Army West Point Athletics
Black Knights Baseball Hits Facebook
April 25, 2017 | Baseball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – For the first time ever, Saturday's baseball series opener with rival Navy went global on Facebook.
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Game one against Navy was the third college baseball contest to be streamed live on the NCAA Baseball Facebook page. The game reached over 704,500 people with a total number of 103,000 video views. Fans were able to also comment and share the stream totaling 4,900 interactions.
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The game was at its highest peak with 571 viewers and had an average watch time of 15 minutes. Throughout the game there were 3,277 "likes" and 1,773 shares.
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The Black Knights next head to Fishkill, N.Y., on Wednesday for the 12th annual Hudson Valley Baseball Classic with Marist at Dutchess Stadium. Game time is slated for 6:30 p.m., but there will be a pregame clinic for boys and girls ages kindergarten through eighth grade beginning at 4:50 p.m. The event will also feature an autograph session with players from both teams, a parachute jump by Army's parachute team and postgame fireworks presented by Legion Fireworks.Â
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Game one against Navy was the third college baseball contest to be streamed live on the NCAA Baseball Facebook page. The game reached over 704,500 people with a total number of 103,000 video views. Fans were able to also comment and share the stream totaling 4,900 interactions.
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The game was at its highest peak with 571 viewers and had an average watch time of 15 minutes. Throughout the game there were 3,277 "likes" and 1,773 shares.
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The Black Knights next head to Fishkill, N.Y., on Wednesday for the 12th annual Hudson Valley Baseball Classic with Marist at Dutchess Stadium. Game time is slated for 6:30 p.m., but there will be a pregame clinic for boys and girls ages kindergarten through eighth grade beginning at 4:50 p.m. The event will also feature an autograph session with players from both teams, a parachute jump by Army's parachute team and postgame fireworks presented by Legion Fireworks.Â
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