Adding Insult To Injuries*

It was bad enough when baseball disappeared from broadcast telebision & ensconced itself firmly on cable tee vee, 'though I didn't really give a damn because I'd have cable either way (This reporter is fortunate to live in the area served by Spectrum, which paid the Dodgers billions for their narrowcasting rights, but won't sell them at a price any other local cable service is willing to pay.) but this game-available-only-on-Facepuke bullshit is going too damn far.

This week, MLB offers fans another unique viewing experience with the continuation of its digital-only broadcasts. Thursday's Dodgers-D-backs matchup will air live in the United States exclusively on Facebook. The finale to the four-game series at Chase Field is one of 25 streaming broadcasts scheduled for 2018 as part of MLB's partnership with Facebook this season.

Fans can catch the 3:40 p.m. ET contest by logging onto Facebook's MLB Live page from their phones, tablets, smart TVs or other streaming devices. MLB Network will produce the game, with play-by-play announcer Rich Waltz, analysts Orel Hershiser and Eric Byrnes -- who played for the D-backs from 2006-09 -- and in-game reporter Alanna Rizzo.

We'll let you know tomorrow if "other streaming devices" includes personal computers. Or if there's any way to put the stream on the big screen for people who don't have a 'phone w/ the fucking  Facebook app constantly reporting everything one does to Zuckerberg & his fascist minions.

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*Dodger injury report: Three or four (can't even keep track anymore) starting position players out, one for the season, starting pitcher Ryu was pulled from tonight's game w/ a left groin strain. What fucking next?