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Why does ESPN hate college baseball?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:10 pm
If you want to grow the game, you show games on cable that have crowds in the stands and energy. Yeah, lets show UK/WF with nobody in the stands to start off. Let's show NC State/UCF in a dead stadium on ESPN2. To grow the game, you need energy. ESPN seems to have no desire to show it.
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Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:13 pm to tossedoff
You really want ESPN to “grow” college baseball à la the way it’s “grown” college football?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:17 pm to tossedoff
So now it's ESPN's responsibility to fill stadiums and make them excited? This is in the top ten of stupid posts today, and there have been a lot of stupid posts today.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:20 pm to borotiger
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So now it's ESPN's responsibility to fill stadiums and make them excited? This is in the top ten of stupid posts today, and there have been a lot of stupid posts today.
No, but you show games that you know beforehand will have better crowds and energy. Why do you show LSU/Alabama football on ABC primetime Saturday, but not Kent State at Toledo?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:23 pm to tossedoff
Which game should have been on instead?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:24 pm to tossedoff
What can they do? Half the games today & tomorrow are going to be between 2 teams on the road, with little to no fan support
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:28 pm to Vecchio Cane
It doesn’t matter. Very few watch college baseball on tv outside of the SEC. And even there it’s not a lot. Not a good sport to invest all your money in.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:29 pm to Vecchio Cane
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Half the games today & tomorrow are going to be between 2 teams on the road, with little to no fan support
And one of the games he's bitching about was an SEC vs ACC game.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:32 pm to tossedoff
college baseball owes any mindshare/success it has or will ever have to ESPN, which has been broadcasting it for 50 years. so this is a pretty weird post.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:32 pm to Rebbedup
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Very few watch college baseball on tv outside of the SEC
And, one way or another, ESPN shows every game. The blame ESPN parroting is stale.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:33 pm to borotiger
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Which game should have been on instead?
Nebraska? Kansas? USM?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:41 pm to tossedoff
I watch ESPN via the app, so I don't know what channel is anything is on, what channel was State on?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:43 pm to tossedoff
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Nebraska
vs. S. Dakota State
You think this would have a bigger draw?
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Kansas
vs Northeastern
You think this would draw more interest?
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USM
vs Little Rock
Just log off.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:44 pm to greenbean
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what channel was State on?
ESPN+ the whole weekend.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:46 pm to tossedoff
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ESPN+ the whole weekend.
Did you check Fox or CBS?
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:47 pm to tossedoff
If college baseball grows too much it’ll just be another sport miss st can’t compete in
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:52 pm to bamabaseballsec
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If college baseball grows too much it’ll just be another sport miss st can’t compete in
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:52 pm to borotiger
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vs. S. Dakota State
You think this would have a bigger draw?
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Kansas
vs Northeastern
You think this would draw more interest?
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USM
vs Little Rock
Just log off.
Do people not tune in for the 16/1 game for the basketball tournament? Random people just surfing the channels might stop to watch a game that has a crowd and energy. I understand that Auburn shite the bed so you don't want that on TV.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 9:53 pm to tossedoff
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I understand that Auburn shite the bed so you don't want that on TV.
And I was able to watch every miserable minute of it.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:08 pm to tossedoff
If you have the ESPN + app, you can see any game for like $10 a month.
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