I am a Red Sox fan as well. (see avatar)
I find YES Network very compelling. I want to watch them lose.
Seriously, it appears that Dish is holding the line on *any* new programming that will cost them money (other than internationals and locals). The last few channels added were:
Sirius music (costs ???)
Horse racing channel (pays to be carried)
Bingo TV (pays to be carried)
Reality TV (must cost $0 or close to $0)
TV Guide channel (perhaps forced to carry by Gemstar?)
Nicktoons (forced to carry by Viacom)
Multiple shopping channels (pay to be carried)
Multiple internationals (get to charge $10 and up per channel)
The only thing added voluntarily in the past year that may have cost Dish some money are the Sirius channels. Meanwhile highly requested channels such as PBS Kids, Trio, Ovation, YES Network, Goodlife TV are ignored.
(raNT OFF)