Arrgh

So the geniuses at Sportsnet have decided in their wisdom to show tonight's Blue Jays-Red Sox tilt only in Ontario, giving those of us who live in Quebec, the Maritimes and Newfoundland Ottawa Senators hockey instead.

The rationale behind this escapes me. The Senators have very few fans outside of eastern Ontario, and low prospects for growth out here, because Quebec is Habs country and the Atlantic provinces are already split between fans of the Habs, Leafs, Bruins and (in Cape Breton) Oilers. As a rare Flames fan in eastern Canada, I can't imagine Halifax becoming a hotbed of Sens support simply because Sportsnet shows their games on TV, at least as long as CBC is showing the other Canadian teams regularly. Finally, there's no particular reason for Sportsnet to boost the Sens in particular-they're owned by someone else, after all.

Conversely, Sportsnet is owned by the same guy who owns the Jays, and the growth potential out here seems limitless, at least within the confines of Atlantic Canadian baseball fans. But we get hockey anyway.

I really can't wait for the end of hockey season.