Announcer confused by his own call
"Mercury retrograde -- whatever that means."
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Karl Ravech repulsed at thought of people eating pig’s liver
"Is that an acquired taste?"
San Diego Padres color analyst holds up first pitch of Spring Training game for commercial break
"I thought one of two things. He's gonna hold it, or he's gonna eject me from the ballpark."
Did Padres push out long-time San Diego radio host John Kentara? (updated)
Scott Kaplan suggests that the San Diego Padres pushed long-time San Diego radio host John Kentera out of his 97.3 The Fan show.
Diamond demanding DirecTV pay for unaired Diamondbacks and Padres games
Manny Machado’s ‘Let’s f****** go, San Diego!’ was the latest unbleeped broadcast profanity
"And, you know, I leave you guys with this. Let's ******* go, San Diego!"
Yonder Alonso calls Padres beat writer a ‘bum’ over his Manny Machado reporting
Former San Diego Padres first baseman Yonder Alonso called out San Diego Union-Tribune beat writer Kevin Acee on...
Kevin Brown explains blink-182 to broadcast partner and sings ‘All The Small Things’
"Another world-class call from Kevin Brown."
Dave Sims hilariously burned Tim Anderson during Mariners game
"He took a harder shot than Tim Anderson did the other night."
ESPN’s Eduardo Pérez makes odd Fernando Tatís Jr. comments again
"I think he identified with being that guy—the lead-off guy, spark-plug. And those two toys, shortstop and leadoff, have been taken away from him."
The 2023 MLB local broadcaster rankings
MLB says it has collected 94% of rights payments from Diamond Sports
Much of the doom and gloom about Diamond Sports and MLB has been overhyped.
Gary Cohen says Keith Hernandez almost didn’t survive first year on SNY
"It was almost the end right there."
Ken Rosenthal: Fernando Tatis Jr.’s All-Star snub sends ‘strong message’ in wake of PED suspension
"I can picture players sitting at lockers filling out their ballots and thinking, ‘**** this guy'"
MLB execs call taking over Padres’ broadcasts ‘absolute fire drill,’ ‘all-hands-on-deck situation’
"When we found out that we were going to have the game, 24 hours in advance, we sprung into action. We had meetings with the crew, with the talent, we had got all of our graphics loaded into the truck. Yeah, it was an absolute fire drill."
As many as five MLB teams could be dropped by Diamond Sports over the next month
The Rangers, Diamondbacks, Guardians, Twins, and Reds are all due rights payments over the next month.
Padres viewership hanging strong following move away from Bally Sports San Diego
In a very small sample, Padres viewership is impressive on its MLB distributed network.
After end of Diamond broadcast rights, could Padres turn to ESPN+?
Padres games could find a short-term home on ESPN’s streaming service
The relationship between MLB and Diamond Sports seems irrevocably broken
MLB and Diamond Sports are about as far apart as you can get, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.
Padres broadcasting takeover includes MLB.TV in-market OTT streaming offering, deals with linear providers
The Padres have become the first MLB team to have their games available to stream over-the-top in-market through MLB.TV.
San Diego Padres media rights reverting to team after Diamond misses payment deadline
The first team has fallen from Diamond's RSN empire.
Diamond Sports now has ‘good chance’ of walking away from Padres, per report
John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports there's a "good chance" Diamond doesn't make their next Padres payment on May 30, which would cause a rights reversion.
ESPN’s Eduardo Pérez apologizes after insulting Fernando Tatís Jr. on Sunday Night Baseball: ‘I cringed.’
"I said, I own it. It sounded that way even though the intention wasn’t that way."
ESPN’s Eduardo Pérez takes shot at Fernando Tatís Jr. while praising Mookie Betts
"That's what a superstar looks like, Nando. Mookie Betts."
SNY takes broadcast to new heights by finding a way to dramatize the pitch clock
Could you be more dramatic, SNY?!
