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ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro: We’ve Made Good Progress on New MLB Rights Agreement Discussions
"I would say since then, we've made good progress. I don't want to go farther than that, but we've certainly made good progress with Rob and his team"
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Hopes To Announce New TV Deals in “A Couple Weeks”
"We’re having very detailed conversations with a number of parties, including ESPN"
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Believes New Media Rights Deal Will Be Completed Shortly
"I was hoping it was going to be done by now, but it’ll be shortly. We made real progress"
Tim Kurkjian Credits Dan Le Batard for Results of ‘Looks Like’ Game
"I’ve covered the game for 45 years, and more people want to talk to me about this than anything else."
A.J. Pierzynski: MLB Missed Opportunity to Showcase Skenes vs Skubal in Primetime
"I understand, ‘Oh, they want to try and win one,’ but for the people."
MLB Commissioner Sets Goal For Securing New Media Rights Agreement
“I’m hopeful that in the next few weeks, prior to the All-Star Game, we get something done.”
Why Dan Shulman Stepped Away From ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ to Stay With the Toronto Blue Jays
"Every game we do is national, and the Blue Jays have a tremendous number of fans in British Columbia, and they have a tremendous number of fans in Newfoundland and everywhere in-between."
NBCUniversal Submits Bid for MLB Broadcast Rights: Report
The report indicates that the NBC offer was made earlier in the month but that the two sides had been talking for several weeks prior.
ESPN ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ Broadcast of Mets-Yankees Most-Viewed Since 2018
The Subway Series matchup was the most-watched broadcast of "Sunday Night Baseball" since August 2018, according to ESPN reporter Buster Olney.
Jimmy Pitaro: If MLB is Interested in ‘Working Out Some Kind of New Construct,’ ESPN is As Well
"I don’t know where they are at this point, but as I’ve said repeatedly, if they do reach out and they’re interested in talking, we’re of course going to listen."