"Programs come and go in sports media, but some leave a mark that outlasts their time on the air. Intentional Talk may be signing off for the final time, but it will never be forgotten by the baseball fans who made it part of their daily routine."
"The simplest way I can explain this is. I love baseball. I don’t necessarily love television. When you’re doing games, you get to do a little bit of both."
"The network-wide celebration will feature Ohtani’s most memorable games, original storytelling, guest appearances, and studio segments across MLB Network shows and social media platforms."
"You learn something doing play-by-play that you didn’t know yesterday, and you learn something studio hosting that you didn’t know yesterday about the game, the sport, and it’s huge."
Borrell Associates projects that figure will climb considerably over the next four years as the industry undergoes what it describes as a "great reshuffling."