Major League Baseball Seeks End To Local Markets Blackouts - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-15-2023, 11:42 PM

Current blackout restrictions aim to protect local TV partners, driving fans to watch the local broadcast:
https://deadline.com/2023/01/major-l...ts-1235222140/

Yong Fang · 01-20-2023, 05:39 AM

I had a baseball blackout once. Drank a case of beer, went to a baseball game and forgot the whole thing.

biffbronson · 01-20-2023, 07:23 AM

A lot of baseball games prove forgettable to begin with.

It's a tough task to keep the game traditional, and in keeping with decades-old recordkeeping, yet trying to have it appeal to modern-day fans. It's almost as if the weight of history is now too much to bear, but significant modernization would be strongly opposed by traditionalists and others.

GentlemanJim · 01-20-2023, 02:05 PM

The biggest drain on the appeal of baseball, IMO, is the time-suck of all the commercials, and trying to put a band-aid on that with pitch clocks, and 3 batter minimums on pitchers, really runs contrary to the fabric of the game.

Baseball has NEVER appealed to the ADHD set. Fans requiring constant action to remain engaged have basketball, football, and hockey,

Trying to turn baseball into something it's not, really should not be mistaken as "progress".

Part of the draw of baseball is that it's not basketball, football. or hockey

01-15-2023, 11:42 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,225	Major League Baseball Seeks End To Local Markets Blackouts Current blackout restrictions aim to protect local TV partners, driving fans to watch the local broadcast: https://deadline.com/2023/01/major-l...ts-1235222140/

01-20-2023, 02:05 PM	#4
GentlemanJim Concerns, Support, & Feedback Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 26, 2019 Location: The back country Posts: 5,443	The biggest drain on the appeal of baseball, IMO, is the time-suck of all the commercials, and trying to put a band-aid on that with pitch clocks, and 3 batter minimums on pitchers, really runs contrary to the fabric of the game. Baseball has NEVER appealed to the ADHD set. Fans requiring constant action to remain engaged have basketball, football, and hockey, Trying to turn baseball into something it's not, really should not be mistaken as "progress". Part of the draw of baseball is that it's not basketball, football. or hockey
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01-20-2023, 05:39 AM	#2
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,072	I had a baseball blackout once. Drank a case of beer, went to a baseball game and forgot the whole thing.

01-20-2023, 07:23 AM	#3
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,584	A lot of baseball games prove forgettable to begin with. It's a tough task to keep the game traditional, and in keeping with decades-old recordkeeping, yet trying to have it appeal to modern-day fans. It's almost as if the weight of history is now too much to bear, but significant modernization would be strongly opposed by traditionalists and others.