We are reaching the end of the regional sports network era in local baseball (and other sports) television.
How do we know that? Because Bally Sports San Diego failed to make a rights fee payment to the Padres earlier this week, and in so doing the rights to broadcast Padres games on TV reverted to the team:
Diamond Sports said in a statement to The Athletic that it “decided not to provide additional funding to the San Diego RSN that would enable it to make the rights payment to the San Diego Padres during the grace period.