Before free agency, baseball players went home to jobs over the winter. AdvertisementNow, salaries are hyperinflated and are kept afloat partly by gambling ads and TV contracts, which are also kept afloat by gambling. With the proliferation of streaming, sports radio is kept afloat (barely) by gambling ad revenue. Many of us grew up with only one baseball game on television all week long, “The Game of the Week.” AdvertisementI am beginning to hate professional baseball and sports radio.