I really wonder how many people on HN seriously pay for cable. For me and many of my friends, we just have Internet and watch whatever we want whenever we want. I wouldn't watch cable if it was free. I wouldn't watch it for an hour a night if they paid me $100 a month to do so. The idea of paying $50+++ per month for what I consider to be an absolute waste of my time is crazy to me.
MLB.TV isn't bad for baseball (might have to swing a VPN to get it to work for you, depending on if you live near your favorite team). Football is still overpriced as hell, though.