Orioles Programming Note for Saturday, April 17th

By Josh Land

Orioles

April 16, 2010, 6:46am

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Due to Major League Baseball's national broadcast restrictions, the Baltimore Orioles 4:00 p.m. ET game in Oakland on Saturday afternoon cannot be televised by MASN. Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â Major League Baseball's agreements with national television networks forbid any regional network from broadcasting any Major League Baseball game during the window reserved for nationally televised baseball games. Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â According to MLB's website: Due to Major League Baseball exclusivities, live games occurring each Saturday with a scheduled start time after 1:10 PM ET or before 7:05 PM ET and each Sunday with a scheduled start time after 5:00 PM ET, will be blacked out in the United States (including the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands).Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â For more information, please see MLB's blackout policy: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/help/faq_subscriptions.jsp#q10 As the home team, Oakland chooses the game's start time and, unfortunately, decided to begin Saturday's game early. For complete coverage of the game, visit MASNsports.com.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â