Comment Re:How did they lose a slam dunk? (Score 1) 13
I'll go one further, Disney trying to cram ESPN into every streaming and cable package is just wrong. I have noticed that any package that includes ESPN is almost automatically 4 times more expensive than any package without it. ESPN is way over-priced.
That's not just an "I don't like sportsball" rant. I do like baseball. I *DO NOT* like ESPN's coverage of baseball. I have seen games where the announcers don't seem to know anything about baseball. I have seen "coverage" where 3 announcers talk about basketball while a baseball game plays in the background. I hate when ESPN grabs a game played by a team I follow. I hate when ESPN grabs a game on a get away day and forces it to be moved from afternoon to prime time. Simply put, ESPN's coverage isn't worth a premium price.
I suspect (but cannot prove) that many sports fans would be happy if ESPN stopped grabbing games played by teams they follow so they could just watch the game on whatever more specialized package they got to follow their team. But then I guess ESPN would be relegated to covering the national tiddlywinks championship.