{
  "id": 5082150,
  "title": "Yahoo Sports, Apple TV team up for ‘Baseball Bar-B-Cast’ and ‘The Cooligans’ altcasts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/yahoo-sports-apple-tv-team-up-for-baseball-bar-b-cast-and-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T12:20:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/yahoo-sports-apple-tv-team-122025538.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Yahoo Sports and Apple TV have teamed up to create a series of altcasts, featuring the hosts of the popular Yahoo shows 'Baseball Bar-B-Cast' and 'The Cooligans'. The collaboration will see the altcasts before the end of the MLB and MLS seasons. Co-hosts Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman, from Yahoo's 'Baseball Bar-B-Cast', will be calling the first two innings of Apple TV's broadcasts of two key games this September - Detroit Tigers-Cleveland Guardians and Philadelphia Phillies-New York Mets. In addition, comedians Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco, co-hosts of 'The Cooligans', will also host pregame shows for each broadcast. The streaming of the first two innings will happen across Yahoo Sports' platforms before moving to Apple TV for the remaining seven innings. Yahoo and Apple TV will also collaborate for two MLS altcasts, with the comedians calling the Campeones Cup between Inter Miami and Cruz Azul, and a match between Inter Miami and FC Cincinnati in October. These altcasts will offer a variety of camera angles, including referee cam and an iPhone feed. While the scope of these altcasts is limited, they are expected to provide some cross-promotion between Yahoo and Apple's sports offerings, and offer additional viewing options for fans tuning into important regular-season games.",
  "summary": "Yahoo Sports and Apple TV are partnering for a series of altcasts starring the hosts of the Baseball Bar-B-Cast and The Cooligans. The two companies announced on Wednesday that Apple TV’s MLB and MLS packages will feature a series of altcasts before those respective seasons end. Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman, co-hosts of Yahoo’s Baseball Bar-B-Cast, will call the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Yahoo Sports and Apple TV collaborate for altcasts",
    "Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman host first two innings",
    "Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco co-host pregame shows"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}