Apple's MLB deal is good for Apple TV+, but making a bad situation worse for baseball fans

At Tuesday's Apple Event, Apple rolled out the long-rumored deal it signed with Major League Baseball. But, in a time where it is getting harder for local fans to watch their team play, this is making that situation worse, and not better.

As I write this, MLB is still shut down after its COVID-impacted 2021 run, and a shortened 2020 campaign. Making a long story short, the owners decided that they wanted to negotiate with the players' union with training shut down, and this will in all likelihood take out a big chunk of the start of the season, as spring training has not even started yet.And yet, on Tuesday, Apple announced that every Friday night, it will stream two games starting on April 8. I am telling you now, in all likelihood, the season will not have started then.

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