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Giants Game on Facebook Draws Mixed Reactions From Fans

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Published May 10, 2018 at 9:40 AM
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Major League Baseball has introduced a new way for people to watch America's favorite past time: on Facebook. But some San Francisco Giants fans have mixed feelings about how the new partnership between the MLB and Facebook can have an impact the way they watch the game.The SF Giants and Philadelphia Phillies game Thursday will be exclusively broadcast on Facebook's MLB Live page and fans' concerns vary from not being able to record the game on DVR, small screens and distrust of Facebook after the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.One fan tweeted that the MLB is "out of their minds to present the national pastime in a manner that forces use of an out-of-control social media.""Don't mind FB, but when it comes between me and optimal baseball viewing experience..... they are really pushing it. Don't want to watch game on 15" screen," another fan Anna Estrada tweeted.David M. Lowe took to both Facebook and Twitter to display his discontent. "What is the point of letting a few fans watch on their little phones at work or somewhere else when the majority of fans/viewers WATCH ON A REAL TV?," Lowe said.Some of the fans find the easy access through Facebook convenient. "Cool. I can...

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