MLBN begins broadcasting ST games today

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InsideTheParker said:
Does everybody know this? Toronto at Phillies at 1 PM. Two more games to follow. Three games tomorrow, and maybe every day.
 
 
There's no maybe about it.
 
 
MLB Network will televise more Spring Training games than ever before as its schedule of more than 200 games begins on Wednesday, February 26 and continues with at least one live game televised each day through March 29. MLB Network will provide the most comprehensive look at all 30 clubs during Spring Training, featuring live matchups of every team including the Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, National League champion St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals on March 9, World Series champion Boston Red Sox against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 10, and Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees on March 12. Attached is the complete list of MLB Network's 2014 Spring Training games schedule.
 
Damn, does it feel ridiculously awesome to read the phrase in bold red text. 
 

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That list is incomplete, at least as far as Spring Training games go. A shitload will be shown during the AM overnight hours.
 
Here's MLB Network's listing, and it's a thing of beauty.
 
Sox games below. Those in blue ARE NOT being aired on NESN.
 
Sat, Mar 1 -  8:00 PM - Boston Red Sox* @ Minnesota Twins
Sun, Mar 2 - 1:00 PM - LIVE: Baltimore Orioles* @ Boston Red Sox
Mon, Mar 10 - 1:00 PM - LIVE: Tampa Bay Rays* @ Boston Red Sox
Thu, Mar 13 - 1:00 PM - LIVE: Boston Red Sox* @ Minnesota Twins
Sat, Mar 15 - 7:00 PM - LIVE: Philadelphia Phillies* @ Boston Red Sox
Wed, Mar 19 - 7:00 AM - Boston Red Sox* @ New York Yankees
Thu, Mar 20 - 4:00 AM - Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Red Sox
Fri, Mar 21 - 1:00 PM - LIVE: Boston Red Sox* @ Philadelphia Phillies
Sun, Mar 23 - 8:00 PM - Tampa Bay Rays* @ Boston Red Sox
Mon, Mar 24 - 11:00 PM - Boston Red Sox* @ Baltimore Orioles
Wed, Mar 26 - 2:00 AM - Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays
Fri, Mar 28 - 1:00 PM - LIVE: Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins
 

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Well, one caveat, at least in my experience: one NFL preseason I had a nagging flu or something that wouldn't go away. So, stuck in the house, I watched every Patriots preseason game and probably some other teams' games as well. By Thanksgiving, I was sick of football. OK, it was pre-Belichick and Brady, but I've just about steered clear of preseason football and baseball since then to avoid saturation.
 
Having said that, I have NESN now but I wonder if they'll televise preseason baseball here in NorCal or do blackouts. Bruins and Celtics games are blacked out here. 
 

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The Red Sox/ Cardinals game on the Mar. 5 is on Fox Sports 1 at 1 pm.
 
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The way I feel about that is pretty close to how I feel about this:
 
 
The second best part about spring training, aside from actual baseball being played, is that the Sox don't have to go to Australia.
 

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So much fun to see live baseball on TV again.  Added bonus is that the Indians are on MLBNet and Terry Francona has been interviewing live from the dugout for the last 10 minutes.  I could listen to him talk baseball all day long.
 

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If you are trying to access games currently being played using a Sony or PS3 device and some others you're outa luck...MLBtv is having issues broadcasting as I write.
 
I don't think you can get Spring Training games via PS3. Very lame.
 

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I don't think you can get Spring Training games via PS3. Very lame.
 
Typically in the past you could watch the ST games as soon as they updated the app for the new season, which tends to be about mid-march. It is annoying to not be able to watch the first games if you use a PS3 for MLB.tv though. For me access to those games is a nice side benefit of swapping to an Apple TV this year.
 

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So much fun to see live baseball on TV again.  Added bonus is that the Indians are on MLBNet and Terry Francona has been interviewing live from the dugout for the last 10 minutes.  I could listen to him talk baseball all day long.
 
True dat. When he arrived in Boston it was such a refreshing change from his predecessors.  Especially to Jimy Williams whose standard answer to every question seemed to be, "Manager's decision."  I think Farrell really does a nice job in that area as well, but there is just something about Tito's delivery.
 

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I don't know where I got it, but I have a list that shows FOX carrying Sox/Cards tomorrow. But it's not  on Directv for the Springfield station. Did I imagine this? Does anyone know if there are any televised games before the weekend?
 

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I don't know where I got it, but I have a list that shows FOX carrying Sox/Cards tomorrow. But it's not  on Directv for the Springfield station. Did I imagine this? Does anyone know if there are any televised games before the weekend?
 
Fox Sports Midwest, the Cardinals TV carrier, has the game.  I imagine that means it can be found on MLB.tv, but beyond that I don't think it will air in any Red Sox markets.