Another desperate MLB move : Twitter to start livestreaming MLB games

[lefty]

:lmao

Twitter to start livestreaming MLB games this Friday
http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/05/twitter-livestream-mlb-canada/

[Clipper Nation]

As our Facebook feeds become saturated with video, the company is expanding its reach with more live sports. According to a report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-in-soccer-streaming-deal-with-mls-univision-1489122001) from The Wall Street Journal, Facebook has signed a deal with Major League Soccer and Univision that will allow it to live stream at least 22 regular-season games during the 2017 season. Facebook gains exclusive, English-language rights to these games that are typically only shown on Univision in Spanish. The first live-streamed game will feature Atlanta United hosting the Chicago Fire on March 18.

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/03/facebook-signs-deal-with-mls-univision-to-stream-live-soccer-games/

:lol Povertyball
:lol Can't even get Twitter, has to settle for Facebook and Univision
:lol Baseball. Always. Wins.

[lefty]

:lol once again CN using the shittiest leagues in a desperate attempt

:lol MLS
:lol Murican soccer
:lol Major League of Suck

:lol beisbol
:lol Desperatebol

[Clipper Nation]

:lol once again CN using the shittiest leagues in a desperate attempt

:lol MLS
:lol Murican soccer
:lol Major League of Suck

:lol beisbol
:lol Desperatebol
Stop deflecting.

:lol Facebook
:lol Univision

[midnightpulp]

THIS is what TicTacTrot fans are reduced to?

NFL live streams games on Twitter too.

https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/National-Football-League-and-Twitter-Announce-Streaming-Partnership-for-Thursday-Night-Football.aspx

[apalisoc_9]

:lmao

Twitter to start livestreaming MLB games this Friday
http://mobilesyrup.com/2017/04/05/twitter-livestream-mlb-canada/

Please watch us :cry

[midnightpulp]

Please watch us :cry

NFL does this too.

It's funny that you guys are so desperate to win an argument, you'll spin this as a negative somehow :lol

Nah, the "Please Watch Us" begging is reserved for soccer in the US. MLS ratings suck, EPL ratings suck, Men's national team ratings suck. Only time America "cares" is during the World Cup, watched more out of patriotism than anything else, like the Olympics.

[apalisoc_9]

Emoticon crew aka fail video crew always reaching. Reminds me of baseball players trying to reach their bungholes every game because they have nothing better to do.

[webshad]

Emoticon crew aka fail video crew always reaching. Reminds me of baseball players trying to reach their bungholes every game because they have nothing better to do.

Trust me, even those two clowns don't watch an entire game of baseball. :lol

[hater]

:lol "please someone watch us"

What desperation

Sad

[midnightpulp]

:lol "please someone watch us"

What desperation

Sad

You have to combine the revenue of the top 3 Povertyball leagues to match the MLB's.

Sad, indeed.

https://cdn.howmuch.net/content/images/sports-leagues-by-revenue-9337-c600.jpg

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Individual MLB franchises have been signing multi-billion (with a B) dollar local TV deals for years now. There's been an explosion of money in the game thanks to TV. And povertyball fans actually think they're "desperate" for people to watch.

[Reck]

:lol Lefty mad his Toronto Jays aren't in the lineup. :lol

[Reck]

You have to combine the revenue of the top 3 Povertyball leagues to match the MLB's.

Sad, indeed.

https://cdn.howmuch.net/content/images/sports-leagues-by-revenue-9337-c600.jpg

How many forms of soccer leagues are there? Jesus. :lol

No wonder its so watered down to the point they compete with each other that it actually makes it hard for them to be followed.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Lefty mad his Toronto Jays aren't in the lineup. :lol
He's actually still mad that our Expos moved to DC. But the good news is that the Expos are coming backPERIOD.

[Clipper Nation]

How many forms of soccer leagues are there? Jesus. :lol
Too many.

[Reck]

Too many.

Read my edit. Hilarious.

Can you imagine if there were 5 different organizations of the NFL or NBA? :lol retards

[hater]

You have to combine the revenue of the top 3 Povertyball leagues to match the MLB's.

Sad, indeed.

https://cdn.howmuch.net/content/images/sports-leagues-by-revenue-9337-c600.jpg

Yeah and they need to schedule 160 games per team to achieve that :lol

Not to mention they have like 35 teams where about 28 of those teams are compossed of husloads of ppl
Heading to fat camp :lol

If you adjust to per game basis I doubt Fatball league beats dart league imo

[midnightpulp]

Yeah and they need to schedule 160 games per team to achieve that :lol

Not to mention they have like 35 teams where about 28 of those teams are compossed of husloads of ppl
Heading to fat camp :lol

If you adjust to per game basis I doubt Fatball league beats dart league imo

Per game revenue is the same as the NBA.

Guess the NBA doesn't beat the darts league, either.

Try again.

[hater]

Per game revenue is the same as the NBA.

Guess the NBA doesn't beat the darts league, either.

Try again.

NBA is 48 minutes of action

fatball is 5 hours of fat asses farting and spitting

Cant really compare the 2

[midnightpulp]

NBA is 48 minutes of action

fatball is 5 hours of fat asses farting and spitting

Cant really compare the 2

Got beat in the debate. Back to the "fatball" insult. :lol

Let's debunk the fatball myth once and for all.

http://oi63.tinypic.com/347tdee.jpg

:lmao Soccer players are fatter on average at the upper-bound.

I already know what you're about to type.

:cry "Those are Murrican soccer players, so they'll be fatter" :cry

Brazilian study of soccer players. 14% body fat.

http://www.scielo.mec.pt/img/revistas/mot/v10n4/10n04a11t1.jpg

You guys just think they're in "good shape" because they don't have any mass, muscle or otherwise. Skinnyfatball indeed.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOGSklQmJaFRDOXDX7IBAh65AhPjKu_ J7ljQaIPwWJXd5doxIm1A

[Reck]

:lol Hater getting his shit pushed in.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Soccer: the REAL fatball
:lol Baseball. Always. Wins.

[lefty]

:lol Hater destroying beisbol crew

[apalisoc_9]

Its stupid to based things on league revenue. Soccer is way too popular with competitive leagues everywhere. There's european league caliber Asian players that stay within their league because the money is already there.

Its not even close.

[140]

Read my edit. Hilarious.

Can you imagine if there were 5 different organizations of the NFL or NBA? :lol retards
You do realize there are a shit load of other professional basketball leagues around the world, right? :lol

[140]

:lol Hater destroying beisbol crew

[Reck]

You do realize there are a shit load of other professional basketball leagues around the world, right? :lol

From within the same branch?

Soccer has half a dozen different leagues.

http://englishsoccerguide.com/guide-leagues-cups-english-football/

:lol

[midnightpulp]

Its stupid to based things on league revenue. Soccer is way too popular with competitive leagues everywhere. There's european league caliber Asian players that stay within their league because the money is already there.

Its not even close.

We know soccer is the world's sport and no other sport can compete with its total overall revenue. I'm just countering you and Skinnyfatball crew's dumbass assumption that the MLB is desperate for viewers and revenue. Every sports league has deals with Twitter.

But I know you guys are desperate for material, so carry on.

[140]

From within the same branch?

Soccer has half a dozen different leagues.

http://englishsoccerguide.com/guide-leagues-cups-english-football/

:lol
That's just different competitions and divisions, not hard to follow at all

Although I can see how murikans and their short attention span would have a hard time with it tbh :lol

[Clipper Nation]

You do realize there are a shit load of other professional basketball leagues around the world, right? :lol
But the NBA has emerged as the definitive league, which is what happens in real sports. Povertyball has a million different leagues and they're all equally terrible.

[midnightpulp]

:lol Soccer: the REAL fatball
:lol Baseball. Always. Wins.

Let's take a tally.

- The Skinnyfatball's crew first bullet in this debate was that baseball was an unathletic game populated by 90% fat people.

We've proven time after time that baseball players consistently reach higher in game speeds, that the average body fat percentage of a baseball player is around 12% (average body fat percentage of Brazilian soccer players, who are easily the most athletic players in the world, is about 14%), average vertical leap of MLB players is 28", roughly the same as NBA players, and that the face of their sport on the athletic side of things (Twinknaldo) is a pretty shitty athlete compared to even Prince Fielder :lol

- Their counter to this was "s-s-stamina! Calories burned"

Fair enough. But nothing about soccer's stamina and aerobic demands are impressive. Like I've said, they average about 3-5mph over 90 minutes with a break in between. That's walking speed. Just recently a 400lb sumo wrestler jogged 8 straight miles in a marathon, eventually finishing it (he had to walk though). If they want to talk about stamina, pick the fuckin' triathlon or something.

- Then they started posting about taking shits or something, which was shut down in one post.

Now I guess the new shtick is criticizing the MLB for making smart business deals :lol

One reason they fail is because none of their shticks are based in reality, while the baseball crew's, being smarter and wittier, are. TicTacTrot makes sense because 30% of the games actually end in a fucking tie. Floptrot makes sense because soccer players spend most of time trotting and one of the most infamous things in the sport is the diving.

They should just quit and target another sport.

[midnightpulp]

That's just different competitions and divisions, not hard to follow at all

Although I can see how murikans and their short attention span would have a hard time with it tbh :lol

Says the:

":madrun I hate baseball because there's not enough trotting around :madrun"

Americans have a tough time with soccer because it's a twink filled jogging game that ends in a tie 1/3rd of the time. And when it does, they load up the Nintendo and play Mario Party.

[hater]

:lol Hater destroying beisbol crew

Its too easy tbqh. :lol

[Splits]

You have to combine the revenue of the top 3 Povertyball leagues to match the MLB's.

Sad, indeed.

https://cdn.howmuch.net/content/images/sports-leagues-by-revenue-9337-c600.jpg

The combined population of England, Spain, and Italy is 160 million. The US population is 320 million.

[midnightpulp]

The combined population of England, Spain, and Italy is 160 million. The US population is 320 million.

So only Italy, Spain, and English citizens watch their respective leagues? They got you up on Saturday morning enjoying draws and diving, as these leagues do for fans around the world. The global reach is far bigger than the MLB.

[140]

But the NBA has emerged as the definitive league, which is what happens in real sports. Povertyball has a million different leagues and they're all equally terrible.
:lol No, that's what happens when a sport isn't as big thoughout the rest of the world as football is

[140]

Its too easy tbqh. :lol
:lol tbh..

[Splits]

So only Italy, Spain, and English citizens watch their respective leagues? They got you up on Saturday morning enjoying draws and diving, as these leagues do for fans around the world. The global reach is far bigger than the MLB.

One thing is for sure, no Italians, Spaniards or Brits give a flying fuck about beisbol :lol

[midnightpulp]

One thing is for sure, no Italians, Spaniards or Brits give a flying fuck about beisbol :lol

But Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese do. Guess those countries don't count, though.

[apalisoc_9]

Man, the US is one of the most populated countries in the world. You almost forget that. :lol

Not soccer or baseball related, but it's pretty evident that Population size plays a major role if not the biggest role in maintining a Powerhouse of a nation.

Makes you kinda inpressed with the Nazis ( i dont support them) seeing as every Major political world powerhouse had a relative advatnage in popularion.

The US alone has a bigger population size than the whole middle east. Crazy.

[apalisoc_9]

Which makes India an embarrasment. How is it possible that they're getting threatened by a significantly smaller nation in Pakistan :lol. Gets beat by Pakistan, England, Australia in their own sport etc.

[Splits]

But Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese do. Guess those countries don't count, though.

The vast majority of MLB revenue is through TV. I'm pretty sure the Asians are not waking up every morning and watching the Marlins live from 8-12 :lol

As a matter of fact, I know they're not. I've been to Japan and Korea. I've never seen an MLB game on a television set.

[midnightpulp]

Which makes India an embarrasment. How is it possible that they're getting threatened by a significantly smaller nation in Pakistan :lol. Gets beat by Pakistan, England, Australia in their own sport etc.

They just beat Australia (reigning world champs) in the latest test.

[midnightpulp]

The vast majority of MLB revenue is through TV. I'm pretty sure the Asians are not waking up every morning and watching the Marlins live from 8-12 :lol

As a matter of fact, I know they're not. I've been to Japan and Korea. I've never seen an MLB game on a television set.

I wasn't suggesting they watch MLB. They have their own leagues. You said "don't give a fuck about baseball," implying the sport as a whole.

[apalisoc_9]

They just beat Australia (reigning world champs) in the latest test.

Well duh..India is still a top 4 cricket nation. I'm just saying with the significant amount lf population advantage, countries like Pakistan-England-Australia shouldnt have stints of doninance over them.

[Splits]

I wasn't suggesting they watch MLB. They have their own leagues. You said "don't give a fuck about baseball," implying the sport as a whole.

No, it was in the context of your stupid chart about sports leagues' revenue where you tried to ignore the whole "per capita" component.

[midnightpulp]

Well duh..India is still a top 4 cricket nation. I'm just saying with the significant amount lf population advantage, countries like Pakistan-England-Australia shouldnt have stints of doninance over them.

India is poor as shit. Australia is a first world country. FWIW, I don't think Pakistan and England typically beat India in the modern day. Not sure, though. I don't follow cricket.

[midnightpulp]

No, it was in the context of your stupid chart about sports leagues' revenue where you tried to ignore the whole "per capita" component.

No. It was a counter to the retarded assumption ITT that the MLB is desperate for viewers (and thus revenue).

And :lol how impassioned you are defending TicTacTrot. Europhilic to the core :tu

[apalisoc_9]

Isn't baseball and cricket a significantly older sports than soccer? Or Batting games in general.

I was watching a documentary about some "developing" soccer nations a few years ago and Soccer wasn't even a popular sport in Asia. Both Western and Eastern...like 50-60 years ago.

What's interesting is Colonial and imperialistic nations like Britain and the US dictated the spread of their sports in Asia...

I'm not sure how soccer started in South America.

[midnightpulp]

Isn't baseball and cricket a significantly older sports than soccer? Or Batting games in general.

I was watching a documentary about some "developing" soccer nations a few years ago and Soccer wasn't even a popular sport in Asia. Both Western and Eastern...like 50-60 years ago.

What's interesting is Colonial and imperialistic nations like Britain and the US dictated the spread of their sports in Asia...

I'm not sure how soccer started in South America.

Yes they are.

Soccer spread in South America through British immigrant workers there. Brits pretty much spread all the big sports except basketball. Even baseball is a British game (no Splits, it's not a descendant of cricket). And American football is obviously a child of rugby.

[140]

:lol american cricket

[Splits]

No. It was a counter to the retarded assumption ITT that the MLB is desperate for viewers (and thus revenue).

And :lol how impassioned you are defending TicTacTrot. Europhilic to the core :tu

You're right, MLB is trending UP!

http://i.imgur.com/Wu0KdYc.png

:lol two-thirds viewership decline from 30 years ago, just in net viewers
:lol there were 80 million less 'Muricans in 1984

http://i.imgur.com/hWVZwfO.png

:lol only old fucks watch fatbol, probably because they have something in common (fat)

Meanwhile...

http://i.imgur.com/6W5ARxA.png

:wow

[midnightpulp]

You're right, MLB is trending UP!

http://i.imgur.com/Wu0KdYc.png

:lol two-thirds viewership decline from 30 years ago, just in net viewers
:lol there were 80 million less 'Muricans in 1984

http://i.imgur.com/hWVZwfO.png

:lol only old fucks watch fatbol, probably because they have something in common (fat)

Meanwhile...

http://i.imgur.com/6W5ARxA.png

:wow

Yep. Trending up.


Between FOX, FOX Deportes and FOX Sports GO, World Series Game 7 delivered a combined average of 40.9 million viewers. FOX Sports estimates that more than 75 million viewers tuned in to see all-or-part of the Cubs’ dramatic Game 7 victory on Wednesday night.

"But Cubs :cry."

Cavs vs. Warriors game 7 was backed by an even more famous American sports angle (Cleveland Curse), featured the two biggest stars in basketball, a 73 win team, and it still lost the ratings battle.

Also median age is a poor indicator of anything. Tastes change throughout life. You yourself went from liking baseball to "being enlightened" by a game that ends in a tie 30% of the time. Also, referencing national ratings is silly because baseball is driven by its regional presence, and it's "trending up" there:

http://oi65.tinypic.com/5pkf3c.jpg


Wednesday was a playoff bevy for sports fans with playoffs in both the NBA and NHL, and a great baseball game nationally, but in 14 of 24 markets, it was not hockey or basketball or even that Mets-Cubs that people were watching, but Major League Baseball on their local regional sports networks.

In a sign that baseball continues to be a regional phenomenon, from Cincinnati to Seattle, Boston to Tampa Bay, Baltimore to St. Louis, and more, it was regular season baseball games that crushed all comers in their respective markets over the NBA and NHL playoffs, as well as the nationally televised MLB game on ESPN.

And:

http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54e7a286eab8ea8a32d8ea8b-800-600/01-743.png

[midnightpulp]

And :lol "median age."

I guess the NFL is going to die 6 years after the MLB.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2015/04/baseball0405-espn-viewing.jpg&w=480

[Splits]

Cherry picking data again. What you're doing is looking at this chart as if it was 2001, 2004, or 2009 and saying "beisbol is back baby!" when the trend is so clear a kindergartner could understand.

http://i.imgur.com/hWVZwfO.png

Do you know what the word "trend" means?

[midnightpulp]

Cherry picking data again. What you're doing is looking at this chart as if it was 2001, 2004, or 2009 and saying "beisbol is back baby!" when the trend is so clear a kindergartner could understand.

http://i.imgur.com/hWVZwfO.png

Do you know what the word "trend" means?

You're the one cherry picking. Since when are Finals matches (in any sport) indicative of the health of the sport or league? If the Spurs don't make the NBA finals, I won't be watching them. You also neglect to mention that World Series games often go to head-to-head against NFL games.

There is no "trend." You're getting your data from national TV broadcasts. No one is going to watch the Mets vs. Dodgers on ESPN over their own team on an RSN.

Trending up:

http://michaelbein.com/Baseball/all_ATT.JPG

[Splits]

lol attendance per game through 2002

[midnightpulp]

Do you know what the word "trend" means?

Again, what does a median age increase prove?

Do you or don't understand that tastes change? You've experienced it yourself being "enlightened" by a twink filled jogging game that ends in a tie 30% of the time.

You're also referencing only one data point. National TV ratings. Big fucking deal. NFL's median age viewership is rising there, too. I guess the future trend for the NFL is to "die" a few years after the MLB.

Trying so hard to "prove" baseball is dying out of shallow Europhilia :lol

[midnightpulp]

lol attendance per game through 2002

The hashes are 5 year segments.

:lol Trying so hard can't even read graphs properly.

[Splits]

The hashes are 5 year segments.

:lol Trying so hard can't even read graphs properly.

Ok.

lol attendance per game

[midnightpulp]

Ok.

lol attendance per game

Attendance pulls in 3 billion in revenue for the MLB. Lol indeed.

[hater]

Attendance pulls in 3 billion in revenue for the MLB. Lol indeed.

Just because people attend it doesnt make it a sport.

Millions upon millions attend church on Sundays. Dont mean the priests or altar boys should be called professional athletes

[hater]

And before you say but theres a ball involved, watch thiss asshole :lol

KvWKUT646Ss

[gambit1990]

NFL live streams games on Twitter too.

https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/National-Football-League-and-Twitter-Announce-Streaming-Partnership-for-Thursday-Night-Football.aspx
that only lasted one season.

amazon outbid twitter for next season.

[Clipper Nation]

Now I guess the new shtick is criticizing the MLB for making smart business deals :lol
Tbh, the type of people who like Skinnyfatball are the same type of people who thought Bernie Sanders would be a good president. They wouldn't know anything about smart business deals :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Just because people attend it doesnt make it a sport.
Could be worse: nobody attends floptrot games and it's not a sport.

http://i.imgur.com/hwI0lkk.jpg