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"When everybody has the music, the music itself no longer separates one service from another. This is starting to make streaming look a lot like radio."
Throughout the day, sports media personalities and baseball fans have taken to social media to share their support for the initiative, and teams and broadcasts around the league will honor Langs.
"We've all been doing this for a long time, and you know that there's going to be a part of the audience who are into it, and there's going to be a part of the audience that's gonna say, 'You guys stop talking about it. It's overkill.'"
Karl Ravech, David Cone, and Eduardo Perez will return as the Sunday Night Baseball broadcast crew. Buster Olney will return as the broadcast's report for the 13th season.
"When everybody has the music, the music itself no longer separates one service from another. This is starting to make streaming look a lot like radio."
"Baseball has plenty of unwritten rules. Sports radio partnerships do too. One of them is understanding that a flagship station still has an obligation to call it like it sees it, hold teams accountable, and deliver the type of coverage local fans expect."