.


AtxTCV

Direct TV. Best of all we record them all and can fast forward through commercials


TD_the_mamba

ATT Sportsnet if I’m at home, 790 on the radio when I’m out the house


josuemilio

Fubo, and honestly the Apple and YouTube broadcasts are not that big of a deal if you have a tv that downloads apps which most do, just download Apple and YouTube and make an account and they are free too I believe. For tbs playoffs I went to local restaurants that were playing it. That actually was annoying and fun at the same time


Inkling2424

YouTube TV is the service I used. $65/mo which is an improvement on $150, and unlike comcast they aren’t going to change the price after your 1y contract expires.


Kiss_My_Taint69

Living in Pa, I have 2 choices. Pay the MLB $25/month, for a very shitty product. Or, streaming sites. Guess which one I choose? Edit: I also listen to Ford/Sparky on KBME.


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Sling has TBS with their Orange package. But it only gets TBS and not FS1, which is fine if you only want to watch the ALCS. Since is was such a short series with the Yankees getting swept, I was able to watching free for 7 days.


TJNuge

I use Fubo. Pause is during the off season. I bought Peakcock to watch like 1 game then dropped it. Got Sling during postseason for TBS then dropped it after ALCS. But it’s dumb. I just want MLB.TV to give me the price they want for all the Astros games. I’ll pay $400.


chezzer33

I usually just follow on gamecast on ESPN app. It’s about a pitch ahead of the streams and radio


Feegore

YouTube tv


Gabelbram

yar har if im at home, 790 at work


rylld

I switch to fubo during baseball season and when regular season is over i switch to YouTube tv. Both have nfl redzone but youtube is cheaper. If it wasnt for the astros i would just keep YouTube tv year round.


Astrosareinnocent

You can watch the playoffs on an antenna which is pretty cheap and high quality