Andrew Marchand: Social media ‘kills scarcity,’ spells trouble for ‘Sunday Night Baseball’
"I just think younger people, they're just so used to their phones, they don't turn on TV, they don't turn on cable."
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Apple, MLB announce ‘Friday Night Baseball’ schedule through June
"We’re excited to offer an amazing lineup of games with no blackouts, available across more devices than ever before.”
John Kruk extols the virtues of drinking in Montreal
"It's a great place to drink, Tom. Montreal."
Jacob deGrom catches brutal stray on Red Sox broadcast
"You want to play them in August when he’s on the IL."
Washington Nationals regain local rights after years-long MASN dispute
Monumental Sports Network is the front-runner to pickup the rights.
Brandon Gaudin stunned to hear ‘Gulf of Mexico’ on Braves broadcast
"Gulf of something."
FanDuel Sports Networks reportedly in talks to bundle with ESPN streaming service
A partnership would give ESPN the ability to stay involved with MLB after its opt out.
ESPN wanted to slash MLB payments by over $300m, per report
The network wanted to cut its annual rights payment from $550 million to $200 million.
MLBPA head expects lockout when current agreement expires
"Unless I am mistaken the league has come out and said there’s going to be a work stoppage."
MLB’s Rob Manfred reportedly considers removing Pete Rose from ineligible list
"The commissioner was respectful, gracious, and actively participated in productive discussions …"
John Kruk suggests Cole Hamels for ‘sexiest broadcast team in all of sports’
"Oh, I forgot to add him in to the sexiest broadcast team in all of sports."
Emotional Willy Adames says Bob Uecker ‘was the spirit of Milwaukee’
"It's going to take time for us to understand that he is gone."
Joe Buck singing about toilet paper means he should be calling more MLB games
This song was clearly written for Buck’s own pleasure. And it was shared out of boredom
Matt Shepard has no idea why he was replaced in Detroit Tigers’ broadcast booth
Shepard may not know why he was let go, but Tigers fans — and AA's local announcer rankings — make it pretty clear.
Why shifting sports media landscape made MLB-ESPN opt-out possible
MLB reportedly talking to Netflix, Amazon, NBC after ESPN opt-out
According to Puck's John Ourand, MLB is already in discussions with several networks and streaming platforms after the ESPN opt-out.
Longtime A’s broadcaster Amaury Pi-Gonzalez blasts team for ‘unfair’ handling of his depature
"I’m from the old school. You treat people the way you want to be treated. I don’t think I’ve been treated fairly."
Could Netflix have interest in MLB Wild Card games?
According to CNBC's Alex Sherman, Netflix could reportedly consider MLB's Wild Card games as part of its event-driven content strategy.
Jamal Crawford to cohost NBA altcast with… MLB All-Star Dexter Fowler?
You mean, NBA altcast cohost Dexter Fowler?
Boog Sciambi reveals MLB requested opt-out that ESPN just used on TV deal: ‘Major mistake’
"It was a major mistake, because if they hadn't done an opt-out, then MLB would be locked into $550 million for this year, plus two or three more years."
Detroit Tigers cutting some pregame and postgame shows
The team will forego studio programming for West Coast games.
Amazon’s Prime Video announces 21-game Yankees schedule
18 of 21 games will be on Wednesday evenings.
MLB reporter: ESPN and MLB ‘are going to keep talking’
"In no way at this point do I think... the ESPN-MLB relationship is truly finally done."
Emmanuel Berbari named Yankees WFAN postgame host, will fill in for Dave Sims
Emmanuel Berbari will serve as WFAN’s Yankees postgame host while filling in for play-by-play duties when Dave Sims is unavailable.
ESPN reportedly open to negotiating new MLB deal; MLB looking for new partners
MLB has reportedly already set its sights on 2028.
