MLB: Unable to extract video id

[RingoTheDog]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.05.30. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.05.30

Before submitting an issue make sure you have:

• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones
• Checked that provided video/audio/playlist URLs (if any) are alive and playable in a browser

What is the purpose of your issue?

• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
• Question
• Other

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The following sections concretize particular purposed issues, you can erase any section (the contents between triple ---) not applicable to your issue

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

C:\Transmogrifier>youtube-dl.py -v "https://www.mlb.com/cut4/carlos-gomez-borrowed-sunglasses-from-a
n-as-fan/c-278912842"
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://www.mlb.com/cut4/carlos-gomez-borrowed-sunglasses-from-an
-as-fan/c-278912842']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp850, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.05.30
[debug] Python version 3.5.1 (CPython) - Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-71727-g46778ab, ffprobe 3.2, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[MLB] c-278912842: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract video id; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you
are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the -
-verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 792, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 500, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\mlb.py", line 136, in _real_extract
[r'data-video-?id="(\d+)"', r'content_id=(\d+)'], webpage, 'video id')
File "C:\Transmogrifier\youtube-dl.py\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 880, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
youtube_dl.utils.RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract video id; please report this issue on https:/
/yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure
to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

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### If the purpose of this *issue* is a *site support request* please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by **yours**):
- Single video: https://www.mlb.com/cut4/carlos-gomez-borrowed-sunglasses-from-an-as-fan/c-278912842

Note that **youtube-dl does not support sites dedicated to [copyright infringement](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl#can-you-add-support-for-this-anime-video-site-or-site-which-shows-current-movies-for-free)**. In order for site support request to be accepted all provided example URLs should not violate any copyrights.

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Thanks
Ringo