SportTechie · Feb 15, 2018
How Major League Baseball Is Approaching Future Entry Into Esports
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig attends the Playstation Special Announcement Event at Gotham Hall on February 13, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Rommel Demano/Getty Images)NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media are keeping a close eye on the esports landscape as the league considers how it might enter the space in the future.
“I think it’s all about fan engagement, and it’s about finding the right place to go in,” Jamie Leece, MLBAM’s Vice President of Games and VR, said Tuesday at SportTechie’s State Of The Industry event. “So we certainly are looking at it.”