When Netflix teed off in the golf space in 2023 with the silly Netflix Cup, it put its breakfast ball directly into the water. The streamer’s efforts to enter fight sports have been mixed, and its NFL games have been … fine. But now, with its Major League Baseball opening night rights, the streamer is messing with the wrong fan base.
On Wednesday evening, the New York Yankees will take on the San Francisco Giants exclusively on Netflix. And in this instance, the game truly is an exclusive. The teams’ local markets, including the YES Network cable station in New York City, will be blacked out from their own Opening Day game. That is somewhat unusual, especially when you consider that the Yankees are the primary owner of YES, currently with a 26 percent stake in the RSN (regional sports network)
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