When A.J. Burnett—the Batman—retired after the 2015 season, it would have been reasonable to think that it was the last time that the Pittsburgh Pirates would be affected by a DC Comics entity. However, it turns out that Batgirl may be more closely tied to the team’s future than Burnett was to it’s past.
Before we can understand why, we need to have an origin story. Luckily, this one doesn’t involve slain parents in a theater alley.
A Brief History of Regional Sports Networks
Today, the economics of sports is largely centered on television.