Here’s the latest press release from Fox Sports and this one is about the upcoming MLB Saturday Game of the Week schedule. And Fox says all of the games will be broadcast in High Definition.
MLB ON FOX GOES 100% HD
2008 Saturday Game of the Week Action Begins April 5
Historic Yankee Stadium Gets All-Star Send-Off
New York & Los Angeles – After a whirlwind off-season, FOX Sports continues an American tradition that dates back over 50 years as the FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK returns on April 5. This season, for the first time ever, all MLB on FOX games are being produced and broadcast in state-of-the-art high definition, including what is sure to be an evening to remember, FOX Sports’ presentation of the 79th All-Star Game, live from historic Yankee Stadium, Tues., July 15 (8:00 PM ET). The 85-year old House That Ruth Built, home to some of baseball’s most unforgettable moments and achievements, is in its final season as the home of the Bronx Bombers.
The 2008 season is FOX Sports’ 13th straight as the primary national broadcast television home of Major League Baseball. In that time, FOX Sports has aired 10 World Series (’96, ’98, ’00-07), 18 League Championship Series and nine All-Star Games (’97, ’99, ’01-07).
The 2008 FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK schedule presently features 21 different teams playing in as many as 71 games. Each Saturday features up to three regionalized games beginning at 3:30 PM ET. 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 on each date.
In Week 1, intra-division match-ups are the rule as the Mets visit the Braves, the White Sox travel to Detroit and the Padres host the Joe Torre-led Dodgers. A week later, division showdowns pick-up where they left off last year as the American League wild card Yankees and World Champion Red Sox clash in Boston, while the National League Champion Colorado Rockies travel to Arizona for a rematch of last year’s NLCS with their division rival Diamondbacks on April 12. A week later, the New York Mets seek to avenge their monumental collapse as they take on the 2007 National League East Champions Philadelphia Phillies.
The Mets, behind the baseball’s biggest off-season acquisition, Johan Santana, along with Torii Hunter and Angels and the Dodgers are presently scheduled to appear nine times on FOX. The Yankees and Red Sox each make eight MLB on FOX appearances, facing-off with each other three times (4/12, 7/5 & 7/26), as are the Indians, led by 2007 AL Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia and the reloaded Tigers.
Interleague play on FOX begins on Saturday, May 17, when the Dodgers play the Angels, the upstart Brewers travel to Boston to battle the Red Sox and the battle of Ohio resumes when the Indians take on the Reds. On Saturday, June 21, two of the oldest franchises in baseball face-off when the Cardinals visit the Red Sox in a re-match of the 2004 World Series. Interleague play continues Saturday, June 28, when the Yankees visit the Mets at Shea Stadium, also in its final season, while the Cubs head to Chicago’s South Side to take on the rival White Sox.
This year’s schedule also features baseball’s most storied National League rivalry as the Cardinals battle the Cubs three times (5/3, 7/5, 8/9).
After the network’s regular-season coverage, FOX Sports provides exclusive live coverage of this year’s National League Championship Series and the 104th World Series.
FOX SPORTS
As America’s top-rated network for sports for 11-straight years (1997-2007), FOX Sports boasts rights agreements with each of the nation’s highest-rated sports. 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 SPRINT Cup racing from February through May, including the Daytona 500 (2007-2014); the Bowl Championship Series, featuring the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010 and the BCS National Championship Game from 2007 through 2009; and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Since its inception in 1994, FOX Sports has earned 71 Emmy Awards (through 2006) for production excellence. David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports.
2008 MLB ON FOX REGULAR SEASON BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(Note: Schedule Subject to Change; All Times 3:30PM Eastern)
Saturday, April 5, 2008
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres
Saturday, April 12, 2008
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks
Saturday, April 19, 2008
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves
Saturday, April 26, 2008
New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Detroit Tigers
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks
Baltimore Orioles at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Saturday, May 10, 2008
New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Milwaukee Brewers at Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Saturday, May 24, 2008
New York Mets at Colorado Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets
Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners
Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers
Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers at Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, June 21, 2008
St. Louis Cardinals at Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday, June 28, 2008
New York Yankees at New York Mets
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Colorado Rockies at New York Mets
San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
79th All-Star Game – Bronx, NY – Yankee Stadium
8PM ET
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Boston Red Sox at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners
San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, July 26, 2008
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves
Saturday, August 9, 2008
New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals
San Diego Padres at San
Francisco Giants
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs
Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets
Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies
Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Saturday, September 20, 2008
TBA*
Saturday, September 27, 2008
TBA*
* The final two Saturdays are considered “wild card” dates. Any game or games (up to three) on that day’s schedule can be chosen at the network’s discretion, given proper identification to Major League Baseball. Games selected will be announced one week prior.
— FOX SPORTS —
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