Shortly before the 2022 season got underway, Major League Baseball and Apple TV+ announced that the latter would be the exclusive home of a pair of games on Friday nights this season. Though they were playing on the road, it seemed somewhat fitting that the Mets—the team with the home run apple—were featured on the very first broadcast.
Without delving too far into criticism of the broadcast, of which there has been plenty on social media between last night and today, here are some suggestions that could improve future broadcasts.
- The broadcasters—Melanie Newman, Chris Young, Hannah Keyser, and field reporter Brooke Fletcher—were working a game together for the first time, and it showed.