The Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees were featured on Apple TV+ on Friday night. Apple TV+ offers a unique broadcast and viewing option for people who have the subscription, but since its debut earlier this year, it has received nothing but heavy criticism.
"Oswaldo-no-no-no" - New York Yankees
On the first pitch of the game, Lourdes Gurriel thought he had a solo homer before rookie Oswaldo Cabrera brought it back into the yard. Making his first start in right field tonight, Cabrera made a highlight worthy play. Amid all the excitement, there was some confusion in the broadcast booth.
The team in the booth mistook Cabrera for All-Star Aaron Judge. They quickly corrected their mistake. Judge, who has been on an absolute tear this season, has spent the majority of his time in center field for New York. To the booth's credit, Judge did play right field Thursday night.
"Pushes Judge back to the wall, he leaps and he makes the catch!"
New York fans were seemingly upset with the mistake that started off the broadcast. With a broadcast that is behind a large paywall, consumers are hoping for a more polished product. New York fans are used to a great broadcast booth within the YES Network. Not wanting to put up with the subpar Apple+ broadcast, some fans decided to enjoy the game in different ways and listen to the radio.
With many of these sports making deals with different subscription-based services, it can be frustrating when you can't watch your favorite team. As Thursday Night Football moves to Amazon Prime, it seems like every streaming service has its own deal with a professional league.
Apple TV only broadcasts each of the teams a couple of times. As such, it's not worth it for most fans to purchase the subscription for the whole season.
While the New York Yankees have been on a slide as of late, their fans have been growing impatient. The team has had a lackluster offense and subpar pitching over the last two months. With Giancarlo Stanton nearing his return from injury, New York is hoping Cabrera can bring a boost to the club when he's healthy.