I’m sure Mike will have more to say about this, given that he’s the baseball guru in these parts but in soem great news MLB struck a deal with inDemand to stay on cable and not just DirecTV exclusively.

Under pressure from Sen. John Kerry, baseball and iN Demand reached an agreement in principle Wednesday on a seven-year contract, a deal that likely will allow the sport’s new TV network to be available in at least 40 million homes when it launches in 2009.

Good news for baseball fans.