Tag: MLB

"The writing feeds everything else. It starts with the backbone of writing, which is preparation. Reporting, researching, and being prepared. I always tell students to use a fraction of what you discover in your story. The same approach applies to everything else."

"Netflix has spent its first MLB season attempting to prove it can create a live sports event that feels different. Now, it has an opportunity to prove it understands something equally important: Different doesn’t always mean more."

"This marks O'Brien's 10th season with NESN, following nine years in the Red Sox radio booth. His current deal was due to expire at the end of this season."

"[My wife] Jennifer and I have been so blessed to be able to stay in the game for as long as we have, and it’s really made it impossible to feel sorry for myself that my career is coming to an end."

"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."

"ESPN nor Ravech have commented on his appearance or extended workload for the network since being laid off."

"MLB Now combines crunch with hunch. The program acknowledges today's emphasis on analytics while still respecting the situational instincts of old-school baseball."

"I had two TVs up. I had the Mets game on one TV, and I had the speeches on the other. It's not good for baseball to have it kind of hidden away like that."

"Our main goal right now is to maintain as much flexibility as we can so that as the market matures and we start to understand what the future really holds, then we can react very quickly."

"The baseball purists will hate this, but how many people would watch it because it's kind of funny?"