"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Looking back, I think the risk would have been not doing it,” said Mackey. “It's the most fun I have had in my 20-year career doing this. We do consider it the new model for local sports media.”
"I always say every 24 year old turns 25. I don't think they wake up on their 25th birthday and say 'Geez, I've got to figure this FM and AM radio thing out.' It's baked in, right? So they're taking their media habits right into the prime of that demo."
"Baseball can control whether there are baseball games to watch in 2027. If owners and players can't figure that out, they won't have to worry about the NFL stealing their audience."
“Once you can rock the mic in a state where you can hardly pronounce any of the towns, but you still connect with the people, you feel like you can make it anywhere, especially where you’re from."