St. Louis Cardinals: Where’s the Televised Spring Games?

I had the disappointment of finding out that the St. Louis Cardinals’ Spring Training game today would not be televised. This is a problem.

The year is 2016, and the St. Louis Cardinals still only have half of their Spring Training games televised. How is this possible? The Cardinals are without a doubt one of the most popular teams in the country with fans all over the country. However, there is still just 15 games being televised this spring.

Full Disclaimer: I have no idea the cost it takes to broadcast a game or have the cameras at the game.

However, with everything that we have available to us these days, how on earth is it that every single game isn’t televised? If they can pack the seats and sell beer and hot dogs to thousands, how can they not put every single game on television? There has to be a way to have this done.

It is 2016 not 1975, the money in the TV industry is at an all-time high. You can’t tell me with their current plan of replaying games in prime time, MLB.tv, and with DVR capabilities that there won’t be plenty of viewers.

With the popularity of baseball being up for debate, and with them trying to change the game to make it more marketable. It makes no sense to have your game in front of everyone at the height of anticipation and popularity. No, the games aren’t prime time popularity like the games in September/October. But, it’s baseball and we the fans want more baseball!

I want to see Brandon Moss and Matt Adams launch baseballs onto the beach, and want to see what some of these new guys like Jedd Gyorko and Seung-hwan Oh offer to the team. I shouldn’t have to read up on this stuff on the internet after the fact. The time is now for all of these games to be televised and frankly MLB is dropping the ball on this.

While it will be nice to see the game televised tomorrow, the technology is possible, and the desire is there for fans to see their teams play. It is time for MLB to step up and get all of these games on television. Publicity is publicity and it can only be a good thing for the teams and the game to attract more and more fans.

Next: What games will be televised during Spring Training?

Ok, fans the rant is over. What are your thoughts? Should these games be televised? Am I absolutely crazy for thinking this? Let me know in the comments.