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Screw that long relationship. It's all about the Benjamins, baby.
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I don't know if MLB requires a number of telecasts to be on a over the air channel. I know the NBA requires 30 or 35. |
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I wonder how losing the Cubs would affect WGN in the cable marketplace. I've been told by cable execs in places where I've lived (which didn't carry WGN, I always seem to end up in such places) that they don't offer WGN because of all the baseball. On the other hand, I have to believe that some cable systems carry WGN because of the baseball. I don't know how many, if any, markets black out WGN baseball.
What WGN has determined they will spend on baseball has to be based on market research showing them they will gain. In theory, as it would have no effect on me, I would love to see the Cubs limited to their own network. I wouldn't even mind if Cubs executives decided to embrace the pay-per-view future. |
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But times are different now, kids have way more entertainment options then they used to, and I dont see kids coming home from school and sitting in front of the TV to watch White Sox baseball. With most cable packages carrying the MLB network, kids growing up who are big baseball fans are going to flock to the teams that are actually really good and have big stars. It's much easier to follow an out of market team now than it has ever been. I wouldn't be against the Sox having more games on WGN simply because I think they have a better production than Comcast does. But as others have said in this thread I believe the Sox get more money from their Comcast deal than they would WGN.
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Subjective, of course, but I think their local news is the best in the area.
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"I have the ultimate respect for White Sox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Red Sox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country." Jim Caple, ESPN (January 12, 2011) "We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the (bleeding) obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." — George Orwell |
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Skilling and seeing whatever suit Robert Jordan picked out that day is enough to make them my favorite. Plus, they have easily the least annoying sports anchors.
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The other thing I was thinking is that we might become relevant nationally, I'm not saying we would become America's team but maybe ESPN would realize there are 2 teams in MLB with Sox in their names. I'm tired of people when I meet them and tell them I'm originally from Chicago and the first thing they ask is if I'm a Cub fan. |
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