Last Thursday, only one day before the 2022 postseason was to begin, Commissioner Rob Manfred changed the terms of MLB's contract with its hundreds of thousands of MLBTV subscribers, a "deceptive" move, making it impossible for those fans to see any postseason games, according to The Athletic.
On Thursday, some fans abroad, including many in the United Kingdom, discovered that if they wanted to watch MLB's postseason, their subscription to MLB.tv's package would no longer cut it. In a departure from the past in some countries, MLB was asking fans to pony up additional cash to one of MLB's broadcast partners if they wanted to watch the games — and the fans said they didn't know as much until the playoffs were about to start.