Swinging for the fences

Swinging for the fences

ESPN shells out $5.6 billion to keep Major League Baseball

Published Aug 29, 2012 at 8:00 am (Updated Aug 29, 2012)

(From The Los Angeles Times) ESPN is doubling down on baseball.

The Walt Disney Co.-owned sports cable empire is poised to announce a new eight-year, $5.6-billion deal Tuesday with Major League Baseball that is expected to more than double what it currently pays for games, people with knowledge of the detail said.

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