Opening Day is less than two months away now and ESPN announced their broadcast schedule.First up is the pre-Opening Sunday Night Game on 30 March at 6pm. The Washington Nationals debut their new stadium in the SE part of the District when they host the Atlanta Braves. On the regular opening day, Monday 31 March, there are five games scheduled for broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2:
Toronto BlueJays @ New York Yankees, 11am ESPN
Milwaukee Brewers @ Chicago Cubs, noon ESPN2
San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 2pm ESPN
Anaheim Angels @ Minnesota Twins, 5pm ESPN2
Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres, 8pm ESPN2
ESPN will televise games on Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays through the season, but the Monday broadcasts will end before Labor Day and telecasts will then be on the final four Fridays in September
A great new addition to the broadcasting schedule is the addition of TBS as a national telecaster starting this 2008 season. TBS will televise a national Sunday afternoon game of the week starting on Sunday 6 April. There will be a primary national game and an alternate game broadcast into markets where a blackout is necessitated. TBS will also have a slate of national games on the three summer national holiday Mondays: Memorial, Independence, and Labor Days, with two late morning/afternoon games before ESPN takes over with their Monday Night baseball telecast.
And FOX will telecast one of up to four games regionally on all 26 Saturdays with first pitch at 3:55 ET (1:55 MT).
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