Dodgers fans to remain in the dark as TV deal reportedly falls through

It appears the 70 percent of Los Angeles natives who don’t get to watch their Dodgers on television will have to continue to wait. According to the Orange County Register, a proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable is collapsing.

Time Warner owns and distributes SportsNetLA, which carries Dodgers games in the local market. But the other major television providers don’t carry the station, leaving Dodgers fans without access to the games. More from the Register:

“TWC and the Dodgers agreed to a 25-year, $8.35 billion deal in January 2013 and launched SNLA in February of last year – with Time Warner as the only major distributor. Time Warner is the largest provider in the L.A. market, but represents only about 30 percent of cable and satellite customers. All the other major players, including No. 2 provider DirecTV, balked at the monthly asking price for the new regional sports network – reported to be between $3.84 and $5 per subscriber.”

A merger with Comcast could have gotten the station into more homes in the LA area. Online streaming deals are not much better at the moment, but improvements could be on the way. Instead, Dodgers fans are again missing out on seeing their first-place team.

It has to be a real drag because the Dodgers are one of the league’s most-fun-to-watch teams. What are fans missing out on?

How about Yasiel Puig’s arm:

And Adrian Gonzalez’s moon shots:

And Howie Kendrick’s defense:

Combine all that with the timeless voice of Vin Scully, and you have a team that deserves to be seen by as many fans as possible.

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