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Steinbrenner was actually behind the curve with TV rigths for the yankees. Turner, WGN, Fox Sports and NESN were all much earlier adopters

Posted by musubi Jul 13 '10, 09:51

and pioneers of the regional sports networks.

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it's being reported all over that he was the first owner to sell tv cable rights to broadcast games.... - x Jul 13, 10:11 4
- I don't know for sure, but I don't see how that's possible with TBS and WGN having Braves and Cubs/ChiSox games respectively for a long time. (nm) - musubi Jul 13, 10:23 3
  - the yankees cable games in the 80's were on wpix. that's who he sold the rights to early in the cable years....nm - x Jul 13, 10:26 2
    - I don't know exact dates, but we got cable in 1978 and WTBS already had baseball and WGN followed soon after. - David Jul 13, 10:33
    - Unless I'm reading this wrong, TBS carried Braves games since 1973. WPIX was a local station that carried Yankee games long before Steinbrenner. - musubi Jul 13, 10:31
Lost in all this talk abou this legacy....Billy Martin just got fired from Hell's baseball team today and doesn't know why yet. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 13, 09:55 2
- I think Steinbrenner would be the commissioner of Hell's League -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 09:59 1
  - (But I'm sure he was a great guy in his private life and didn't actually go to hell, despite said wishes from many people) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 10:00
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- MSG is another regional sports pioneer, as I understand it. - musubi Jul 13, 10:05
- i remember the braves on tbs long time ago. when they really sucked -- nm - chuckles Jul 13, 09:54 3
  - they still do, just wait for it to happen. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 13, 10:05 2
    - no, but i mean they *really* sucked back then - chuckles Jul 13, 10:06 1
      - Yeah, from about 85 to 90; they were as bad as the Indians - Will Hunting Jul 13, 10:07

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Steinbrenner was actually behind the curve with TV rigths for the yankees. Turner, WGN, Fox Sports and NESN were all much earlier adopters

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