And why is this the first year that that contract has cause us to miss half of the Brewers' April games? Because, as others mentioned, usually these Brewer games just wouldn't even be televised. I remember a few games from April last year I thought that were also pre-empted by previous Bucks games. Plus, looking at the Bucks television schedule, I think the schedule just fell this way in regards to home/away games. 8 of the Bucks last 11 games are home games, which are the ones (usually) televised by FSN. Last year I think the Bucks ended mostly on the road, which meant that FSN wasn't televising the games (as most road games are shown on UPN 24 in Milwaukee, IIRC) and were then free to show Brewer games. Is it frustrating? Yes, sure, but the Bucks/Brewers snafu wasn't even supposed to happen today in the first place...we should be more upset at Mother Nature. If it's any consolation, there is only one more conflict date (this Monday), after today, which like I said, wasn't even supposed to happen. Plus, "half" is an over statement. As for blackouts, I'm assuming it will be blacked out, as have all the other games so far in Wisconsin (at least in the Apple-ton / GB market), but like someone said, sometimes with the game time being moved, perhaps we can hope that someone will forget to flip a switch.