Arizona Diamondbacks fans fuming over limited Bally Sports Arizona TV, streaming options
The 2023 MLB season began Thursday with a lot of Arizona Diamondbacks fans discovering they couldn't watch their team this season.
And they were not happy about it.
Bally Sports Arizona is planning to air 159 Diamondbacks games this season and Diamondbacks fans can also watch games on the Bally Sports app by signing into their cable provider, but they can't stream the station as part of Bally Sports+, the streaming service that shows Suns and Coyotes games.
Bally Sports currently has the rights to stream the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays on Bally Sports+, but not other MLB teams, including the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks games can be seen in the Phoenix area through Cox, DirecTV, Fubo, DirecTV stream and some other providers.
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We don't currently have the rights to deliver the Arizona Diamondbacks games on Bally Sports+, but we hope to have them as part of the offering in the future. Please DM us @ballysportshelp if you have any other questions.
— BallySportsHelp (@ballysportshelp) March 31, 2023
Fans of Arizona's MLB team took to social media to vent their frustration with the lack of viewing options for the Diamondbacks:
Those of us who purchased a nearly $200 subscription for Bally Sports Plus, to find out now that you aren’t including Diamondbacks games in this subscription are very disappointed.@Dbacks or @MLB, can you help Dbacks fans watch our team? This is ridiculous.
Corbin Carroll— #1 Mikal Bridges Fan (@MikaIBridges25) March 31, 2023
It’s absolutely infuriating and disheartening. Makes me not want to support baseball anymore.
— Gina Corbitt (@gmcorbitt) March 31, 2023
The main reason I subscribed to Bally Sports + was to watch the Diamondbacks. Shame on me. #unsubscribed
— Erik Loewe (@eloe2009) March 31, 2023
Maybe put diamonbacks game on bally sports plus to maybe make a few extra bucks to pay your bills. Just saying.
— Craig (@CraigH207) March 29, 2023
As a paying subscriber of Bally Sports Plus, it would be great if I could watch! But it doesn’t appear that the app will carry these games like it does for the Suns/Coyotes.@Dbacks or @BALLYSPORTSAZ can you do anything to help out your fans? I just want to support my Dbacks!
— #1 Mikal Bridges Fan (@MikaIBridges25) March 30, 2023
Please cut a deal w/ YouTube TV! I miss watching….
— Carl Dalpiaz (@CarlDlpz) March 30, 2023
If you wouldn’t mind, could you pretty please just relinquish the rights to they can air games on something that doesn’t suck and where games can be accessed by reasonable measures like Hulu + Live or Sling or YouTube TV.
— JohnnyUofAngst (@TheRealestJMJ) March 31, 2023
Whoever does the tv rights for your company needs to find other employment.
— AB (@abcoltsfan) March 31, 2023
@MLB can’t take over soon enough.
— Dan (@DV_ASU) March 31, 2023
Because you failed to pay the DBacks for broadcasting rights. I hope a legit broadcaster steps up to fill the void. You guys have been terrible.
— Claudie Wilson (@cawilsonaz) March 31, 2023
I hope you go out of business
— P--L (@DesertDogs22) March 31, 2023
Bally Sports AZ app is pure garbage! I can’t watch opening day for the Diamondbacks. Can’t even watch it on the MLB app or network. Ridiculous!@BALLYSPORTSAZ @MLB
— Kevin (@kmancio95) March 31, 2023
You can find your provider for Bally Sports Arizona here.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona Diamondbacks fans blast Bally Sports TV, streaming options
