The Indians are on a mission to make you pay attention whether you want to or not
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Baseball has always been a game driven by big markets. Aaron Judge and New York Yankees; Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers; the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals all check in among the most visibleThe Indians are on a mission to make you pay attention whether you want to or not
Baseball has always been a game driven by big markets. Aaron Judge and New York Yankees; Cody Bellinger, Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers; the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals all check in among the most visible teams in the game from a national broadcast, merchandise sales and visibility standpoint. Of the first 11 ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" telecasts of the year, 10 of those games featured at least one of the aforementioned ball clubs, with the lone exception a Rangers-Tigers contest. The Rangers of course, make their home in the Dallas area, which is the fifth biggest media market the country.All the while, one team that was strangely absent from the mix was one half of last year’s World Series pairing, the Cleveland Indians. Despite participating in the most viewed World Series in nearly 25 years, the defending AL champions had to wait to make their debut appearance on the nation’s top MLB broadcast until July 9, more than three months into the season. Read more