Diamond Sports Group wants to pay lower rights fees to Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins
Diamond claims that many of their rights contracts were signed prior to cord-cutting accelerated, and they are currently overvalued.
Diamond claims that many of their rights contracts were signed prior to cord-cutting accelerated, and they are currently overvalued.
Diamond Sports initially said they hadn't made a Diamondbacks payment to preserve "flexibility" during a grace period. But that grace period has now run out, and that sends their bankruptcy proceedings in a notable new direction.
Is Diamond going to start dumping teams?
The Diamondbacks are the only team so far to have not received payment.
“I have to guess the D-backs decided the heck with the big leagues, let’s just not be a big-league team.”
"I would like Bob Brenly to come down here and talk to me face-to-face"
Chris's grandfather, Joe Garagiola Sr. called D-Backs for 15 years. His father, Joe Jr., was the team's general manager.
On a ball down the line too. This was a rough situation to be put in for Cubs play-by-play man Boog Sciambi, who wasn't even at the stadium.
"Beginning today, I have voluntarily decided to take some time off to listen, reflect and devote my attention to awareness training related to diversity and inclusion to enhance my understanding and appreciation of others. I plan to return to the booth next homestand, hopefully a better person."
Michael Ravare's invitation to visit the Diamondbacks' booth came from a fake Steve Berthiaume account, leading to some on-broadcast awkwardness.
"Machado, one day, is gonna pull one of his hijinks on the wrong guy and he’s gonna get dropped in his tracks, and he’s gonna deserve it. ...[It's] all such a bush league act."
One baboon tweet puts Twitter into a hilarious standstill late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
The comment section on Thursday's Phillies-Diamondbacks broadcast filled up with, um, suspicious users.