If something bad happens during a game because someone is distracted by talking to the announcers, and more importantly people lose money gambling on it, then it will end. I agree, it's insane. As a player I would simply decline it. Talk to me in the dugout between innings, fine. These TV networks just keep pushing and pushing and pushing and because they pay millions of dollars, these pro sports leagues don't have the spine to say no.
My guess is Nike wouldn't go for that. It's the whole idea with the silly City Connect jerseys. It's all about selling merchandise.
It would help if you could watch your local major league baseball team on tv if you stream vs cable.
This is the old chicken/ egg argument. Enough people left or didn't watch baseball that it's not profitable for some teams. Also, many people below 30 do not "watch" baseball. They may follow on their phones but to actually watch the game, no. Actually alot of people consume sports that way. See highlights on social media but to actually view a game does not happen anymore.
Television baseball is in trouble. There just isn't enough of us die hards who will watch no matter what. The young demographic does not watch games, they'll follow on the their phones but will not watch the games unless they are at the ballpark.MLB All-Star Game draws record-low viewership for 2nd year in a row
The game drew a 3.9 rating, down from a 4.2 last year.www.boston.com
I would not judge TV ratings based on the AS game. It's not that compelling to watch. In general attendance and TV ratings are better this year over last.
You are correct, I'm not doing that. I'm just saying with all the issues with Bally Sports and the Reds and Guardians, it's not lucrative to broadcast baseball, at least not to the level they want. I think there is a market for local baseball on TV, but how's it going to look? Just a few years ago, Fox Sports Ohio ran the Guardians/ Reds games. Bally Sports bought them out hoping to make a bigger splash and streaming blew it up for them. Is enough people, young and old, willing to specifically pay for their favorite baseball team? It's the old pay per view model, hoping enough people will specifically pay for your service. I'm saying most will not- UNLESS they absolutely have to.
Still better ratings than any other professional all star game.MLB All-Star Game draws record-low viewership for 2nd year in a row
The game drew a 3.9 rating, down from a 4.2 last year.www.boston.com
Noticed that when they flash the stats on the screen during games. The guy from the Marlins is batting .365, a couple others in the .300s and the bottom 4 in the .280s. Interesting.
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They do. And they have a reputation for being notoriously slow getting people into the park. I don’t know how anyone could’ve gotten a gun in there.
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Oh dear god. Thanks for sharing, I guess?You really don't want to know.
On Tuesday, ESPN Chicago reporter Peggy Kusinski said that the gun was snuck into the stadium by one of the women who was hit. The shooting was "an accidental discharge" by the woman whose injury was previously identified as "a graze wound."
"She reportedly snuck the gun in past metal detectors hiding it in the folds of her belly fat," Kusinski said in a post on X.
Shooting at White Sox game happened after woman hid gun in belly, per report
A woman reportedly snuck a gun into the White Sox's Guaranteed Rate Field, where \
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But it came only after a saga befitting the recent history of the club—messy, anticlimactic, something that might have been straightforward in other hands instead left to fester and complicate and sour.
The park is on the south side in a deplorable neighborhood. Bulldoze it and move it closer to downtown.
The immediate Bridgeport neighborhood around the ballpark is pretty much fine. It’s not glamorous, but it’s not at all like the warranted reputation that much of the South and West Sides have garnered. I always considered the “safe” perimeters to be from the Dan Ryan Expressway to Halsted St. (east to west) and from 31st St. to Pershing (39th) (north to south).
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