MLB Network

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/sports/baseball/03sandomir.html?em

A Network to Satisfy the Appetite of Baseball-Hungry Fans
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: October 2, 2008

Major League Baseball does not believe there is enough baseball on television.

Not on local and regional TV. Not on Fox, ESPN, TBS or MLB.com.

It wants ubiquity, a 24/7 home, so it is building its own cable channel, the MLB Network, in Secaucus, N.J., with opening day scheduled for Jan. 1. The idea behind a league-owned network is not new. The N.F.L., the N.B.A. and the N.H.L. preceded baseball, but all share a goal: to feed a rabid fan base and to relentlessly promote their sport.

“We want to be the authentic home of baseball,” said Tony Petitti, the president of the new network and the former No. 2 executive at CBS Sports behind Sean McManus. Petitti has never worked professionally in baseball, but he was a catcher at Haverford College (class of 1983).

His coach, Greg Kannerstein, who is now the college’s dean, said Friday that Petitti was “a good catcher with a rifle arm” who, “if he had hit a little better, he’d have played major league baseball instead of televising it.”

Unsuccessful talks between CBS and baseball two years ago led Petitti to the MLB Network. “He was incredibly thoughtful and honest in our discussions,” said Tim Brosnan, baseball’s executive vice president for business. “He’s uniquely qualified.”

The shift to running a baseball network, rather than overseeing production of all of CBS’s sports, means focusing on a sport whose fans have local appetites.

They follow their teams on local outlets or on Fox, ESPN or TBS.

“We want to be the next choice for baseball fans,” Petitti said. “We want them to know that we’re here, and we can get you caught up. We’re another tool to enjoy the game.”

Petitti spoke during a tour of the network’s building in an industrial park, the former MSNBC studio where Keith Olbermann fulminated and tossed crumpled paper. Baseball had expected to make Secaucus a temporary stop until a proposed building in Harlem was ready. But the real estate deal in Harlem is dormant, if not altogether dead.

And baseball’s conversion of what MSNBC left behind into an all-high-definition facility augurs for a lengthy stay. The project is costing about $54 million, an investment that led New Jersey last month to approve an $8 million employment incentive grant. “This is likely to be our permanent place,” Petitti said.

The architectural plans for the facility look lavish, with two enormous studios (one is designed to look like a ballpark). But the network will be judged by its programming, including the centerpiece “MLB Tonight” studio program, which during the season will offer updates, live game look-ins and wrap-ups from 7 p.m. until at least 1 a.m. Eastern.

The network will install two robotic cameras at each stadium to enhance its studio programming. “There’s enough interest in what we’ll do,” Petitti said. “We’re selling the accumulation of everything. It’s not about access to one club; it’s about access to all 30.”

One live regular-season game will be seen on the network on either Thursday or Saturday night. But it will be a simulcasted version of a game produced in one of the teams’ local markets, and the MLB Network feed will be seen only outside that area.

There will also be archival, hot stove, reality, youth and spring training programming, as well as World Baseball Classic, minor league and Caribbean World Series games.

The roster of commentators is expected to include Harold Reynolds and Al Leiter, but one of Petitti’s tasks will be to hire someone to be the undisputed voice of the network.

If the MLB Network wants to be the fan’s second choice, as Petitti said, then must it convert devotees of ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” or regional networks to its side?

Petitti said the MLB channel’s all-baseball format would rope in enough viewers to make the venture succeed. Len DeLuca, an ESPN senior vice president, said, “We feel the MLB Network will draw more fans to the set, which can only benefit our franchises, ‘Baseball Tonight’ and Sunday night and Monday and Wednesday night baseball.”

Still, Tom Werner, a Red Sox owner, said: “If you create a channel for baseball, you’re competing with ESPN because ESPN is the place where you’d find information about baseball. Hopefully, we’ll be the source if you want to know what’s going on.”

Thanks to negotiations, some bizarre and some fractious, the MLB Network will begin with an endowment of more than 50 million subscribers, which will provide the channel with a level of cash that Werner said would make it break even immediately.

Baseball is swapping one-third ownership of its channel with DirecTV, Comcast, Time Warner and Cox for wide distribution, thus avoiding the kind of ongoing distribution turf war that the NFL Network is having with Big Cable.

“Anybody with 50 million or more in distribution has a salable, working business model,” said Neal Pilson, an industry consultant. “Tony’s challenge will be to have provocative, interesting and stimulating programming.”

no idea obviously how this is going to turn out but i started using mlb.tv this year and it's awesome (it actually made me feel endeared to fuckin major league baseball) so i have some hopes for this in terms of innovation and what not

J0rdan just pray something doesn't go wrong with your account.

Harold Reynolds needs to be baited into more harassment

http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2593:programming-details-for-mlb-network-surface-vasgersian-officially-announced-as-host

http://mlb.mlb.com/network/schedule/

wau, 2 shows.

mlb's own production ambitions have always been such a goddamn joke; it is simply amazing to me how amateurish their own product is, and that they think they can get away with it

They've got the January schedule up. Here's MLK Day:

http://mlb.mlb.com/network/schedule/?ymd=20090119

[edit] On-air talent

[edit] Studio Hosts

* Greg Amsinger: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [12]
* Victor Rojas: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [13]
* Matt Vasgersian: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [14]

[edit] Studio Analysts

* Barry Larkin: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [15]
* Al Leiter: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [16]
* Joe Magrane: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [17]
* Dan Plesac: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [18]
* Harold Reynolds: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [19]
* Mitch Williams: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [20]

[edit] Reporters

* Trenni Kusnierek: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [21]
* Hazel Mae: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [22]

[edit] Baseball Insiders

* Jon Heyman: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [23]
* Tom Verducci: (2009-present) Hot Stove and MLB Tonight [24]

boring lineup

haha, Wild Thing is HR's new Kruk.

oh man, I hate Jon Heyman.

Yeah, Heyman is one of the worst.

Verducci is pretty solid, imo.

Heyman said "i don't know what VORP is and I hope I never do"

OUR NATIONAL PASTIME GOES FULL TIME IN 2:30:20

Who says this channel will be Red Sox/Yankees-heavy?

Thursday, January 1
7:00 PM
All-Time Games
1956 World Series Game 5 Brooklyn Dodgers @ NY Yankees featuring Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Stay Tuned Following the Conclusion of the Game for a Sit-Down Interview with Batterymates Don Larsen and Yogi Berra

10:30 PM
All-Time Games
1956 World Series Game 5 Brooklyn Dodgers @ NY Yankees featuring Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Stay Tuned Following the Conclusion of the Game for a Sit-Down Interview with Batterymates Don Larsen and Yogi Berra

Friday, January 2
2:00 AM
All-Time Games
1956 World Series Game 5 Brooklyn Dodgers @ NY Yankees featuring Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Stay Tuned Following the Conclusion of the Game for a Sit-Down Interview with Batterymates Don Larsen and Yogi Berra

5:30 AM
All-Time Games
1956 World Series Game 5 Brooklyn Dodgers @ NY Yankees featuring Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Stay Tuned Following the Conclusion of the Game for a Sit-Down Interview with Batterymates Don Larsen and Yogi Berra

9:00 AM
1956 World Series Game 5 Brooklyn Dodgers @ NY Yankees featuring Don Larsen's Perfect Game. Stay Tuned Following the Conclusion of the Game for a Sit-Down Interview with Batterymates Don Larsen and Yogi Berra

8:00 PM
World Series Highlights
2004 World Series matchup: Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals

9:30 PM
Red Sox Memories Part 1
A Five Part Series Looking Back at the Greatest Players, Teams and Moments from Red Sox History

11:00 PM
World Series Highlights
2004 World Series matchup: Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals

8:00 PM
World Series Highlights
2004 World Series matchup: Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Thrilling.

HR says Yankees need to "shorten the game," keep Joba in the pen.

HR tips his hat at the Reds for acquiring Taveras.

I'd forgotten how much I hate him.

it's bunched in with nfln and nhln on directv but then i have to go to the 600s to watch nbatv... irritating!!!!!!

However HR believes David Price should be starting because Price is a "rotation guy" who will "give you innings."

Is it available online at all or is it just a cable TV network for US viewers?

they're showing ken burns' baseball rn... i ahvent seen this shit since i was 8 or 9. starring john turturro as the dude who invented the curveball!!!!

WTF this show just asserted that geronimo's apaches played a game of baseball against the us army (and won)??? i cant find anything about this online. there was a olde tymey picture of some indian ass dudes wearing APACHE uniforms tho so i guess it must be true.

also there was just a commercial for the home run derby, which seems retarded to me if you already know who won, it's not like something like a dunk contest where the spectacle of the dunk is an inherently exciting thing to behold

also the graphics on this shit are like some local news broadcast, when i saw an ad for the hot stove show out of the corner of my eye i thought it was a preview of the 11 o clock news

^ what i'm sayin

I'm pretty sure we weon't hear much more of Candy Cummings outside the Brurns opus (which is not worth the commercials).

Al Leiter +

also there was just a commercial for the home run derby, which seems retarded to me if you already know who won, it's not like something like a dunk contest where the spectacle of the dunk is an inherently exciting thing to behold

how quickly josh hamilton is forgotten...

I used to watch (and love) classic home run derbies on tv as a kid so

Also this.

^^mlb network

btw did u guys know harold reynolds is 49 years old???????? he looks 35!!! man black ppl huh

i didnt even know about the collusion era either that is mad interesting

wo ho, time to get some '80s/90s baseball histories for cankles. (Is there a definitive book on collusion?)

This morning's "legendary game" was a Pirate-Cub battle from the early '90s? About all I caught was Mike Harkey pitching to Jay Bell! Anyone know what that was?

I just noticed this thing last night. Spent the afternoon watching the thrilling near-conclusion of the 2008 World Series.

This channel's free, but NFL is still premium. Go figure.

The Pirate-Cub game had something to do with Andre Dawson, I think.

Barry Larkin has promise and is easier on the ears than "HR"

Batting Stance Guy's Youkilis wasn't very convincing.

not enough glowering?

No sliding finger, not enough bend in the warmup swings, etc.

hey, the other night's Prime 9 picked the top all-time offensive seasons -- and the V/O said they used OPS Plus!!!

VIVA LA REVOLUCION

From the link posted by Thermo in the '08 retirees thread:

Former Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey is officially retiring, having signed on with the MLB Network. Casey, The 34-year-old, who played in 69 games with Boston last season, hitting .322, finishes his 12-season career with a .302 lifetime batting average to go along with three All-Star appearances. Casey’s role with the network has yet to be defined.

YES

was he that good in the booth?

that MEX-PR Caribbean Series game went late last night.

Harold Reynolds major save-a-Rod

was he that good in the booth?

Beats me.

Thought it was interesting last night how he kept saying "a lot" of guys are/were clean. Always "a lot" -- not "most," "a majority," or a rough percentage.

that's what you say when you can't prove anything

February 14
1:30 PM
We Are Young: The Story of a Baseball Family
Dmitri Young, Brother Delmon and their Father and Coach, Larry

The pride of Camarillo, CA

I'm considering switching from cable back to Directv, partly to get this channel (and a few others, and to save $$).

Sunday, February 22
2:00 PM
All-Time Games
6/28/76
NY Yankees @ Detroit
Mark The Bird Fidrych Tosses a Complete Game

I think I saw that live on NBC Game of the Week

This was Monday Night Baseball!

A+ for showing the pre-game stuff as well.

Not sure how Holtzman was able to pitch like that.

Awesome torrent of idiocy on stats and the almighty power of elderly scouts (after an even-handed bit on BP/PECOTA from Vasgersian) by Reynolds, Casey, Larkin. Keywords: winners, character, straw hat, stogie, laptop, calculator, touch and feel.

these guys are making me long for return of BBTN just bcuz they won't be on it.

BOS-MIN on mlb tomw night.

From the 1976 Fidrych game: "Billy Martin, manager. Born in Berkeley, California, died in New York."

? did Curt Gowdy say this?

It was Martin, during the introductions.

ha! I saw that game when it originally aired. I think '76 was my first year of really understanding baseball, the boxscores etc

I caught only the last 20 secs of the Stats Suck panel. Reynolds: "Pete Rose wouldn't play today; Tom Seaver wouldn't play today." WHAT????

LOOOOOOOL at some of Reynolds SB/CS numbers: 35/29 in 1988, 25/18 in 1989, 15/12 in 1992, 12/11 in 1993.

well, it's why he hates stats!

srsly i suspect i'll watch this show muted henceforth

Imagining Reynolds on Reynolds: "Now here is a speed guy you can pencil in for 10, 20, 30 stolen bases EVERY SINGLE SEASON."

And for having such a hard-on for smallball, he sure didn't move over many runners.

he was king of Unproductive Outs (that is, outs).

"In 1988 you'll notice that most of the times I was caught stealing, it was the third out of the inning and I was taking one for the team because we knew Henry Cotto could do special things leading off that next inning, rather than with two outs and me on first."

"CS > slow guys cloggin' up the basepaths."

Phils-Rays on now, Ibanez w/ first of many flyouts

h.r. and Joe Magrane are delighted that Cito Gaston has had Toronto abandon the "deep counts" philosophy to "swing the bat." Is there any basis of reality to this?

they really need to retire that screamo track they play at EVERY FUCKING BREAK.

Hubla nubluh bluh (c'mon c'mon)
Things are gluh when blu whuh uhg (c'mon c'mon)
Yuh buh heeba bluh (c'mon c'mon)
Ebbluh neebuh hlow ('cmon c'mon)
Yedleh nuhdluh bluh neh debla bluh (c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon)
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon

Awesome torrent of idiocy on stats and the almighty power of elderly scouts (after an even-handed bit on BP/PECOTA from Vasgersian) by Reynolds, Casey, Larkin. Keywords: winners, character, straw hat, stogie, laptop, calculator, touch and feel.

― Andy K, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Here it is:

"Gray hair" also a prerequisite for talent evaluation.

C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon

so this is the Von Bondies. Thank you retroactively, Jack White, for smashing the singer in the face.

Wow, that clip is infuriating.

Al Leiter breaking down the Reds' last chance vs Johan on Monday was pretty awesome.

very clever use of Tom Jones song on a promo.

just caught last few frames of this Cub-Cardinal tilt:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198406230.shtml

lol aging Bowa

Now I'm glad they showed that Fidrych game.

i lol'd @ Mitch Williams the other night on Ryan Braun's HR styling: "If I was still pitching, Ryan's pretty blue eyes would be black and blue."

they're showing the '86 Dave Henderson Boston-Angels game right now. (i'd forgotten Hendu tipped a Grich fly over the fence.)

That was interesting to watch again. Great catches by Rice and Downing in key situations. The Gary Pettis/Devon White/Ruppert Jones experience. And Rob Wilfong!

hey if anyone's bored they're showing giants/nats right now, rj's potential 300th win. sick double play just turned by giants 2Bman

Way to go, Edgar.

hate that dude so much

Rain shortened game with 50 people in the stands would be pretty anticlimactic.

Oh, man, that 3-2 call on Dunn...

Looks like young Tanner must have his mother's personality.

kinda prefer RJ's personality to A-Rod's and Gary Carter's.

I wonder who was in the Expo lineup in his first win besides ...Raines?

Harold Reynolds with the automatic "maybe last guy to win 300" thing that's been said about the last 6-8 guys. Fucking moron.

Nixon cf 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0
Jones lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 5 0
Brooks rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Martinez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Fitzgerald c 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Hudler 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 1
McGaffigan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rivera ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
R. Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Paredes ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Parrett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sauveur p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foley 2b

I guess I remember five out of the lineup

haha, Tony Clark is kinda making "HR" sound like an idiot.

Dodger feed of game vs Rox is on right now, so afternoon plans cancelled to listen to Scully.

if they knew what they were doin, Min-Det would be on now.

The key to shutting down these potent offenses is THROWING STRIKES and GETTING THEM TO HIT INTO OUTS.

Not 100% sure if I heard HR correctly, but I believe he said Mauer hurts his case for MVP because HE IS A CATCHER, which means he cannot play every day, unlike Derek Jeter.

And I think I heard him say that Mauer played in 130 games (he played 138) while Jeter played every day (actually 153), for a 32 game difference (technically less than half of that, but whatever).

HR said JM played in 110 games -- cherry picking that he had, in fact, played in 138 games (DH, etc).

I'm so glad I won't even hear HR by accident all winter, at least

Mauer was injured for the start of the season, and returned on May 1st. He missed 22 games because of injury. Besides the injury, he only missed two games. So what the fuck is harold on about.

ugh

extra time to work on the interns in the winter

A graphic of McCovey's OPS+ was just shown as a graphic on Baseball Seasons: 1959.

A graphic shown as a graphic, yes.

yeah, Harold Reynolds doesnt work on that show.

what's up with that douchebag Ken Rosenthal who plans out everything he's going to say then gets all emphatic reciting the rehearsed lines while gesturing with his hands. everyone else talks normal or at least fakes off the cuff while dude is doing little orphan annie monologues.

why are you watching this in the offseason, for insight?

they were talking about the beltre signing

Jon Heyman is dumber on MLB network than he is in his column.

MLBN personalities POX

Mae
Ripken
Gammons
Leiter
Williams(?!)

Uh... make that POV. These people are the least annoying of the bunch.

Yelloff is the worst: "Look at the numbers of Cubs starter Carlos SILVA! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!?!"

Dan Plesac = Horatio Sanz

Does Gammons have a regular timeslot on this channel? I don't want to just leave the yammering running, hoping PG will make an appearance.

pg was on night before last and dude was basically like, "meh..." for all discussion points. that's how he came across, anyway.

getting kind of sick of millar
pretty shrewd move bringing him on for the nascar set

Plesac and Williams are pretty good. I prefer them to anyone on Baseball Tonight. Ripken makes me uncomfortable for some reason but he's fine too.

i dont understand from a business perspective the point of solid 60 (only live look ins no desk)
its basically the "see i knew i didn't need to buy extra innings" show

that might be true for East Coast fans but for me (here in Los Angeles) i could not live without MLB Extra Innings.

I liked Bob Costas and Jim Kaat doing the Mets - Phillies game Thurs. night.

Also it was nice to be able to watch the end of the Halladay perfect game as it was happening.

Gas face to Fuck Face for citing wins as the ultimate (only?) determining factor for his hypothetical CY vote.

Scoffing at Verducci's logical defense of Felix: also worthy of the gas face.

who is FF? I only miss MLBN for the games.

http://deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007/05/BillRipkenFuckFace2.jpg

Verducci fills out a suit jacket like Skeletor

During MLB Network's playoff preview, Plesac goes off on the postseason brilliance of Mariano Rivera -- like we're all in for a real treat, and you can BET ON IT -- as a highlight reel of his regular-season blown saves is played. One of the superlatives is synced up perfectly with Rivera sulking off the mound.

Millar has proclaimed that Carl Crawford is now a baseball player. He was just an athlete prior to 2010. What was Millar, then?

Larkin apparently on ESPN now.

These people need to chill w/ the bug zapper graphic FX.

no desire to hear any of the Ex-Jock Tonight blather

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110216160418AAFimwE

below are the pre-season games scheduled for MLB network:

Feb. 26 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees
Sat., Feb. 26 11:00 p.m. (s)* Colorado Rockies Arizona D-backs
Sun., Feb. 27 3:00 p.m. L.A. Angels of Anaheim Los Angeles Dodgers
Sun., Feb. 27 8:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies
Mon., Feb. 28 3:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Dodgers
Mon., Feb. 28 9:30 p.m. (s) Washington Nationals New York Mets
Tues., Mar. 1 3:00 p.m. Cincinnati Reds (ss)** L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Tues., Mar. 1 8:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers (ss) Philadelphia Phillies
Wed., Mar. 2 1 p.m. Houston Astros (ss) New York Yankees
Wed., Mar. 2 9:00 p.m. (s) Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Dodgers
Thurs., Mar. 3 4:00 p.m. (s) St. Louis Cardinals (ss) New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 3 9:00 p.m. (s) Kansas City Royals L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Fri., Mar. 4 3:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Fri., Mar. 4 7:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox New York Yankees
Sat., Mar. 5 5:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Boston Red Sox (ss)
Sun., Mar. 6 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals
Sun., Mar. 6 7:00 p.m. (s) Arizona D-backs L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Sun., Mar. 6 11:00 p.m. (s) Toronto Blue Jays Pittsburgh Pirates
Mon., Mar. 7 1:00 p.m. Detroit Tigers New York Mets
Mon., Mar. 7 9:30 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Cincinnati Reds
Tues., Mar. 8 3:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs Cleveland Indians
Tues., Mar. 8 7:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Atlanta Braves
Tues., Mar. 8 11:00 p.m. (s) Texas Rangers L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Wed., Mar. 9 3:00 p.m. Seattle Mariners Los Angeles Dodgers
Wed., Mar. 9 7:00 p.m. Baltimore Orioles (ss) Boston Red Sox
Wed., Mar. 9 11:00 p.m. (s) Houston Astros New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 10 1:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox Tampa Bay Rays
Thurs., Mar. 10 7:00 p.m. Baltimore Orioles Pittsburgh Pirates
Thurs., Mar. 10 11:00 p.m. (s) San Diego Padres Los Angeles Dodgers
Fri., Mar. 11 3:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox
Fri., Mar. 11 9:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants San Diego Padres
Sat., Mar. 12 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Boston Red Sox
Sat., Mar. 12 7:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Washington Nationals
Sat., Mar. 12 11:00 p.m. (s) L.A. Dodgers (ss) San Francisco Giants
Sun., Mar. 13 1:00 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays
Sun., Mar. 13 5:00 p.m. (s) Colorado Rockies Oakland Athletics
Sun., Mar. 13 9:00 p.m. (s) San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers
Mon., Mar. 14 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Minnesota Twins
Mon., Mar. 14 4:00 p.m. Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians
Mon., Mar. 14 10:30 p.m. (s) San Diego Padres Chicago White Sox
Tues., Mar. 15 1:00 p.m. Houston Astros Baltimore Orioles
Tues., Mar. 15 4:00 p.m. Texas Rangers Los Angeles Dodgers
Tues., Mar. 15 10:00 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Cleveland Indians
Wed., Mar. 16 4:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants Chicago White Sox
Wed., Mar. 16 9:00 p.m. Colorado Rockies Texas Rangers
Thurs., Mar. 17 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins St. Louis Cardinals
Thurs., Mar. 17 6:00 p.m. Washington Nationals Atlanta Braves
Thurs., Mar. 17 10:00 p.m. Texas Rangers San Diego Padres
Fri., Mar. 18 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves New York Mets
Fri., Mar. 18 4:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs Seattle Mariners
Fri., Mar. 18 10:00 p.m. Texas Rangers Cleveland Indians (ss)
Sat., Mar. 19 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies Baltimore Orioles
Sat., Mar. 19 5:00 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Los Angeles Dodgers
Sat., Mar. 19 9:00 p.m. (s) Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees
Sun., Mar. 20 1:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals Boston Red Sox
Sun., Mar. 20 5:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies
Sun., Mar. 20 11:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers Washington Nationals
Mon., Mar. 21 4:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Mon., Mar. 21 10:30 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays
Tues., Mar. 22 4:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers
Tues., Mar. 22 9:00 p.m. (s) New York Mets Detroit Tigers
Wed., Mar. 23 4:00 p.m. (s) Philadelphia Phillies Tampa Bay Rays
Wed., Mar. 23 7:00 p.m. Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees
Wed., Mar. 23 12:00 a.m. (s) San Francisco Giants L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Thurs., Mar. 24 1:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 24 8:00 p.m. (s) Washington Nationals Detroit Tigers
Thurs., Mar. 24 11:00 p.m. (s) Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers
Fri., Mar. 25 4:00 p.m. Seattle Mariners (ss) Chicago Cubs
Fri., Mar. 25 9:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants Kansas City Royals
Sat., Mar. 26 1:00 p.m. Toronto Blue Jays Philadelphia Phillies (ss)
Sat., Mar. 26 7:00 p.m. Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox
Sat., Mar. 26 11:00 p.m. (s) Cincinnati Reds San Francisco Giants (ss)
Sun., Mar. 27 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves
Sun., Mar. 27 5:00 p.m. (s) Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners
Sun., Mar. 27 11:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers Houston Astros
Mon., Mar. 28 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Pirates Minnesota Twins
Mon., Mar. 28 4:00 p.m. Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox
Mon., Mar. 28 10:30 p.m. (s) Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants
Tues., Mar. 29 7:00 p.m. Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves
Tues., Mar. 29 11:00 p.m. (s) Seattle Mariners Colorado Rockies
Wed., Mar. 30 12:00 p.m. Florida Marlins New York Mets
Wed., Mar. 30 3:00 p.m. (s) Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves
Wed., Mar. 30 8:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox Houston Astros

*(s) denotes delay **(s) is split squad ***All times subject to change

very cool and informative bold lettering choices

lol

that was for me, so i know when the games will be on.

though i'm not even ready for baseball yet.

5 Yankees games shown before the Gints get a sniff.

below are the pre-season games scheduled for MLB network:

Feb. 26 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees
Sat., Feb. 26 11:00 p.m. (s)* Colorado Rockies Arizona D-backs
Sun., Feb. 27 3:00 p.m. L.A. Angels of Anaheim Los Angeles Dodgers
Sun., Feb. 27 8:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies
Mon., Feb. 28 3:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Dodgers
Mon., Feb. 28 9:30 p.m. (s) Washington Nationals New York Mets
Tues., Mar. 1 3:00 p.m. Cincinnati Reds (ss)** L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Tues., Mar. 1 8:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers (ss) Philadelphia Phillies
Wed., Mar. 2 1 p.m. Houston Astros (ss) New York Yankees
Wed., Mar. 2 9:00 p.m. (s) Kansas City Royals Los Angeles Dodgers
Thurs., Mar. 3 4:00 p.m. (s) St. Louis Cardinals (ss) New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 3 9:00 p.m. (s) Kansas City Royals L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Fri., Mar. 4 3:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Fri., Mar. 4 7:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox New York Yankees
Sat., Mar. 5 5:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Boston Red Sox (ss)
Sun., Mar. 6 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves Washington Nationals
Sun., Mar. 6 7:00 p.m. (s) Arizona D-backs L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Sun., Mar. 6 11:00 p.m. (s) Toronto Blue Jays Pittsburgh Pirates
Mon., Mar. 7 1:00 p.m. Detroit Tigers New York Mets
Mon., Mar. 7 9:30 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Cincinnati Reds
Tues., Mar. 8 3:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs Cleveland Indians
Tues., Mar. 8 7:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Atlanta Braves
Tues., Mar. 8 11:00 p.m. (s) Texas Rangers L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Wed., Mar. 9 3:00 p.m. Seattle Mariners Los Angeles Dodgers
Wed., Mar. 9 7:00 p.m. Baltimore Orioles (ss) Boston Red Sox
Wed., Mar. 9 11:00 p.m. (s) Houston Astros New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 10 1:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox Tampa Bay Rays
Thurs., Mar. 10 7:00 p.m. Baltimore Orioles Pittsburgh Pirates
Thurs., Mar. 10 11:00 p.m. (s) San Diego Padres Los Angeles Dodgers
Fri., Mar. 11 3:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox
Fri., Mar. 11 9:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants San Diego Padres
Sat., Mar. 12 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Boston Red Sox
Sat., Mar. 12 7:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Washington Nationals
Sat., Mar. 12 11:00 p.m. (s) L.A. Dodgers (ss) San Francisco Giants
Sun., Mar. 13 1:00 p.m. Tampa Bay Rays Toronto Blue Jays
Sun., Mar. 13 5:00 p.m. (s) Colorado Rockies Oakland Athletics
Sun., Mar. 13 9:00 p.m. (s) San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers
Mon., Mar. 14 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins Minnesota Twins
Mon., Mar. 14 4:00 p.m. Oakland Athletics Cleveland Indians
Mon., Mar. 14 10:30 p.m. (s) San Diego Padres Chicago White Sox
Tues., Mar. 15 1:00 p.m. Houston Astros Baltimore Orioles
Tues., Mar. 15 4:00 p.m. Texas Rangers Los Angeles Dodgers
Tues., Mar. 15 10:00 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Cleveland Indians
Wed., Mar. 16 4:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants Chicago White Sox
Wed., Mar. 16 9:00 p.m. Colorado Rockies Texas Rangers
Thurs., Mar. 17 1:00 p.m. Florida Marlins St. Louis Cardinals
Thurs., Mar. 17 6:00 p.m. Washington Nationals Atlanta Braves
Thurs., Mar. 17 10:00 p.m. Texas Rangers San Diego Padres
Fri., Mar. 18 1:00 p.m. Atlanta Braves New York Mets
Fri., Mar. 18 4:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs Seattle Mariners
Fri., Mar. 18 10:00 p.m. Texas Rangers Cleveland Indians (ss)
Sat., Mar. 19 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies Baltimore Orioles
Sat., Mar. 19 5:00 p.m. (s) Milwaukee Brewers Los Angeles Dodgers
Sat., Mar. 19 9:00 p.m. (s) Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees
Sun., Mar. 20 1:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals Boston Red Sox
Sun., Mar. 20 5:00 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies
Sun., Mar. 20 11:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers Washington Nationals
Mon., Mar. 21 4:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Mon., Mar. 21 10:30 p.m. (s) New York Yankees Tampa Bay Rays
Tues., Mar. 22 4:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs Los Angeles Dodgers
Tues., Mar. 22 9:00 p.m. (s) New York Mets Detroit Tigers
Wed., Mar. 23 4:00 p.m. (s) Philadelphia Phillies Tampa Bay Rays
Wed., Mar. 23 7:00 p.m. Toronto Blue Jays New York Yankees
Wed., Mar. 23 12:00 a.m. (s) San Francisco Giants L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Thurs., Mar. 24 1:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals New York Mets
Thurs., Mar. 24 8:00 p.m. (s) Washington Nationals Detroit Tigers
Thurs., Mar. 24 11:00 p.m. (s) Colorado Rockies Los Angeles Dodgers
Fri., Mar. 25 4:00 p.m. Seattle Mariners (ss) Chicago Cubs
Fri., Mar. 25 9:00 p.m. San Francisco Giants Kansas City Royals
Sat., Mar. 26 1:00 p.m. Toronto Blue Jays Philadelphia Phillies (ss)
Sat., Mar. 26 7:00 p.m. Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox
Sat., Mar. 26 11:00 p.m. (s) Cincinnati Reds San Francisco Giants (ss)
Sun., Mar. 27 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves
Sun., Mar. 27 5:00 p.m. (s) Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners
Sun., Mar. 27 11:00 p.m. (s) Detroit Tigers Houston Astros
Mon., Mar. 28 1:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Pirates Minnesota Twins
Mon., Mar. 28 4:00 p.m. Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox
Mon., Mar. 28 10:30 p.m. (s) Oakland Athletics San Francisco Giants
Tues., Mar. 29 7:00 p.m. Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves
Tues., Mar. 29 11:00 p.m. (s) Seattle Mariners Colorado Rockies
Wed., Mar. 30 12:00 p.m. Florida Marlins New York Mets
Wed., Mar. 30 3:00 p.m. (s) Minnesota Twins Atlanta Braves
Wed., Mar. 30 8:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox Houston Astros

*(s) denotes delay **(s) is split squad ***All times subject to change

lol

you missed one Andy :-)

uverse added mlb network!

(had to upgrade to u300 so an extra $15/month, but worth it imo)

NOW WITH GARY SHEFFIELD

uverse added mlb network!

that is really cool that they were able to add this. now only really Dish Network remains to be signed up.

classique matt vasdeferensvirginsurgeon sonning of harold reynolds:

folks, look that clip up on the internet, we don't have time for that one tonight

kevin millar is a trainwreck

live look-in to royals vs. rangers:

rangers booth announcer goes "location is all about pitching"

kevin millar is a trainwreck

"Intentional Talk" is the worst program on any cable network right now and possibly ever. It makes me very angry watching these two clowns.

Al Michaels and Bob Costas are doing the Mets vs. Giants game tonight at 7PM.

The first three innings will be fairly basic, with Costas calling the first inning and a half and Michaels the next inning and a half. They'll speak directly to fans of both teams by switching to SportsNet New York's booth for the fourth and fifth innings before taking over ComCast SportsNet Bay Area's broadcast for the sixth and seventh innings (Krukow and Kuiper will handle MLB Network duties during that span). Then it's back to the MLB Network telecast for both Michaels and Costas.

anyone listening?

it has been a pretty cool broadcast.

MLB Network was just been added to Dish Network for the stretch run, now they have around 75 million people on board:

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/473226-MLB_Network_Slides_Into_Dish.php

don't have cable anymore, so you'll have to tell me if I have a cameo:

http://sabr.org/latest/set-your-dvrs-september-18-behind-seams-stat-story

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/5-questions-with-brian-kenny-of-mlb-network-espn-jumps-moves-anchor/1

Everytime I see the "GOT HEEM!" commercial I want to kill myself.

Many gems:

http://twitter.com/HeardOnMLBT

You hand-manage the game by managing who is on the on deck circle.

When he gets hot, you can literally jump on his back and he can carry you.

This is where Shelby Miller needs to do his best to make the pitch he needs to make.

HeardOnMLBT
I would put it on again. - Harold Reynolds, on BJ Upton bunting with two strikes and a man on first.

Hope someone assembles a clip of irritated/uncomfortable position players attempting to bunt -- between-pitch body language, nervous/pitiful stabs at pitches, etc.

‏@HeardOnMLBT
"I guarantee you Brandon Phillips cannot spell 'sabermetrics'." - Mitch Williams

@WildThingMLBN
JV @Realjoeyvotto hope u have as much fun as I do messin up words on this. DatDude must have girl thumbs.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRLRj3RCMAAuMLT.jpg:large

lol a dude on a dodger board I read made those shirts.

you can get one here -

http://www.redbubble.com/people/gigawatt121/works/10514224-stop-bunting-white-text?c=219445-baseball&ref=work_carousel_work_collection_2

Heard on MLB Tonight ‏@HeardOnMLBT
Amsinger: "Which National League team would you least like to face in the postseason?" Reynolds: "The Nationals"

Heard on MLB Tonight ‏@HeardOnMLBT 3m
"Not bunting is like telling a NFL team they can't throw deep. The bunt is an offensive weapon." - Harold Reynolds (h/t @maxdank420)

@HeardOnMLBT
"I still don't see how [Mark Reynolds] didn't take off as a superstar." - Harold Reynolds

@HeardOnMLBT
"[Mark Reynolds] was hitting close to .300 in Arizona." - Harold Reynolds (he had a .242 AVG for the Diamondbacks)

And can anyone defend Chris(topher) Russo?

@HeardOnMLBT
"Why do they call it K/9 if they never go 9?" - Harold Reynolds

the “hall of game connections” trailers on MLB.TV have got. to. go.

I promise you it can’t possibly be as bad as BT Sport ads. They’re even worse this year!

this is probably the right thread for this unheimlich conception, slouching towards bethlehem to be born

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-unveils-new-virtual-ballpark

For the inaugural event, the Celebrity Softball Game during All-Star Week, the virtual ballpark will feature a live stream of the game on the virtual ballpark's video board

so you can go to a virtual ballpark to watch a game unfold on a little two-dimensional screen beyond the virtual outfield

For the MLB virtual ballpark, that could mean fans talking to each other, walking through the stadium together, meeting in the concourse

have they thought this part through