re: Major League Baseball coverage

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About as stupid as comparing 8 years playing to TV coverage accessibility. Titles such as oldest sport and past time don’t mean much today when you look at World Series TV ratings

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well i wasnt responding to that, i was responding to the "baseball is a dying sport" when every bit of information says the opposite including participation in youth, HS and college baseball.

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the blackout rules are maybe the worst in sports.

El Paso is 746 miles from Houston and is blacked out of Astros games.

Teams they are NOT blacked out of (driving distance)

Arizona (431 miles)
Denver (636 miles)
San Diego (726 miles)
soon to be Las Vegas (730 miles)


People who live in Hawaii are subject to blackouts of every single team in California

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there should never be blackouts...ever!!!! but what you just posted might be the dumbest mother fricking thing in sports.

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MLB’s national television partners registered double digit growth in the Adult 18-34 category including ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball (+12%), FS1 (+24%) and MLB Network (+36%). In addition, FOX registered a +9% increase in the 18-34 demo.

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It’s almost like if you actually put your product on tv, people would watch it. Amazing!

MLB has a tv deal with ESPN. That will end after this year due to the shitty coverage.

I can go to my ESPN app and pull up almost any NCAA baseball game. It should be the same for MLB.

I've debated on getting MLB.tv, but I'll just continue watch NCAA baseball and whatever MLB games are on national tv.

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Sounds like you aren't a rangers fan anyways

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I’m not, because they pull this poverty bullshite. I’ll find something else to do

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I've debated on getting MLB.tv

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Unless you are an Astros or Rangers fan living in Louisiana you should, it is fantastic and way better than watching a national broadcast. It works out for me as a Mets fan because I am very rarely subject to blackouts. If they would do away with blackouts it would be the perfect sports streaming service.

They have the main plan where you get all of the games in MLB (aside from blackouts and nationally televised games) but you can also just pay much cheaper for just your team and you can also just pay monthly and cancel anytime.

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Easiest thing I subscribe to. Once playoff basketball is over, we have a baseball game on every night at the house all summer.

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underrated aspect of it is if you cant watch cause you are out and about, you also get the radio broadcasts for both teams and can still listen.

Just think how much baseball I was able to watch in the 60’s and 70’s. We didn’t have 700 different options and channels. Could mlb do better?? For sure. But be lucky you have more choices now than shin I was a kid…

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Bruh if you are complaining about $100 for 160 games over the course of 5 months I don't think you can throw around the poverty word

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I can watch all 82 stars games (minus national) on the same streaming service for free. The rangers thank you for your donation though

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Easy if you don't want to watch the game don't pay for it.

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I do want to watch the games, but I’m not paying to do. Extremely simple concept

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I paid the $100

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I did too. I'm able to get all of the Ranger games over here in Louisiana for $100. We used to get them with cable on Fox Southwest, then Bally, but the cable company quit Bally halfway thru last season. I quit watching MLB when that happened.