Major League Baseball owners meetings could come and go without significant changes being announced.
But the latest quarterly owners meeting in Dallas last week generated something of interest to baseball fans. That's because, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the league and Fox have inked a three-year deal to allow games to be streamed in-market via computers, smartphones and tablets, impacting 15 regional sports networks, as reported by Forbes. Pretty cool to be able to watch an entire game on your computer or smartphone.
The 15 teams affected will be the: Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals.
Out of those teams, it's a significant coup to have the Yankees involved, considering they haven't been involved in things like this in the past.
To stream in-market games to your computers, tablets or smartphones under the new deal, you'll need to go through Fox Sports Go or Fox online. From there, you'll have to verify which Fox regional sports network is a part of your television carrier's package. Simple enough ... unless you're one of the people who got tired of dealing with your cable TV carrier and cut the chords, already.
While this covers in-market games for a chunk of teams in the league, out-of-market games are still available on MLB.TV and MLB Extra Innings on television.
As part of the deal, the league will earn nearly four percent of revenue on each franchise's media deal, according to Forbes.
