Major League Baseball is the whitest old man sport we’ve got, but even MLB sees the stitches on the fastball every once in a while.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing my two favorite teams in two separate contests, a Yankees-Red Sox matinee followed by the Washington Nationals playing an interleague game in primetime.

Interesting note about the proceedings?

Neither was on TV.

(You know, old white guy TV.)

I guess sometimes instead of going to where your (dying) audience is, you bring your product to where the audience you want is. (Pardon the awkward sentence structure there–it really was the only way to describe it.)

For what it’s worth both games were enjoyable, and not just because they resulted in wins for my chosen sides (and helping Yankee playoff chances). Both mlb.tv (Yankees-Red Sox) and good old youtube (Nats-Blue Jays) really did present a good show. (And no blackouts!) In true 21st-century fashion I was able to select “home” or “away” announcers, and on youtube of course one could participate in various fan polls and chat features. No doubt I was supposed to tag myself on social media or some such thing, but no, the baseball itself was enough for me.

The old white guy version of watching a baseball game.