I caught the last few innings of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball on Sunday night. Drake Baldwin was the hero that night, blasting an opposite-field, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning. This pushed the Braves to a 3-1 lead, one that the “No Slider” version of Raisel Iglesias was able to lock down for the win. I don’t typically watch sports studio shows, but I was willing to watch the opening minutes to see the highlights. Instead, ESPN launched into a long-winded discussion about the missing pieces to a successful Phillies playoff run. Guess how much I watched.

ESPN is allowing the Sunday Night Baseball deal with MLB to expire in 2025, and most observers including myself assumed they were done with Major League Baseball. Broadcasting MLB to a mass audience has been a losing propo

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