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Your beloved Mariners have left fans scrambling to find TV games just before opening night. Never believe the team cares about fans. Never.  They hide pricing and Information until the last minute.  Now Apple buys a game and NBC has Sunday.   Fans are marks for this team.  The Mariners specialize on lip service to sell overpriced tickets and concessions. Listen to radio.  I won't watch for a second year in a row.  Boring.  

This time, KING lead anchor Joyce Taylor was live on Opening Day on the field sporting the logos.    Thankfully, Paul Silvi, reporter Sebastian Robertson and reporter Bridget Chavez did NOT don such apparel.   KIRO is in basketball coverage so their anchors were soared from more of yesterday's embarrassing boosterism.

  Per Wednesday's news that Mariners games would be available on channel 1261 for Xfinity/Comcast customers, I check out the channel at 3pm on Opening Day and find out I have to subscribe!!  No mention of a sub price was mentioned in any posts yesterday in the Times or from the Mariners.  It's Root Sports in camouflage.  I understand how it works and that there is streaming, but this 'subscription' for cable customers was hidden until the last minute, IMHO.  Am I wrong?  Was this made clear? So I call Xfinity and they now tell me it would be $37 bucks in installment payments to get MLB Extra Innings.  That would be a hard no.    Later I hear Extra Innings isn't correct.   So, I'm in the dark and didn't see the game.   Good!    Meanwhile, the Mariners will be on national TV 40 times this season, according to baseball beat writer Ryan Divish.   

KOMO's Mary Nam anchors her last newscast on March 31. Then she's off with her family to South Korea for a visit.   You can find more in this profile at the Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/komo-news-anchor-mary-nam-leaving-after-23-years/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAQyWXhjbGNrBDJZcGZkaWQWUDp6AzdNnklXtPWKccIrJYw8KVFaymV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHgwLNRZpRO7ycmMyoM8r-AuumYHp4slpNPKx3cej0MQei0EGslQfnP4jbYnu_aem_J17b3aiFeFMSlO4Og-cn7A

Program note: With NBC offering baseball coverage today with a a game at 5 pm PT, KING has added an hour long Mariners season preview at 4, directly opposite the Kraken game on KONG and the NCAA regional semis on KIRO.  

Thanks to a loyal reader, here is additional viewing info for Mariners baseball:

Still no word on if or when KING will be broadcasting a handful of games this season.   But, now, according to Adam Jude of the Times, viewers who have Comcast/Xfinity can watch on channel 1261.  Charter/Spectrum subs on Channel 414. MLB will produce those games.  There is already a streaming deal and price in place. BTW the Sunday game of the opening series is on NBC with Ryan Rowland-Smith on analysis.