15%

[Toots_mcgee]

Here’s a scary number for you,” commissioner Rob Manfred told the room in late March. “St. Louis … great baseball market. You know what percentage of homes in St. Louis have access to baseball right now? Anybody want to guess?”

Yeah, 15’s the answer,” Manfred said. “Fifteen. It’s because of cord cutting and the fact that operators like Diamond have not even gotten full distribution within the traditional cable bundle.”

Now, that percentage refers not to the city of St. Louis alone, but to the Cardinals’ overall television territory, which stretches beyond Missouri into Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Tennessee. But it’s still surprisingly low.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

Here’s a scary number for you,” commissioner Rob Manfred told the room in late March. “St. Louis … great baseball market. You know what percentage of homes in St. Louis have access to baseball right now? Anybody want to guess?”

Yeah, 15’s the answer,” Manfred said. “Fifteen. It’s because of cord cutting and the fact that operators like Diamond have not even gotten full distribution within the traditional cable bundle.”

Now, that percentage refers not to the city of St. Louis alone, but to the Cardinals’ overall television territory, which stretches beyond Missouri into Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Tennessee. But it’s still surprisingly low.

Fun fact…When they’re on ESPN+ or something like that…they’re blacked out…in Springfield.

 

[3Rfan]

Here’s a scary number for you,” commissioner Rob Manfred told the room in late March. “St. Louis … great baseball market. You know what percentage of homes in St. Louis have access to baseball right now? Anybody want to guess?”

Yeah, 15’s the answer,” Manfred said. “Fifteen. It’s because of cord cutting and the fact that operators like Diamond have not even gotten full distribution within the traditional cable bundle.”

Now, that percentage refers not to the city of St. Louis alone, but to the Cardinals’ overall television territory, which stretches beyond Missouri into Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Tennessee. But it’s still surprisingly low.

We get it in Poplar Bluff. We can't get the Jonesboro, Ar. ABC TV station 80 miles away anymore, they say the ABC station in southern Il. almost 200 miles away is in our market. We had NBC Channel 5 out of St.Louis for a while and they took that away too.

 

[Toots_mcgee]

I have MLB.TV. They blackout the cardinals AWAY games, also. Please make it make sense. I can literally watch every team in MLB EXCEPT St Louis.

They are playing 2166 miles away tonight and the game is blacked out.

I just reamed out a technical support person who has nothing to do with this decision for five minutes on the phone.

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

 

[Pancho and Lefty]

If they don't start getting some wins, 15% might be the percentage of seats filled in the stadium the rest of the season