MLB On The Tele This Weekend

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Let’s check the games on the TV this weekend on the MLB TV partners. We’ll start with MLB Network and its schedule for Friday and Saturday.

September 10 – 10:00 p.m.    San Francisco at San Diego

                          9:00 p.m.      Arizona at Colorado [In select markets]

September 11 – 8:00 p.m.      Saturday Night Baseball: New York Yankees at Texas

                        8:00 p.m.      Arizona at Colorado [In Yankees and Rangers markets]

Then to Fox Sports and it will carry three games. Most of the nation will see St. Louis at Atlanta followed by San Francisco at San Diego. Matt Vasgersian returns to Fox after leaving in 2008 for MLB Network. He’ll be teamed with Tim McCarver for the Phillies-Mets game. With Joe Buck on the NFL full-time this week, it means he’ll have called 13 out of possible 23 Saturday games for Fox. I’m still counting.

FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES

MLB Division Rivals Collide on FOX This Saturday

MLB DIVISION RACES HEAT UP – As the season begins the stretch run, the races are heating up and the FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK features three matchups, all with playoff implications on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 4:00 PM ET.  In Atlanta, a pair of second-place teams look to close the gap as Albert Pujols and the Cardinals visit Jason Heyward and the Braves. Out west, Pablo Sandoval and the Giants look to catch San Diego when they face the Padres at PETCO Park. Ryan Howard and the Phillies have surged into first place in the NL East and this weekend, they travel to New York to take on the Mets. This week, the pregame show originates live from PETCO Park in San Diego with host Chris Rose.  Once game action begins, Rose joins analyst Eric Karros in the booth. 

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

   

St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, Josh Lewin & Mark Grace, going to 58% of USA

Turner Field – Atlanta, GA

MARKETS INCLUDE:  Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach

Probable Pitchers: Jake Westbrook, RHP (7-10, 4.46 ERA) vs. Tommy Hanson, RHP (9-11, 3.58 ERA)

Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, Matt Vasgersian, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal, going to 21% of USA

Citi Field – Flushing, NY

MARKETS INCLUDE:  Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Fort Myers, Hartford, Houston, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City, Portland, Providence, San Antonio, Seattle, Tampa

Probable Pitchers: Madison Bumgarner, RHP (5-4, 3.44 ERA) vs. Tim Stauffer, RHP (3-3, 1.72 ERA)

San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, Chris Rose & Eric Karros, going to 20% of USA

PETCO Park – San Diego, CA

MARKETS INCLUDE:  Albuquerque, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle

Probable Pitchers: TBA vs. Jonathan Niese, LHP (9-7, 3.85 ERA)

Coming up after the break, the games on TBS and ESPN.
As promised, here’s the TBS game for Sunday and it’ll be Yankees-Texas. A possible MLB Postseason announcing team for TBS could be the one working this game.

“Sunday MLB on TBS” Features an American League Showdown between the New York Yankees @ Texas Rangers

“Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on September 12 with a showdown between American League contenders as Vladimir Guerrero and the Texas Rangers host Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees at 3 p.m. (ET). Cliff Lee is scheduled to start for the Rangers against the Yankees probable starter Dustin Moseley. Ernie Johnson will call the game alongside analysts Dennis Eckersley and John Smoltz with Craig Sager reporting.

“Sunday MLB on TBS” includes match-ups on TBS every Sunday afternoon throughout the regular season. The network will also begin providing exclusive coverage of the Division Series and the American League Championship Series (ALCS) in October 2010.

TBS has broadcast MLB coverage for more than 30 years serving as the exclusive home of the MLB Division Series (DS) and one League Championship Series (LCS) since 2007 and home of Atlanta Braves coverage from 1977 to 2007. 

Sunday, Sept. 12

3 p.m.                      New York Yankees @ Texas Rangers

Announcers: Ernie Johnson (play-by-play), Dennis Eckersley (analyst) and John Smoltz (analyst) with Craig Sager (reporter)

SUNDAY MLB ON TBS UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

Sunday, Sept. 19

1:30 p.m.                 New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles

Announcers: Brian Anderson (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst)

Now to ESPN and on Sunday, Cards-Braves will be the matchup. We’ll go to a Wednesday Night doubleheader  as well.

Sunday Night Baseball (September 12)
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 8 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN HD/ESPN Deportes/ESPN Radio/ESPN3.com/ESPN Mobile TV
Commentators: Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Orel Hershiser

Wednesday Night Baseball (September 15)
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, 7 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN HD/ESPN3.com/ESPN Mobile TV
Commentators: Dan Shulman, Aaron Boone, Chris Singleton

Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 10 p.m.
ESPN/ESPN HD/ESPN3.com/ESPN Mobile TV
Commentators: Dave O’Brien, Rick Sutcliffe, Joe Morgan

That’s it for this post.

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