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MLB and Netflix Streaming Partnership Opens With Yankees 7–0 Blowout Win Over Giants

Along with streaming MLB’s 2026 Opening Night game from San Francisco, Netflix will be presenting the Home Run Derby from Philadelphia on July 13.
MLB and Netflix Streaming Partnership Opens With Yankees 7–0 Blowout Win Over Giants
Fans are seen at the Bullpen Fan Activation during the MLB Opening Night Game: Yankees vs. Giants, at Momo's in San Francisco on March 25, 2026. Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Netflix
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On Wednesday in San Francisco, MLB’s 2026 season-opening game between the visiting New York Yankees and hometown Giants officially welcomed the Tony Vitello managing era, and Netflix’s streaming of live baseball.

There were several firsts to track during MLB’s start of the new season. Vitello, 47, officially became the first major league manager without any prior professional coaching experience to make the jump from the collegiate level. Building a highly successful baseball program at the University of Tennessee for eight seasons, in 2024, Vitello’s Volunteers won the NCAA Division 1 College World Series championship.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.