Good morning, baseball fans!
Per reporting from John Shea of The San Francisco Standard, the San Francisco Giants will get the honor of hosting Netflix’s first baseball broadcast this season on Opening Day.
Now, I’m not the best person to write on this. I have been crusading against the streaming wars taking over baseball one app at a time for several years now. However, I will say that this broadcast, specifically, should be a cool one. Even if it’s probably only happening because they will be playing
the New York Yankees for their opening series (and it’s one of the only games being played on March 25th).
Netflix is planning to take to the cove, McCovey Cove that is, where they are set to have 73 branded red kayaks to represent the number of home runs that Barry Bonds hit to break the MLB record back in 2001. It sounds like these will be available for fans to use, with McCovey Cove Dave (Dave Edlund) assisting Netflix in recruitment efforts.
Per Shea’s reporting, Netflix is hoping to involve Bonds in the broadcast in some capacity as well. We’ll get you more information on the game as it gets closer.
