YouTube’s first exclusive MLB broadcast gets a peak of more than 200k viewers
YouTube will show 12 more games this season.
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MLB.com reporter Zachary Silver catches foul ball from Orioles press box
Silver made the impressive catch early in the game and was able to keep working.
Nationals’ Juan Soto hits home run after reverse announcer’s jinx from Keith Hernandez in the Mets’ broadcast booth
Hernandez said Soto was "not a home run hitter." Soto then proved him wrong.
Fox starts the transition to sports with its new fall lineup
Fox is hoping advertisers will be attracted by its sports-heavy lineup
Final Fox RSN bids see Liberty and MLB team up, Sinclair back in the game, and the BIG3 still bidding “for the culture”
Liberty and MLB have reportedly combined their bids, and Sinclair's now bidding again. The BIG3 bid is also there.
Liberty Media is now apparently bidding for the former Fox RSNs, and Sinclair and Apollo Global now apparently aren’t
As one bidder enters, two others apparently leave.
Al Leiter will leave YES after 12 seasons with the network
Leiter will remain with MLB Network as a studio analyst.
The first round of bidding for the Fox RSNs was a confusing, muddled affair, with Amazon not fully involved and digital rights debate
It turns out Amazon may not have put in a full bid for the whole RSN package after all, and other bidders were reportedly confused about what MLB digital rights were included.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says they “have preferences” for who gets the Fox RSNs, are “looking at the RSNs ourselves”
MLB might wind up being yet another bidder for the Fox RSNs.
Fox officially extends MLB rights through 2028, and DAZN is also getting into the MLB streaming game
The deal fits with Fox's strategy focusing on live programming.
Red Sox analyst Jerry Remy declares he’s “cancer free … hopefully forever”
Remy had to leave the NESN booth back in August and made some brief appearances through October
MASN won’t bring back Ray Knight for its Nationals broadcasts in 2019
Knight reportedly was taken off the air after a verbal incident with a MASN employee
NBC Sports Bay Area threw some shade at the Dodgers after World Series loss
The NBC Sports Bay Area Giants Twitter account had some shade at the ready last night.
Detroit Tigers broadcasters Rod Allen and Mario Impemba will not return in 2019 following physical altercation in September
Allen and Impemba didn't call any Tigers games after September 4th.
MLB on ESPN viewership up 2% for 2018 season
It's just a data point, but MLB ratings on ESPN went up in 2018, and that could be very good news for MLB going forward.
