If you're a Direct TV customer you will have to be taken out to a ballgame to see the Dodgers play. 

The stalemate between Direct TV and Time Warner Cable has reached a point where one side won't respond and the other is giving up.

What that means is with the Dodgers just a few days away from starting Vin Scully's final season, a big chunk of LA will be caught looking at strike three.

We turned to Cynthia Littleton, managing editor for Television at Variety, for the latest update.