Not Televising deGrom And Greinke Plain Stupid
It doesn’t matter that it’s Spring Training. When you have a match-up like Jacob deGrom and Zack Greinke, you televise it. Period.
By not televising it, Baseball missed the opportunity to show two future Hall of Famers going head-to-head. Really, not televising this showed a basic misunderstanding of the sport.
One eternal truth in baseball is fans love high profile pitching match-ups. This was one. Mets fans would’ve loved to see deGrom dominate because they love deGrom.
Of course, we all missed a phenomenal match-up. In 3.0 scoreless innings, Greinke struck out four. And deGrom, well, he was deGrom:
Jacob deGrom tonight:
3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K
He was up to 102 mph
— Michael Mayer (@mikemayer22) March 11, 2021
Not only did deGrom strike out seven of the nine he faced, but he hit 102. 102!!! That’s insane even by his lofty standards. And yet, we all had to miss it.
That’s not all we missed. We also missed a phenomenal defensive play from Albert Almora.
What a catch by Albert Almora Jr.! ? pic.twitter.com/0NB0Pl5mYI
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 12, 2021
Finally, there was also a big homer from Pete Alonso, who is having a monster Spring so far.
Absolutely CRUSHED! ?
Pete Alonso with a solo shot! pic.twitter.com/BAtCXAnsKr
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 12, 2021
But hey, no one thought anyone would want to watch this game, so it’s just these clips here and there. But don’t worry, MLB is tackling the real issues to increase the popularity of the game like base sizes.
Well, in reality, what no televise games in spring training does for is to keep my interest in baseball very low. And I am normally a huge fan. But, as you said, when they want you to pay to watch spring games full of errors, minor leaguers, many many changes it just doesn’t make sense for me. They should instead put all the games on tv and hope that fans come back strong after the last two years we had.