Major League Baseball has allowed itself to become a "lab rat" for sports streaming - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-13-2022, 04:25 AM

https://nypost.com/2022/05/12/rob-ma...lb-viewership/

"I don’t know why the first game of the Yankees doubleheader Sunday disappeared behind a nascent Amazon Prime streaming pay wall after last Friday’s originally scheduled streaming game was rained out, and I don’t know why tonight’s Yanks-White Sox audience will be similarly minimized," says Phil Mushnick. "Beyond short-term greed and long-term continuing neglect, I have no answers. The best team in baseball again lost from greatest-access TV on a Friday night? Exclusive deals with coming added-subscription Apple TV+, Peacock and Amazon Prime, made on the very quiet as if to duck the shame, deals made before these services, in the throes of record inflation, have been established and prior to knowing if they’re even sustainable? MLB has allowed itself to become a lab rat, baseball fans used as rat bait. That’s all I’ve got."

ponytail · 05-15-2022, 06:09 AM

Fans are not liking it. This past Friday. the Dbacks game was only on AppleTV. So, most of us could not watch it. And the fans let their opinions be heard. Last year it was YouTube. We don't like it. It is sad to that the games are only on cable. Years ago, the games were on local TV. So everyone could watch them.

05-13-2022, 04:25 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,348	Major League Baseball has allowed itself to become a "lab rat" for sports streaming https://nypost.com/2022/05/12/rob-ma...lb-viewership/ "I don’t know why the first game of the Yankees doubleheader Sunday disappeared behind a nascent Amazon Prime streaming pay wall after last Friday’s originally scheduled streaming game was rained out, and I don’t know why tonight’s Yanks-White Sox audience will be similarly minimized," says Phil Mushnick. "Beyond short-term greed and long-term continuing neglect, I have no answers. The best team in baseball again lost from greatest-access TV on a Friday night? Exclusive deals with coming added-subscription Apple TV+, Peacock and Amazon Prime, made on the very quiet as if to duck the shame, deals made before these services, in the throes of record inflation, have been established and prior to knowing if they’re even sustainable? MLB has allowed itself to become a lab rat, baseball fans used as rat bait. That’s all I’ve got."

05-15-2022, 06:09 AM	#2
ponytail Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2004 Location: In Happy, Healthy, Wealthyville Posts: 4,273	Fans are not liking it. This past Friday. the Dbacks game was only on AppleTV. So, most of us could not watch it. And the fans let their opinions be heard. Last year it was YouTube. We don't like it. It is sad to that the games are only on cable. Years ago, the games were on local TV. So everyone could watch them.
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