Baseball Pennant Races on TV This Weekend

As we’re in the final two weekends of the MLB regular season, lets give you the games that will be aired throughout the weekend.

First, the three games on Fox led by Red Sox and Yankees. As usual, Joe Buck is not calling MLB on Fox so he’s stuck on 13 games out of a possible 25 weeks. When the regular season concludes next weekend, he’ll have done half of the season. It’s time for Fox to find someone who will call the entire season. Hire Matt Vasgersian from MLB Network or get someone from one of the Fox Sports Net affiliates who wants to work the entire slate of games. Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Vin Scully worked the entire season for NBC when it had the Game of the Week. This is out of hand.

FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES

Yankees/Red Sox Battle & Rangers Potential Division Clinching Game Added to FOX Saturday Schedule

THE POSTSEASON BECKONS; REDS, RANGERS PLAY POTENTIAL DIVISION CLINCHING GAMES – The FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK kicks off coverage of its penultimate weekend of regular season MLB action on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 4:00 PM ET. With playoff positioning on their minds, Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees look to put the Red Sox away for good when these historical rivals hookup in the Bronx. In San Diego, the Padres hope to remain in the tight NL playoff race when they host the NL Central-leading Reds. This week, the pregame show originates live from PETCO Park in San Diego with host Chris Rose. Once game action begins, Rose joins Mark Grace in the booth to call play-by-play of Cincinnati’s potential division-clinching game.

FOX Sports, at the request of FOX Sports Southwest and the Texas Rangers, has added Saturday’s Rangers at Oakland Athletics game to its FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK schedule. The game was not scheduled for broadcast on any outlet, so the move enables Rangers fans throughout the region to view what could potentially be the Rangers’ A.L. West division clinching game.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, Dick Stockton, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal, going to 67% of USA

Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY

MARKETS INCLUDE:  Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa,  Washington, West Palm Beach

Probable Pitchers: Jon Lester, LHP (18-8, 3.06 ERA) vs. Ivan Nova, RHP (1-0, 4.11 ERA)

Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres, Chris Rose & Mark Grace, going to 26% of USA

PETCO Park – San Diego, CA

MARKETS INCLUDE:  Albuquerque, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco

Probable Pitchers: Travis Wood, LHP (5-4, 3.43 ERA) vs. Jon Garland, RHP (14-12, 3.55 ERA)

Texas Rangers at Oakland A’s, Josh Lewin & Tom Grieve, going to 6% of USA

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum – Oakland, CA

MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, Tulsa

Probable Pitchers: Derek Holland, LHP (3-4, 4.56 ERA) vs. Gio Gonzalez, LHP (14-9, 3.36 ERA)

MLB Network will be focusing on the National League Saturday night.

September 25        8:00 p.m.      San Francisco at Colorado  

                                 7:00 p.m.      New York Mets at Philadelphia [In select markets]

The Sunday games come after the jump.
TBS’ Sunday Afternoon game will also involve San Francisco at Colorado.

“Sunday MLB on TBS” Features NL West Showdown between the San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies

Special MLB on Deck pre-game show previews the day’s action at 2:30 p.m. (ET)

“Sunday MLB on TBS” continues on Sunday, September 26 with a special half-hour edition of TBS MLB on Deck at 2:30 p.m. (ET). Matt Winer (host) will be alongside Dennis Eckersley (analyst), Cal Ripken (analyst) and David Wells (analyst) to preview the day’s action. The pre-game show will be followed at 3 p.m. (ET) with a National League West match-up featuring two teams vying for playoff position as 2010 All-Star Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies host Rookie of the Year candidate Buster Posey and the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field. Jorge De La Rosa is scheduled to start for the Rockies against the Giants probable starter Matt Cain. Ernie Johnson (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst) and will call the action from the broadcast booth.

Sunday MLB on TBS includes match-ups on TBS every Sunday afternoon throughout the regular season. The MLB Postseason on TBS begins on October 6^th with exclusive coverage of the League Division Series (LDS) and the American League Championship Series (ALCS). 

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 MLB ON TBS SCHEDULE:

 

Sunday, Sept. 26

2:30 p.m.                 MLB on Deck

Announcers: Matt Winer (host), Dennis Eckersley (analyst), Cal Ripken (analyst) and David Wells (analyst)

3 p.m.                      San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies

Announcers: Ernie Johnson (play-by-play) and Buck Martinez (analyst)

And ESPN will carry Red Sox at Yankees.

Sunday Night Baseball (September 26)

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 8 p.m.

ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN3.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Radio

Commentators: Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Orel Hershiser

No word of ESPN’s Wednesday night doubleheader as of yet.