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echo: ml_baseball
to: ED GRINNELL
from: STEPHEN FRAZIER
date: 1996-12-23 18:52:00
subject: TBS losing Braves?

-=> Quoting Ed Grinnell to Stephen Frazier <=-
 EG> Stephen Frazier gave up a long homer to Otis Nixon and said:
 SF> Did they explain how it is that TBS (which is owned by Time-Warner) can
 SF> lose it's right to cablecast its own games, which (I don't think ) are
 SF> covered by MLB agreement?
 EG> WTBS will change from a "Super Station" to a "Cable Outlet." That
 EG> distinction is what MLB can use to pull the Braves and why they
Where did you get this info? I hadn't heard that, and personally, I don't 
think it will happen. TBS is cash cow for whoever owns it and will stand to 
lose too much money if they lose superstation status.
The Braves are already going to have to pay big bucks to the revenue sharing, 
and to lose millions and millions more to this...
It ain't gonna happen. If it does, then we know why Ted Turner keeps hiring 
idiots for his front office.
Stephen
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