Play ball (in more ways than one)!

Time Warner Cable still won't play ball with the NFL -- and believe you me, there is enough blame to go around with that mess -- but it will be a charter member when Major League Baseball's MLB Network signs on Thursday.

Best of all, MLB Net will be standard digital and won't require subscription to a sports tier. Great for us baseball fans....not so great for football fans still out in the cold.

Here are the channel assignments:

Standard Definition--Channel 199

High Definition—Channel 1199