Ryan came home for a quick weekend visit this weekend. In fact, he is laying on the couch as I write this. When we found out he would be coming home for his cousin’s Confirmation on Saturday, we knew it was on the second day of the baseball season. Perfect timing. Upon looking at the schedule, we saw the Yankees and Phillies would be off so the Mets would have our undivided attention, playing in Houston at 8:10 PM. However, there was just one small problem with this perfect scenario.
The Mets and Astros are playing on Apple TV.
We don’t have Apple TV.
Look, I know this is now the fourth season of games streaming exclusively on Apple TV. The complaints about games being blacked out in local markets are long gone by now. That doesn’t mean we still can’t be annoyed by this ridiculous setup. The NFL Thursday night package on Amazon allows the local TV markets to view their contests. The Jets and Giants are one of the major networks on Thursday nights when they play. Actually, the NFL is the one league in which consumers would buy a streaming service just so they could favorite team play. The other sports, including baseball don’t have that luxury, a result of having so many games. The only reason I can come up with as to why we don’t receive our local teams on Apple TV nights is that Apple pays MLB more not to broadcast in local markets. Brilliant strategy for alienating your fans.
The next time you hear an MLB official say how important the fans are, refer to this post. If MLB was really looking out for fans, this Apple deal would never have gone through as presently constructed. Baseball needs more fans; this is not how you gain them. Take less money, give us the Apple games in our markets and don’t ruin a Lynch Friday night again.
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