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MLB CITES BELL EXAMPLE AS IT
TRIES TO ELIMINATE BLACKOUTS

Saturday, January 14: Major League Baseball is making an earnest effort to end or restrict the range of television broadcast blackouts and it's citing former Pirates first baseman Josh Bell as a prime example of why it's time to address this issue, which has long upset fans.