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Major League Baseball is officially coming back to NBC — so sports fans can go ahead and plan to stick around for Sunday Night Baseball once Sunday Night Football and Sunday Night Basketball wrap up next year. You just have to bring your own Cracker Jacks.
ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared headed for an ugly separation after the network opted out of its rights deal in February. Nine months later, it appears to be the best thing to happen to both parties.
The three-year agreements were a direct result of ESPN opting out of the final three seasons of its contract in February.
NBC, ESPN and Netflix will share tentpole events, including the Field of Dreams Game and the first round of the playoffs