Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 31, 2009
Blacked Out

Eight teams are not scheduled to appear on the national broadcasts of ESPN and Fox this year.

Blue Jays, Marlins, Padres, Nationals, Pirates, Reds, Rockies, Royals- 0

I'm guessing the Rockies will be good enough to appear on a broadcast before the season is over.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:55 PM | Broadcasts | TrackBack (0)
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The Padres, Pirates, and my Nats won't be worth watching for any reason. Clearly the people making those choices are paying attention. Not sure why they are down on the Jays though. They should be decent and any time Roy Halladay is pitching is worth watching.

Posted by: Jim C at February 1, 2009 09:05 AM

Yeah it is fairly ridiculous the Jays aren't broadcast. It obviously must make sense from a business POV (Canadian team, not going to be a huge draw in the US and Rogers owning the major cable provider in Canada would probably make it hard for ESPN) but common.

Any team with the best pitcher in the world on their team is worth watching. Roy Halladay is that pitcher, and the Toronto Blue Jays are his team. Besides, who really wants to watch Baltimore?

It's a shame that he doesn't get exposure to a larger US crowd because he really is magnificant to watch on a regular basis, and I don't think enough fans genuinely appreciate what they're missing.

Posted by: MaritimeJaysFan at February 1, 2009 11:11 PM

I just looked at the schedule for the Fourth of July, and you would think that ESPN or FOX would take the Braves-Nats "live from the Nation's Capital" and just promote the hell out of it. There are some other nice match ups later that day, like the Twins and Tigers, or the Phillies-Mets which could be used for a national doubleheader of sorts. Put them on national TV AND radio and you have a nice holiday baseball package for people at picnics, bbq's, etc. You could even change the time on the TOR-NYY game to belatedly commemorate Canada Day (7/1).

Posted by: glenn at February 2, 2009 07:27 AM
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