This afternoon, the Mets and Phillies will play the last game of their series in Queens, and if you’re interested in watching the game, you have one option: Facebook. The social media behemoth and Major League Baseball came to an agreement that was announced during the offseason, one that gives Facebook exclusive broadcast rights—not just streaming rights—for one day game per week during baseball’s regular season.
Mets and Phillies fans are the guinea pigs for this dumb idea.
In an attempt to, well, do something, the league has decided to shut out local networks from broadcasting the game.