Baseball fans rising early to see this year's opening game between the Red Sox and A's live from Japan may have found themselves disappointed. ESPN2, which was supposed to carry the game nationwide, has been unavailable on the DirecTV satellite service all morning. Red Sox fans in Boston are particularly irate, based on the feedback received at the Boston Globe's Web site. There have apparently been outages associated the New England Sports Network as well.
ESPN2 is currently airing the following message: "NO NEED TO CALL US. We are aware this TV station is temporarily unavailable. We will have this channel back as soon as possible. SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION"
So far I have heard explanations ranging from a transponder issue to a software problem. But nothing official from anyone at DirecTV. I have put in an inquiry to the company and will try and provide an update on the situation as soon as possible.
By the way, the Red Sox won, 6-5 in 10 innings.
