Why MLB is eager to fill void from looming cable TV crisis
A look at how MLB plans to take advantage of the looming regional sports network crisis.
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A look at how MLB plans to take advantage of the looming regional sports network crisis.
Per ESPN stats, the Guardians are 25th in attendance for the ongoing season, averaging 17,103 fans per home game. Every fellow AL Central club but the fourth-place Kansas City Royals (53-77, 27th in attendance) is above Cleveland in attendance at the end of August.
Now prime-time players, Browns' schedule is boon for Cleveland TV networks Jason Miller/Getty Images Baker Mayfield — shown celebrating a touchdown during a 47-42 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on "Monday Night Football" last season — and the Cleveland Browns are 6-3 in prime-time games the last three years. Only the NFL can turn a schedule release into a prime-time event. And only the NFL can have so many people anxious to see their favorite team's schedule that there are Twitter accounts that round up all the dates that are leaked ahead of time. For Cleveland Browns fans, the 2021 schedul...
Joe Tait passed away at 83 Wednesday. He called the Cavaliers' radio broadcasts from 1970-79 and 1983-2011, plus Indians' broadcasts.
December 23, 2020 Last month, we at FanGraphs put out a call for broadcaster ratings. The votes are now in. Starting yesterday and continuing today, we are releasing a compilation of those rankings, as well as selected commentary from each team’s responses. A similar survey of radio broadcasts will follow early next year, with a final summation at some point after that. As a refresher, our survey asked for scores on four axes. If you’d like a thorough explanation of them, as well as a listing of each team’s broadcast groups, you can read our articles for the East, Central, and West divi...