Welp, my experience not off to a great start. Directv blacking out the station and I live in Cubs broadcast territory (Central Iowa). Have seen several tweets that others having the same Issue in Iowa and parts of Illinois.
Saw this in the HD Anticipation thread regarding what channel number it will be:
Updates:
*Marquee Sports Network is now in testing on Channel 664 in both SD and HD formats
Knowing that fan base I'm not sure it matters who they are playing. They are nuts...I wouldn't want to be taking those phone calls that's for sure. The Customer Service people should be asking for "battle" pay if this goes down.