I'm one of the late bloomers who have become a fan of MLB since 2006, the season my home team, Detroit Tigers, reascended after 10-plus years of losing baseball and won the American League pennant. But beyond their resurgence I have also come to appreciate the skills and thrills the games and all involved have to offer. And it became a twofer—years wise—when a relative of mine, to whom I am close, experienced her home team, Colorado Rockies, win the 2007 NL pennant for the first time in that franchise's then-15-season history.
So, for the first time ever for me, I'm going to go ahead and subscribe to the MLB package—get the whole package (I need to learn more…)—and will, hopefully, appreciate as much as I can absorb, entertainment wise, of the whole thing that'll allow me to DVR and VCR a number of games I may want to see play out for themselves.
The only thing, outside of money, that is a negative: it's mighty time-consuming. But considering how turned off I am these days to regular broadcast programming (I'm not broken up over the writers' strike; I want the writers to get what they're after; sorry to digress) … I don't think I'll regret shelling out between $150 to $250 for the 2008 MLB package from DirecTV.