“We’ve been thinking about taking a few of our afternoon dates to prime time dates for quite some time now, and this season’s schedule is so strong that the time seemed right,” said FOX Sports President Ed Goren. “There is still no platform that has the reach of prime time broadcast television.”
Here is the 2010 Major League Baseball broadcast schedule for FOX Sports, followed by their press release.
2010 MLB on FOX REGULAR SEASON BROADCAST SCHEDULE |
(Note: Schedule Subject to Change; All Times 4:00 PM Eastern Unless Noted) |
Saturday, April 10, 2010 (*3:00 PM ET) |
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays |
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers |
Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers |
Saturday, April 17, 2009 |
New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals |
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians |
San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Saturday, April 24, 2010 |
New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox |
Saturday, May 1, 2010 (*3:00 PM ET) |
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies |
Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners |
Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves |
Saturday, May 8, 2010 (*3:00 PM ET) |
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox |
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies |
Saturday, May 15, 2010 |
Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers |
Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Rays |
Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants |
Saturday, May 22, 2010 (*7:00 PM ET) |
New York Yankees at New York Mets |
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies |
Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers |
Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Saturday, May 29, 2010 |
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs |
Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins |
Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Saturday, June 5, 2010 |
Florida Marlins at New York Mets |
Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners |
Saturday, June 12, 2010 |
Philadelphia Phillies at Boston Red Sox |
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs |
Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
Los Angeles Dodgers at Boston Red Sox |
Minnesota Twins at Philadelphia Phillies |
Saturday, June 26, 2010 (*7:00 PM ET) |
New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Boston Red Sox at San Francisco Giants |
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox |
Saturday, July 3, 2010 |
Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals |
Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins |
Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves |
Saturday, July 10, 2010 |
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Atlanta Braves at New York Mets |
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers |
Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees |
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals |
Saturday, July 24, 2010 |
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies |
Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles |
Saturday, July 31, 2010 |
Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox |
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants |
Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins |
Saturday, August 7, 2010 |
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees |
San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves |
Saturday, August 14, 2010 |
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals |
San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants |
Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays |
Saturday, August 21, 2010 |
Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins |
Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles |
Saturday, August 28, 2010 |
Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres |
Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners |
Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves |
Saturday, September 4, 2010 |
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Oakland A’s |
Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins |
Saturday, September 11, 2010 |
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets |
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves |
Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Saturday, September 18, 2010 |
Atlanta Braves at New York Mets |
Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox |
Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers |
Saturday, September 25, 2010 |
WILD CARD |
Saturday, October 2, 2010 |
WILD CARD |
MLB ON FOX GOES UNDER THE LIGHTS IN 2010
TWO PRIME TIME INTERLEAGUE DATES HIGHLIGHT MLB ON FOX’S 15TH REGULAR-SEASON SEASON SCHEDULE
NL Champion Phillies Scheduled a Maximum Nine Times; World Champion Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Mets & Cardinals To Make Eight Appearances
New York & Los Angeles – Lights! Camera! Action!
MLB on FOX, the sports highest-rated and most-watched television package, today unveils its 15th FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK schedule, highlighted by not one, but two prime time contests this season. Never before has MLB on FOX scheduled two prime time regular season games in the same season, and these are the first on national broadcast television since April 2004.
The very special prime time windows are Saturday May 22 and Saturday June 26, and they are two of MLB on FOX’s four interleague dates this season. The match-ups on both dates are compelling, and regional coverage begins at 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT. May 22 features a four game slate: the defending World Champion New York Yankees battle the cross-town rival New York Mets, the Boston Red Sox travel to Philadelphia to take on the defending NL Champion Phillies, the Chicago Cubs visit the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers head west to take on the defending NL West Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Then on June 26, one of the game’s most storied rivalries resumes as the Dodgers host the Yankees for the first time at Dodger Stadium since 2004, the Red Sox travel to San Francisco to face the Giants and the battle for Windy City bragging rights ensues on the South Side as the White Sox host the Cubs.
“We’ve been thinking about taking a few of our afternoon dates to prime time dates for quite some time now, and this season’s schedule is so strong that the time seemed right,” said FOX Sports President Ed Goren. “There is still no platform that has the reach of prime time broadcast television.”
"We are looking forward to complimenting our traditional Saturday afternoon national broadcast with a couple Saturday night games, a window we've been interested in for some time," said Tim Brosnan, Major League Baseball Executive Vice President, Business. "FOX has been a terrific partner and has shown great flexibility in clearing affiliates, first for starting our World Series games before 8:00 PM and now for the two Saturday night windows."
FOX Sports, the broadcast television home to of Major League Baseball’s signature events, gears up for another tremendous season of excitement, drama and unforgettable moments. The network airs 26 consecutive weeks of regular-season coverage, the 81st MLB All-Star Game from Anaheim, Calif., the National League Championship Series and the 105th World Series. The 2010 season is FOX Sports’ 15th straight as the national broadcast television home of Major League Baseball. In that time, FOX Sports has aired 12 World Series, 20 League Championship Series and 11 All-Star Games.
The 2010 FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK schedule features up to four regionalized games and this year most begin at 4:00 PM ET. The final two Saturdays of the regular season are designated as “wild card” dates, allowing FOX Sports to choose up to four games of postseason significance each day.
FOX Sports’ 2010 “Opening Day” comes Saturday, April 10 at a special 3:00 PM ET time as the Yankees visit their AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays, NL MVP Albert Pujols and the Cardinals visit the Brewers in Milwaukee and the new-look Mariners head to Texas to take on the Rangers.
The 2009 NL Champion Phillies make the team maximum nine MLB on FOX appearances. The World Champion Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Mets and Cardinals are scheduled to appear eight times. The season’s schedule also boasts nine appearances by the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, seven dates for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants and five for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago White Sox.
In addition to May 22 and June 26, other intriguing interleague match-ups on FOX come Saturday, June 12, when the Phillies and Red Sox meet again in Beantown and the White Sox head north to Wrigley Field for a rematch with the Cubs. The a week later on Saturday, June 19 the Dodgers visit Fenway Park to take on the Red Sox while the Phillies host AL MVP Joe Mauer and the Twins.
Once again, the final two Saturdays of the regular season are designated as “wild card” dates, allowing FOX Sports to choose up to three games of significance each day.
After the network’s regular-season coverage, FOX Sports provides live coverage of this year’s National League Championship Series and the 105th World Series. The All-Star Game and all regular and postseason games are broadcast in 720p HD.
David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports. Bill Brown is Senior Producer. Scott Ackerson is the Coordinating Producer of MLB on FOX’s studio coverage. Don Bui serves as pregame producer. Pete Macheska is coordinating producer of FOX Sports’ Major League Baseball coverage. Bill Webb is lead director.
FOX SPORTS – The anchor network of the Fox Sports Television Group, FOX Sports has been America’s No. 1 sports network for 13th-straight years (1997-2009), and boasts rights agreements with each of the nation’s highest-rated sports franchises. FOX Sports is the exclusive national over-the-air television rights holder of Major League Baseball, including the All-Star Game, alternating League Championship Series and World Series (2007-2013); the National Football League’s NFC package, including the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowls XLII and XLV (2006-2011); NASCAR’s Sprint Cup racing from February through May, including the Daytona 500 (2007-2014); and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Since its inception in 1994, FOX Sports has earned 81 Emmy Awards for production excellence. David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports. For the latest sports news, opinion and video, log on to www.FOXSports.com, the nation’s favorite sports web site.
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