Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed the issue of robot umpires one day calling balls and strikes on the field, telling reporters Thursday in New York that the technology must further improve. “Look, the technology of calling balls and strikes without a human being involved has continued to improve,” Manfred said, according to USA Today. […]
Baseball has hardly changed from the simple game that Alexander Cartwright fathered in 1845 — and while that lack of change has made baseball a unifier that transcends race, generation, and more, it also means baseball has its fair share of archaic moments. Nowhere are these moments more glaring than in baseball’s slow pace, and […]
A lot of people can’t stand baseball because it is “too boring,” or because there are “too many games [in a season],” or because the sport “never changes.” While those can all be valid concerns, the reality is that baseball is indubitably America’s pastime, and watching baseball is a relaxing daily endeavor that puts most […]
The National Hockey League announced a digital media rights partnership with MLBAM (Major League Baseball Advanced Media) on August 4, 2015. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred discussed the transformations planned for the NHL’s digital content, both improving the NHL’s current properties as well as creating new properties. Bettman elaborated on why the […]
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has a precarious situation on his hands. He is in charge of a sport that has an increasingly aging audience, but that has recently found itself with a plethora of young talent. Today, 50 percent of MLB viewers are more than 55-years-old. But this year’s All-Star Game had 20 […]
