Fox Sports is beginning it's 16th year of televising the MLB Saturday Game of the Week and yesterday, Fox released it's 2011 broadcast schedule.
According to a Fox Sports press release, some of the schedule highlights for 2011 include:
*Three consecutive weeks of prime time telecasts(6pm CT)in the month of May.
*The Midwest MLB teams will be well represented with 9 regional telecasts each from the Cubs & Cardnails, 8 regional telecasts of the Twins, and 7 regional telecasts of the White Sox.
Below my "guesses" as to what game Des Moines viewers will get on KDSM this year and is definitely subject to change. This is far from official, just making guesses based on previous years and knowing that KDSM goes with either Cubs or Cardnails whenever they are scheduled for the Fox Game of the Week.
May 28th could go one of 3 or 4 different ways as 4 of the Midwest MLB teams are scheduled that day for a Fox telecast. Speaking of the May 28th Fox primetime window, it just goes to show how screwed up the MLB blackout rules are.
Whenever Fox has a Saturday telecast, whether it be at 3pm or 6pm, Fox has an exclusive TV window meaning that no other games can be shown at this time. Doesn't matter if it's MLB Network, or locally within a team's home TV market, Fox has total exclusivity. In most areas of the country this isn't a big deal, but in Iowa, it can be problematic because all 6 of the Midwest MLB teams claim all of Iowa as part of their home TV market.
Now I realize that May 28th is Memorial Day Weekend and that Saturday is normally the least watch night of the week for TV, but as a Royals fan, there game at Texas is in the group of of games selected for regional coverage on Fox and as of now, that's the Royals only scheduled appearance on Fox. With the Carndails, Twins, and Royals all selected for the Fox exclusive TV window, 2 fan bases will be pretty upset if they cann't watch their team.
April 2nd: San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals
April 9th: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
April 16th: Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays
April 23rd: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
April 30th: St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
May 7th: Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs
May 14th: San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs
May 21st: Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox
May 28th: St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies
June 4th: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
June 11th: Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
June 18th: New York Yankees at Chicago Cubs
June 25th: Washington Nationals at Chicago White Sox
July 2nd: Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs
July 9th: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
July 16th: Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
July 23rd: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
July 30th: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
August 6th: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
August 13th: Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals
August 20th: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
August 27th: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
September 3rd: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
September 10th: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
September 17th & 24th: To be announced in September
The complete 2011 MLB on Fox schedule and more information can be found here:
http://sportsmedianews.com/02/mlb-on-fox-ready-for-prime-time-triple-play/
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