Today’s Oakland A’s game was sacrificed by MLB at the altar of a sponsorship opportunity.
The game was not televised on its normal channel, but was instead shown exclusively on the Peacock streaming service that costs a few extra bucks for signup. Furthermore, as part of a new Sunday Morning Baseball program, first pitch was 8:30 a.m. here in the Bay Area. In other words, they took the game hostage to pressure you into signing up for a new thing you didn’t otherwise want, even though you’re already a paying customer who bought cable and/or MLB.tv to see the games.