"We try our best to respect the game and showcase and display it in a fashion that might be a little bit more appetizing for a different group of people that are watching alongside the best play commentators on Earth."
While offering the games for free in the meantime, MLB would continue to negotiate with cable providers to return the clubs back to traditional linear television outlets.
"The game is between two hours and twenty minutes and two hours and fifty minutes, pretty reliably. So if you've got a bunch of games starting at the same time, you might have a realistic viewing option..."
Major League Baseball became the first professional sports league to live-stream a regular season game while broadcasting the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees game on Monday, August 26th, 2002
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