Thanks, this was really great to read! While I have long-term concerns about ESPN rapidly becoming the place to watch every sport and league and conference ever, having pretty much every broadcast on an ESPN network makes things like the 7Innings Live whiparound coverage possible, and it did a great job of getting away from what can be the slower parts of games (especially when both pitchers are in a groove) to get to where the action was. And as a bonus, we didn't have to sit through nearly as many (or any?) commercials! Those aren't as much of a problem in softball as in, say, men's baseball, but they're not particularly welcome, so getting hours of nonstop softball coverage was fantastic.
It's great that ESPN has employees in decision-making positions who can see that the audience is there, that the growth is there, and that the time to invest is now.
Thanks, this was really great to read! While I have long-term concerns about ESPN rapidly becoming the place to watch every sport and league and conference ever, having pretty much every broadcast on an ESPN network makes things like the 7Innings Live whiparound coverage possible, and it did a great job of getting away from what can be the slower parts of games (especially when both pitchers are in a groove) to get to where the action was. And as a bonus, we didn't have to sit through nearly as many (or any?) commercials! Those aren't as much of a problem in softball as in, say, men's baseball, but they're not particularly welcome, so getting hours of nonstop softball coverage was fantastic.
It's great that ESPN has employees in decision-making positions who can see that the audience is there, that the growth is there, and that the time to invest is now.