Royals Announce New Ballpark in "The Heart of Downtown KC"

[comochiefsfan]

Originally Posted by BWillie

It's nice to have a 2nd local pro sports franchise to root for.

On the other hand it makes me have to watch baseball, which is a pretty awful sport.

Baseball just needs to get their media rights together so fans can actually watch their product.

They are miles behind the times when it comes to making their product accessible and an optimal viewing experience for the fan.

I've long maintained that baseball would be an ideal sport to launch a Redzone style channel.

15 games a night 3 times a week. Jump around between situations where runners are in scoring position, when big names like Ohtani or Stanton come up to bat, when a pitcher is on the verge of striking out the side.

Right now, you couldn't pay me to watch a non Cardinals game start to finish, but something like that I would definitely check out and would likely drastically increase my interest in the league as a hole.

Why isn't MLB thinking forward and implementing shit like that? Frustrates me to no end to see the sport dying and the owners seemingly being content to just let it happen.


Edit: Apparently something like this already sort of exists on MLBTV. That's cool. Why haven't I heard of it though? Why do I have to open an app to watch it, instead of it being on YouTube TV next to MLB Network? I just don't get the way they're promoting the game at the moment.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by comochiefsfan

Baseball just needs to get their media rights together so fans can actually watch their product.

They are miles behind the times when it comes to making their product accessible and an optimal viewing experience for the fan.

I've long maintained that baseball would be an ideal sport to launch a Redzone style channel.

15 games a night 3 times a week. Jump around between situations where runners are in scoring position, when big names like Ohtani or Stanton come up to bat, when a pitcher is on the verge of striking out the side.

Right now, you couldn't pay me to watch a non Cardinals game start to finish, but something like that I would definitely check out and would likely drastically increase my interest in the league as a hole.

Why isn't MLB thinking forward and implementing shit like that? Frustrates me to no end to see the sport dying and the owners seemingly being content to just let it happen.

Part of the reason it struggles is stars don't matter as much as other sports. The Angels had Trout and Ohtani for years and never mattered.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Part of the reason it struggles is stars don't matter as much as other sports. The Angels had Trout and Ohtani for years and never mattered.

I agree. The Blue Jays are pretty loaded too and it hasn't helped them reach a WS.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Part of the reason it struggles is stars don't matter as much as other sports. The Angels had Trout and Ohtani for years and never mattered.

It’s Anaheim. Dodgers rule OC and LA.