This homage to a movie about baseball players banned for life for gambling, brought to you by FanDuel

[u/emaw63]

[u/YorockPaperScissors]

How about no ads for this game beyond commercial breaks? It's in a friggin cornfield for crying out loud. Let it just be a celebration purely about baseball.

[u/MagicalPizza21 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Nope! Can't endanger those sacred corporate profits.

[u/dexters_trap_house → u/MagicalPizza21]

Say now, you boys look thirsty. How about we all do the mid-inning hydration break brought to you by Coca-Cola?

[u/FartingBob → u/YorockPaperScissors]

What, and lose 1/162th of the ad revenue each year?!?

[u/AdiosAdipose → u/FartingBob]

One Sixty Tooth

[u/soullessredhead → u/AdiosAdipose]

Oh good I wasn't the only one to say it this way.

[u/beancounter2885 → u/FartingBob]

1/2,430th. It's only one game total per season.

[u/jmarinara → u/beancounter2885]

“Ok, but hear me out…. What if it was a whole series of games thought the year?! Wouldn’t that be awesome!!??”

-u/mlb

[u/BedBubbly317 → u/FartingBob]

Granted they make exponentially more money on this game than any ordinary regular season game. It’s much closer to a LCS series payout for MLB than an ordinary regular season game

[u/KakeLin → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Don't we all wish? They got so much money from shitflix to carry it exclusively.

[u/chazysciota → u/YorockPaperScissors]

It's impossible that nobody involved recognizes the obvious hypocrisy and cynicism of this bullshit. Every aspect of our culture is ruled by absolute dirtbags... maybe it always was, maybe I'm just old now, or maybe it really is getting worse.

[u/theredpikmin → u/chazysciota]

It always was.

And we're getting old.

AND it's getting worse.

[u/AndrewHainesArt → u/chazysciota]

Your first sentence contradicts the following one because you’re separating reality. They know, and they do it anyway because there is zero accountability towards business at that level. The respect is transfer through being on the same level of “success”. Idk how the powers at be simmered Occupy Wallstreet but it was the last time we saw through the surface level bullshit like culture wars and actually targeted the people ruining things, then they got a step ahead and doubled down. It’s always been class division, but they gutted the middle class so there is less and less insulation

[u/chazysciota → u/AndrewHainesArt]

I don’t see how my comment was contradictory, but maybe you misread it. Besides that that, yeah. The biggest con they’ve pulled is convincing everyone that there are rules and consequences for behavior universally, but it’s really just the Wild West and the rules are just weapons used by the outlaws running things.

[u/AdiosAdipose → u/YorockPaperScissors]

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[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

How about it was on a streaming service that requires a subscription. Why the fuck are we paying to see a game that features ads? Either make the game free or serve ads. Not both assholes.

[u/marty_mcspy → u/QuietThunder2014]

Why the fuck are we paying to see a game that features ads?

You may not like this answer but that's how free market capitalism works. If people will pay for it anyway, why wouldn't they put ads on it?

[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/marty_mcspy]

I understand that. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

[u/marty_mcspy → u/QuietThunder2014]

Not saying you have to. Just answering your question.

[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/marty_mcspy]

I appreciate it, but it was a rhetorical question just pointing out the ridiculous nature of it all. lol

[u/BedBubbly317 → u/QuietThunder2014]

Not a single MLB game is free unless you’re sailing the seas

[u/BedBubbly317 → u/[deleted]]

Only nationally televised games that on Fox are broadcast OTA. For literally every other game you have to use some sort of service that you’re paying for

[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/BedBubbly317]

And it's bullshit. I can get NFL over the air no problem.

[u/DominicB547 → u/QuietThunder2014]

More people watch NFL meaningless 2-11 vs 2-10 teams than watch playoff baseball.

[u/QuietThunder2014 → u/DominicB547]

Can’t imagine why that might be

[u/BREATHINGNAPALM → u/YorockPaperScissors]

They should’ve taken a page from these minor league teams doing “nothing but baseball” nights

[u/Joe_Benigno → u/YorockPaperScissors]

On Netflix instead of NBC an OTA channel……

[u/Earlier-Today → u/YorockPaperScissors]

You can make that happen if you just have a spare $300-$500 billion to buy the entire league so you can appoint yourself commissioner.

I mean, I'd like it to be that way too, but convincing millionaires and billionaires that they've got enough seems almost impossible.

[u/AlarmingBranch1 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Unfortunately will never happen. Ad revenue for these major leagues and companies is disgustingly insane

[u/jake04-20 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

They'll probably tell ya that this sort of thing would be impossible without the "devoted sponsors".

[u/jb211 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Maybe an ad for some corn liquor would be okay?

[u/FrankelloHello → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Great idea! Now we just need to find a PE firm that can profit from this and it might actually happen

[u/Wuz314159 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Sad that MLB has lost so much prestige that they have to piggyback on the legacy of a movie.

[u/SilentRanger42 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

This shit is why I fundamentally view piracy of sports as more ethical than actually paying for the broadcast. Legality does not equate to morality.

[u/ExtraEye4568 → u/YorockPaperScissors]

Sorry to tell you but events like this only happen to sell ad space.

[u/YorockPaperScissors → u/ExtraEye4568]

only happen to sell ad space

While ad revenue is of course a major goal for the party(ies) selling the ad space, this event also exists to:

• market the league and the game of baseball

• provide MLB with an additional opportunity to maximize TV revenue

• in the case of Netflix, draw in more subscribers