Wednesday Night Open Thread

According to Maury Brown, MLB set a new revenue record in 2014, taking in approximately $9 billion for the calendar year. That’s up about 13% from last year, which is nuts. The new national television deals with FOX, ESPN, and TBS were a big part of the increase. That number is going up too. MLB Advanced Media announced today they will provide back-end infrastructure for HBO’s streaming service — they already do the same for ESPN, WWE, and CBS March Madness — and Brown says MLBAM could top $1 billion in revenue by itself in the near future. Lots and lots of money in the game right now.

Anyway, here is tonight’s open thread. Both the Knicks and Nets are playing, and there’s the usual slate of college basketball. Talk about those games, MLB’s revenues, the Winter Meetings, or anything else right here.