Dodgers fans pay, in significant numbers and in significant quantities, to see their team in Sportsnet La: Home Team, Home Channel.
However, not Friday, when Clayton Kershaw takes the mound for what could be the last time at Dodger Stadium.
The exclusive transmission rights for the game belong to Apple TV+, as part of a game package on Friday night bought at Major League Baseball. Apple is guaranteed a minimum of four exclusive transmissions for any team that chosen on the air, according to a league official. Friday's game will be the Dodgers room on Apple TV+ this season, so it is still exclusive to Apple.
The alternate Apple Game Friday involves the Toronto Blue Jays. As it became evident that the tiles could obtain a place in the playoffs on Friday, Apple and MLB agreed that Sportsnet, the equivalent of the Sportsnet la tiles, could issue a simultaneous transmission of that Apple TV+transmission. (That change was announced on Thursday morning, before a defeat in the Jays and the victory of the Cleveland Guardians made it impossible for Toronto to be measured on Friday).
However, Jays will total five Exclusive Apple TV+ transmissions this season.
This will not be the first part of the history of the Dodgers limited to the Apple audience. In 2022, when Albert Pujols reached his homer of his 700 career, the game was in Apple.
The man who called the Pujols game for Apple will also call the Kershaw game for Apple: Wayne Randazzo, the voice of the Angels.
Kershaw, 11 times All-Star and three times winner of the Cy Young award, said Thursday that he would retire at the end of the season. After the weekend series against the San Francisco giants, in which Kershaw is scheduled to start Friday game, the Dodgers finish the regular season on the road. The Dodgers have not said what role, if you have any, Kershaw could complete their playoff list.
Fans can register for a free seven -day test of Apple TV+ here. (If you are registering only to see Kershaw, you must cancel within the seven -day window, or you will be billed $ 12.99 each month).
