http://www.freep.com/article/2014071...s-schedule-fsd
For awhile there, we got kind of used to the Detroit Lions being blacked out on TV. But the Tigers? This is something different.
The Tigers will not be on live television Saturday night, when they play the Kansas City Royals at 7:10 p.m. The game falls during the exclusive window for Fox’s national game of the week, so it cannot air live on Fox Sports Detroit. It will be shown on a delayed basis, starting at 10 p.m. on FSD.
It’s a Major League Baseball rule. The Tigers can’t control it. FSD can’t control it. The only entity that could have prevented the blackout is the Royals, who could have moved the start time out of the 7-10 p.m. window.
But they didn’t, and the game will not be allowed to be shown live in the Kansas City market, either.
So that’s that.