MLB Broadcasts

　As an unemployed, penniless old-timer, I have no choice but to be very selective about my streaming subscriptions. The ones I do have are Apple One and Amazon Prime (hereinafter referred to as “Amazon Prime”). The biggest benefit of Amazon Prime for an old-timer like me is that I can watch the early-morning live broadcasts of MLB. This is a real lifesaver for an old-timer like me—who wakes up in the early morning, or rather, late at night due to insomnia—it’s practically a social welfare benefit. As I get older, I’ve come to realize that I only watch “sports programs” anymore. Even then, I don’t watch the ones that are overly staged by advertising agencies, like the Olympics. I only watch the ones that simply and matter-of-factly cover the regular season. In that context, the live broadcast at MLB is a real lifesaver. On the other hand,NPB gets very little airtime, whether on terrestrial TV or BS. As an old-timer, I happen to be a Yokohama DeNA BayStars fan, but sometimes they’ll show games at TVK, or if I’m lucky, I can catch them on Niconico Static Images. Given all that, the broadcast at MLB is truly invaluable.

　In fact, I’ve actually become more knowledgeable about the players on MLB these days. While I certainly can’t answer a question like, “Name the key players on all 30 teams!”, I do keep up with how Japanese players are performing, and there are so many teams with non-Japanese players I like that I can’t even count them on one hand. Once the baseball season ends,NBA starts up. You can watch that on Amazon Prime as well.I’m already looking forward to it.