No, the Nationals aren’t somehow magically in first place this weekend, but, when that happens, at least most of the people who live in the area will be able to watch the games. Comcast has settled its dispute with MASM and will broadcast Nationals games starting in September:
Washington Nationals fans in the Baltimore-Washington region will be able to watch the Major League Baseball team’s games on Comcast as soon as Sept. 1 after the sports network that carries most of the games settled its bitter 15-month dispute yesterday with the cable company.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, the Nationals’ home network, or by Comcast Corp., the nation’s largest cable company and the dominant provider in the Washington region.
Under the deal, 1.6 million Comcast subscribers in the Baltimore-Washington corridor will be able to view the games starting in September, while another 600,000 people in more distant parts of Western Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania will get access to the games over the next two years.
“Bravo. It’s about time. This is great news for the fans who have welcomed the Nationals to DC and want to watch [Alfonso] Soriano on TV as he bangs in those runs,” District Mayor Anthony A. Williams said in a statement.
Mid-Atlantic said Comcast would start airing the baseball games in most of the region on Sept. 1.
And what’s even better, they managed to settle it on their own without governmet intervention.
