After criticism, MASN is reportedly reversing course and sending Orioles and Nationals TV broadcasters on the road again
It looks like Orioles and Nationals TV booths will return to the road.
It looks like Orioles and Nationals TV booths will return to the road.
"The global pandemic required all of us to learn new lessons in innovation, resourcefulness, and resilience. MASN is carrying forward some of those lessons."
According to WaPo, Santangelo almost returned to the booth on May 7 before Nationals staff turned him away.
"Once again, we notified MASN and revoked our approval of F.P. as a member of our broadcast team indefinitely."- Washington Nationals
Antonen's work was featured on MASN, USA Today, SI.com, and MLB Network Radio.
MASN plans to appeal this decision to New York’s appellate court.
Thorne will contribute to some Orioles broadcasts this season, but details on his contributions are still being worked out.
Baltimore Orioles broadcasts are going to sound very different in 2020.
If the ruling stands, MASN will also owe interest on the $296.8 million.
MASN and cable provider RCN are at an impasse and are staring at a June 30 deadline to end the dispute
MLB's revenue sharing committee decided that the network owes Washington about $20 million more annually in TV rights than it paid out between 2012 and 2016.
"It would be illogical to allow MLB — a potentially conflicted party — to determine whether MLB itself had a financial interest in one of the parties to the dispute at the relevant time."
The Nats contend MASN, which is owned by the Orioles, has not paid the team since June 2018.