Baseball Night in America on Fox ends its eight week run with three games. Most of the nation will see the New York Yankees taking on the Boston Red Sox and you all know that’s where Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal will be on Saturday night. A whopping 74% of the country will receive this game. And it means Joe Buck will have worked a whopping 12 out of a possible 14 games! This is a record for this point of the season for Joe. But we know after the All-Star Game next week, Joe will start taking games off to get ready for the NFL season. You know it will happen.
The other games on the docket this Saturday night will be Atlanta at Philadelphia and Minnesota at Texas. The games begin at 7:15 p.m. ET preceded by the MLB Network-produced Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame Show.
Here’s the Fox preview.
FOX SPORTS NOTES, QUOTES & ANECDOTES
Yankees/Red Sox Showdown in Boston Wraps Up 1st Half of Regular Season Saturday on BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA
BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA – MLB on FOX sets out to close its eight-week run of BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA with a bangon Saturday, July 7 at 7:00 PM ET. The always intense Yankees/Red Sox rivalry adds another chapter as Derek Jeter and the Yanks travel to Boston. New York heads into the All-Star break leading the AL East while David Ortiz and the Red Sox have righted the ship after a slow start and appear poised to make a second-half run at a postseason berth. Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal call the action from Fenway Park before heading to Kansas City to call the All-Star Game next Tuesday. In Texas, All-Star Game No. 1 vote-getter Josh Hamilton leads the Rangers in a home encounter with Joe Mauer and the Twins. Also, the Phillies host the Braves in Philadelphia.
Coverage begins with the BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA PREGAME SHOW, originating live from MLB Network’s state-of-the-art Studio 3 in Secaucus, NJ. The show is hosted by MLB Network studio host Matt Vasgersian, who is joined by analysts Harold Reynolds and Kevin Millar.
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New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox — Joe Buck, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal, going to 74% of USA
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, West Palm Beach
Probable Pitchers: TBA vs. TBAAtlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies — Kenny Albert & Eric Karros, going to 13% of USA
Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia, PA
MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Birmingham, Greenville, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Philadelphia
Probable Pitchers: TBA vs. Joe Blanton, RHP (7-7, 4.85 ERA)Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers — Dick Bremer & Mitch Williams, going to 12% of USA
Rangers Ballpark – Arlington, TX
MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Tulsa
Probable Pitchers: TBA vs. Yu Darvish, RHP (10-5, 3.59 ERA)
That does it.
