February 28, 2008
TBS Schedule
TBS announced their early season Sunday afternoon game of the week schedule.
"For the first time in Turner Sports' 30-year history of MLB coverage we're proud to present an exciting weekly package that showcases some of the top teams and players in baseball," said Jeff Behnke, Turner Sports executive producer. "Every Sunday afternoon for 26 straight weeks fans will find key matchups and marquee names as we follow the dramatic storylines of the regular season leading into our second straight MLB Postseason on TBS."
While the schedule is very NY-Boston heavy, it pits those teams against interesting opponents. For example, the Sunday, May 18th game is Milwaukee at Boston. Nice to see the Brewers recognized as a contender by a network.
I really like the TBS baseball production. Unlike Fox and ESPN, they keep the focus on the game rather than having their announcers pontificate about the latest news story. Some people complain they are too low key, but it's a nice change.
Hat tip, Baseball Think Factory.
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David, does this affect the MLB extra innings package? Are there blackout restrictions on Sunday afternoon like there are Saturday afternoons (and Sunday nights)?
Thanks
I don't know. I don't think so.
I'm not sure how excited I'd be about TBS's broadcast teams this year. They'll no longer have Skip Caray and Pete Van Weiren doing their broadcasts, so I'm betting it'll be more like the ESPN/Fox stuff than not.
Don't know about you guys....but I miss Bob Costas and Joe Garagiola doing NBC's game of the week back in the 80s.
This is a good move IMHO.
Just as long as it isn't Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, Im so sick of them.
You can get the 2008 MLB regular season schedules to download to your calendar at http://www.mysportscal.com