When I watch Sox games, I do other stuff as well. Like homework, IM, flipping channels, etc. so being in a chat isn't the best thing because you have to be tuned in pretty much the whole time. I like the game threads personally. Also, I don't like that when I'm in the chat, it's impossible to read anytihng typed in above what you can see because whenever a new message is sent, the screen scrolls down again.