Further web searching reveals that baseball is (what a surprise) a scam on steroids.

Oh well, scanning YouTube is probably more fun than watching baseball anyway. (And it's only a matter of time before Sling and Orb become as easy to use as YouTube -- at which point all bets are off for legacy entertainment industries.)

I got a huge pot of gravy simmering on the stove -- floating with this week's batch of meatballs are some big fat rib cuts. In a few hours, all the meat will have melted off those bones and broken up in the sauce.

And that's when it's time to eat.

UPDATE: I was bored so I decided to write again to my new pen-pals at MLB.com. Below is what I sent (putting it here is my way of noting when I contacted them and what I said -- because I'm looking ahead to when they auto-renew me and hit my credit card like they've apparently done to the other poor bastards who tried to cancel). I retained my composure and refrained from heading my message with "Dear Asshats":

Just to follow up on yesterday's message -- your site still says the mlb.tv subscription will give access to "EVERY out of market game." You really need to change that language -- it's a false claim. And I do expect a refund. And I want confirmation that you will not charge my credit card for any auto-renewal.

Who's doing PR for MLB these days? The NFL?

Having read other ex-fans' tales of woe, I have no expectation that I will get a response. Did I mention that I finally cancelled my Discover card? Us Mastandreas really know how to hold a grudge.