Finally the MLB Network Has Come

For those of you who are unaware other sports exist outside of football, MLB will be debuting its own personal network new year's day properly called MLB Network. This is a tremendous idea, although i have no clue why it took MLB so long to realize this is a great idea. We're all familiar with the NFL network, although none of us actually have it, which gives us even more in depth football coverage and primetime games. The NBA network has been around for many years, and recently the NHL, golf, and even tennis have introduced their own cable channels. So baseball is a bit behind the curb, but no better time than the present.

The preview channel that i have spent watching quite a bit today promises great features and daily coverage that is very enticing to even the average fan. They promise to cover the hot stove, draft, world baseball classic, and live coverage of daily action going live from 5pm to the last pitch of the night on the west coast. This network is sure to bring the baseball fan closer to the game and players, telling the untold stories. Considering ESPN is becoming more and more of a year round NFL network itself, with its combine/draft/preseason/regular season/postseason/offseason/favre retirement coverage, it will be nice to have a network devoted exclusively to the greatest sports on earth; baseball.

The current on-air talent for the MLB network is quite below average. Harold Reynolds and Dan Plesac are decent analysts but everyone else sucks. Matt Vasgersian is one of the most annoying personalities in baseball, so if you didnt like the baseball coverage on TBS during the postseason, you wont be very impressed with the people you see on the MLB network, but i would still recommend it. It's gonna be awesome!