Bob Costas warns Golden At-Bat could turn baseball into gimmick
"Does it turn the game into kind of a video game and kind of gimmicky? Yeah, I think so."
"Does it turn the game into kind of a video game and kind of gimmicky? Yeah, I think so."
"That changes the game so fundamentally."
"You're wasting my time … that's a crazy idea."
"You people all have to grow up."
MLB's rule changes have been a great success in recent years but is a "golden at-bat" rule one step too far in the name of entertainment?
"He knows my take, which is that at the very least, it needs to be an optional thing."
However, the league will face a number of hurdles along the way.
"I don’t like to have to look 10 places or pay for 10 places to watch the games that I want to watch."
"He was a complicated person. A combination of appealing and unappealing aspects that you don't often find."
The league looks to emphasize accessibility and reach in its modern media strategy.
The perfect game that wasn't is getting the E60 treatment.
"The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, as an institution, serves as a beacon of education and enlightenment."
"What we're hearing from the streamers is they want a more national product, and we need to be responsive to what people want to buy."
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed skepticism with Diamond Sports' ability to emerge whole out of bankruptcy.
"This feels like a Mad Libs of Rob Manfred's worst nightmare."
"I think I have an understanding of a great many different elements of the business."
"People colluded to make sure you would not get guests."
"He will be the next villain in the 'Batman' movie. And he’d be a good one."
Bally Sports and MLB seem increasingly to be on the same page with the beleaguered company hoping to broadcast games in the 2024 season.
Could MLB handle over half of the league's local broadcasts in 2024?
"That's a product of a contractual arrangement between an individual club and an RSN, and that's one that has been hard to deal with."
With supporting LGBTQ people becoming harder, sports leagues are backing away.