Empassioned college baseball tech-savvy fans/nerds unite!

So the Courier-Journal's Cardinal blogger was booted from the press box at the super regional for...live blogging during the game. Oddly enough, he could have kept writing from outside the ballpark or comfortably from his couch watching ESPN, just not at the game, from the press box. Some rule about in-game updates being expressly prohibitive and violating broadcasting rights. It seems a bit ridiculous, but if the NCAA is really about anything, it's asinine rules (and hokey commercials). College baseball is a niche sport at best. Schools are usually in either of two categories here: 1. Good at it 2. Don't care. Not to generalize, but the pool of teams that makes the regionals is kinda the same most years. That's why it's exciting to see teams like Louisville (and UC-Irvine) doing well. I'm not sure what harm was done by live in-game updates. I guarantee you that nobody was turning away from the ESPN broadcast to check out the on-line update. Everybody with any interest in that game whatsoever was either there or glued to the tube. I guess the CSTV guys got the message, notice how their blogs end before the game starts, then pick back up with the post-game wrap up. The occasional "underground" media outlet might show some passing interest, but the story will probably just go away after a few days. And then hopefully someone will start giving live updates from Omaha. And now, your day late/buck short update that my repeat visitors (hey, lil' brother) demand, nay, deserve. This just in: MSU's beat writer has been given the ultimatum by the NCAA. Only posts about conditions/atmosphere are acceptable (sigh). Oh and just to clarify, was Rick Cleveland at the game on Saturday? If so, he was clearly running afoul of the rules. Way to fight the power, Rick!