News Summary

• The Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers are on course to meet in the National League Championship Series.
• If the 30 teams pooled their broadcast rights, Manfred believes they could generate interest from streamers such as Apple, Peacock, Paramount and Netflix.
• But the Dodgers are not about to unconditionally surrender what fans outside Los Angeles consider their greatest competitive advantage: money.
• The Dodgers make about 10 times that much in rights fees this year, and that annual rights fee will top $500 million by the end of the Charter contract in 2038.