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1) The game isn't over yet the standings indicate the season is over

2) There's no way the Blue Jays are finishing ahead of the Yankees.... :D]]>Jan 5th 2008 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/
Another market is office workers; my company, for example, blocks all Internet radio (rightly so) and, while radio reception drops off quickly away from windows, this can probably still grab what it needs to from the subcarrier to keep us drones up-to-date on day games.

My first thought was actually "hm, if you've got FM, maybe you'd be listening to the broadcast anyway." But many teams' games are broadcast on AM, especially in the suburban, exurban, and rural markets this is likely to be popular in, and AM's reception is far spottier. Plus this lets you keep an eye on other teams in your division.

I'm not saying this is a good or bad product at a fair or unfair price. I'm saying you shouldn't dismiss data transmission over FM subcarriers with some kneejerk wi-fi flagwaving.]]>Jan 5th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/
Seriously though, what do you have against baseball!! Steroids aside, and lets not pretend that's a baseball only problem, baseball is the greatest game on earth! Of course that's just my opinion...but I know I'm not the only one.
Your comment is the same as saying, I can't believe people actually like swimming. Just because I don't like swimming, doesn't mean others cannot.]]>Jan 5th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/Jan 5th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/ambient-baseball-scorecast-keeps-you-in-the-game/
- it's not FM - that's MS SPOT. ambient has way more coverage than SPOT - check here:

http://map.myambient.com/

- it tracks any game, any team, any division - just look at the buttons on the top

- as others have noted, it's way simpler than wifi. just add batteries and get data. no config hassle. works pretty much anywhere there's signal - which is most places.]]>Jan 6th 2008 8:45AM