Twitter offers look-ins to games
Twitter will offer live broadcast look-ins throughout Major League Baseball’s postseason for the first time.
ESPN, Fox and other broadcasters of playoff games will be able to show the look-ins on their social media accounts, and live action will also be shown on MLB’s official account. There isn’t a limit on how long each look-in can last.
Twitter will be the only social media platform to officially stream live look-ins during baseball’s postseason, which began Friday with four wild-card round games.
Sarah Rosen, Twitter’s Head of North American Content Partnerships, said the company has been focused on bringing more live, short-form video content to the platform.
Fox’s college football coverage used Twitter last year to show a specific camera angle, while look-ins have previously been used for the PGA Tour and NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, among others.
Rays
As Tyler Glasnow worked through the mundane yearplus rehab from August 2021 Tommy John elbow surgery — where progress is incremental and timetables aren’t discussed — the idea of returning to pitch in this year’s playoffs was a motivating thought. “I think that was always the ultimate goal,” Glasnow said. “I think early on that wasn’t really in the cards. Then progression was good and I had a lot of really good people with me, like trainers and coaches and everything, and the timing felt good. So now I’m here ready to pitch in the postseason.”
Rangers
Interim manager Tony Beasley was the first candidate interviewed in the Texas managerial search that general manager Chris Young hopes to wrap up in three to four weeks. Young said that Beasley would be the only internal candidate interviewed for the job, but didn’t say who else or how many other people would be interviewed in the hiring process.
Tigers
Manager A.J. Hinch said hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh and quality control coach Josh Paul won’t be back with the team next season. Hinch announced a series of staff changes, two days after Detroit closed a disappointing season with a 66-96 record that extended the franchise’s postseason drought to eight years.