Diamond Sports pays Twins. Will Remain on Bally Sports for Remainder of 2023 Season

[Vanimal46]

I’m pretty shocked by this. The Twins had a lame duck expiring contract for $60 million this season. Once Diamond Sports dumped San Diego earlier this year, I assumed the Twins were not too far behind. 

[Nine of twelve]

Glad to see this. Now we wait to see what 2024 will bring.

[CRF]

Very surprised by this, but I suppose it's good to have no change thru this season. We'll figure out next season later on. 

[Craig Arko]

I assume Bremer & company are breathing a sigh of relief. 

[tony&rodney]

Apparently viewership is reasonably good. Corporations and goodwill are not much of a thing.

[Muppet]

Does this mean I still won’t be able to ever watch games unless I buy an expensive cable package for the sole purpose of getting twins games?

[MABB1959]

There should be a law that all Sunday games are televised locally

[RickOShea]

8 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

There should be a law that all Sunday games are televised locally

There should be a law that if you subscribe to a particular service, all games should be available through that service. You tube, peacock, apple, etc are not what I signed up for.  They provide a sporadic product with less than ideal quality.  This peacock channel is bouncing like a Kepler rollover ground ball.

[Parfigliano]

The Land of Enchantment says yea!!!!

[Parfigliano]

59 minutes ago, Muppet said:

Does this mean I still won’t be able to ever watch games unless I buy an expensive cable package for the sole purpose of getting twins games?

Yes.

[RickOShea]

This peacock channel is horrific.  constant buffering and having to reboot.  I followed some tech advice, and the situation became worse.  

[RickOShea]

Just now, RickOShea said:

This peacock channel is horrific.  constant buffering and having to reboot.  I followed some tech advice, and the situation became worse.  

Note: Less buffering during commercials and promos.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

40 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

There should be a law that if you subscribe to a particular service, all games should be available through that service. You tube, peacock, apple, etc are not what I signed up for.  They provide a sporadic product with less than ideal quality.  This peacock channel is bouncing like a Kepler rollover ground ball.

Agreed, one of the aspects that I hope for most is a comprehensive and flexible package (streaming or what have you) that I can pay for watching the game at home, like I can in-person. Buy a game, buy a package, buy a season. It shouldn’t be a patchwork quilt!

[Robert Floren]

Twins have been on way more than their share of off-market games.  Fox, Peacock and I think one other.  I miss home announcers.

[Robert Floren]

This Peacock guy is too yappy.  Can't shut up.

[MABB1959]

1 hour ago, RickOShea said:

There should be a law that if you subscribe to a particular service, all games should be available through that service. You tube, peacock, apple, etc are not what I signed up for.  They provide a sporadic product with less than ideal quality.  This peacock channel is bouncing like a Kepler rollover ground ball.

I get to watch maybe 10 games a year. Dropped Dish this year and went to YouTube.  Way cheaper 

[Fire Dan Gladden]

Welcome to regional television contracts.  Bally paid the Twins because they think that a playoff-hunt team will generate more money for them.

Baseball has competitive issues, but I believe this is the number one problem facing baseball today.  The Yankees and Dodgers would not survive unless they had the Twins and Brewers to play

Imagine how the Packers and Bills would fare if the NFL had regional contracts.  

For those of you looking to get around streaming blackouts, try a VPN.

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, MABB1959 said:

There should be a law that all Sunday games are televised locally

And free beer for viewers.

[Mike Sixel]

On 7/2/2023 at 1:31 PM, ashbury said:

And free beer for viewers.

IIRC, they don't charge much for taking a beer from your fridge. 

As for the topic, I'm a little surprised.