Last night the Red Sox finally won the World Series for the first time since 1918 – I won’t even get into the whole Babe Ruth curse thing. I’m not sure what that’ll make Newcastle United fans feel like. They haven’t won a domestic trophy since their 1955 FA Cup win. The Red Sox hadn’t won for 86 years…
Two good media stories from this. First off, Five Live used Five Live Sports Xtra through the night to give full commentary. I don’t know how many people were listening, but I was, even though it was on channel Five at the same time.
Secondly, the Major League Baseball website has a very reasonable video policy. They stream very brief highlights of the major plays etc, and charge a reasonable $3.99 for full match downloads, suitable for portable devices.