They need to go to wood bats first. The ping is unbearable
Icy-Refrigerator-517
College baseball just has a rough place on the calendar. The bulk of its season goes up against college basketball postseason, then NBA and NHL playoffs, while MLB is always there. There’s just not a lot of room for it to grow as a TV product.
Networks are not gonna make a huge investment in it during this like 2-3 week downtime, then have it disappear for 3 months before coming back for the CWS.
You can make the same point about volleyball and softball – products that vastly improved over the past decade and are much more popular than they were. But there’s just no to limited room for them to get exposure.
Unless they want to radically adjust their schedules to go after the June-August period or January-February. Which doesn’t make sense.
AndrewLucksLaugh
I dunno…there’s something pure about watching VMI vs. Samford on a Thursday afternoon on ESPN+ with no announcers, from a single camera on a tripod positioned comically off-center just beyond the the wall in left-center field with the wind rocking it ever so gently.
Actually, now that I think about it, you may have a point.
818sfv
Hell yea, especially in early February when it’s the only baseball being played!!! but since it doesn’t get the ratings that MBB does, it’s pushed aside. Thank God for ESPN+.
BlueLeary-0726
I don’t disagree, but it’s crazy how much college baseball is now available to stream via ESPN’s various subscriptions. You went from seeing a small handful of regular season games on TV and the CWS, to having nearly every D1 game (at least from the major conferences) available to stream. Yes, there’s a cost here, because you have to pay the Mouse for the privilege, but if you can swing it, it’s a golden era for watching college baseball and softball, for that matter.
jdbolick
I enjoy going to college baseball games, but I almost never watch them on television. I want to be outside during this time of the year.
SssnakeJaw
It’s not great but I’m not going to complain because I am old enough to remember when there was no college baseball on tv at all until Omaha.
FormerCollegeDJ
Minor league baseball, which is generally higher quality than college baseball, especially at the higher minor league levels, deserves better television coverage even more.
gene_harro_gate
I’d settle for consistent access to quality box scores. Coverage on NCAA baseball is horrific compared to football and basketball.
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They need to go to wood bats first. The ping is unbearable
College baseball just has a rough place on the calendar. The bulk of its season goes up against college basketball postseason, then NBA and NHL playoffs, while MLB is always there. There’s just not a lot of room for it to grow as a TV product.
Networks are not gonna make a huge investment in it during this like 2-3 week downtime, then have it disappear for 3 months before coming back for the CWS.
You can make the same point about volleyball and softball – products that vastly improved over the past decade and are much more popular than they were. But there’s just no to limited room for them to get exposure.
Unless they want to radically adjust their schedules to go after the June-August period or January-February. Which doesn’t make sense.
I dunno…there’s something pure about watching VMI vs. Samford on a Thursday afternoon on ESPN+ with no announcers, from a single camera on a tripod positioned comically off-center just beyond the the wall in left-center field with the wind rocking it ever so gently.
Actually, now that I think about it, you may have a point.
Hell yea, especially in early February when it’s the only baseball being played!!! but since it doesn’t get the ratings that MBB does, it’s pushed aside. Thank God for ESPN+.
I don’t disagree, but it’s crazy how much college baseball is now available to stream via ESPN’s various subscriptions. You went from seeing a small handful of regular season games on TV and the CWS, to having nearly every D1 game (at least from the major conferences) available to stream. Yes, there’s a cost here, because you have to pay the Mouse for the privilege, but if you can swing it, it’s a golden era for watching college baseball and softball, for that matter.
I enjoy going to college baseball games, but I almost never watch them on television. I want to be outside during this time of the year.
It’s not great but I’m not going to complain because I am old enough to remember when there was no college baseball on tv at all until Omaha.
Minor league baseball, which is generally higher quality than college baseball, especially at the higher minor league levels, deserves better television coverage even more.
I’d settle for consistent access to quality box scores. Coverage on NCAA baseball is horrific compared to football and basketball.