I decided to look up the Rangers spring training broadcast schedule. THat’s not new, I’ve had it on the site already. But I knew the Rangers had about a dozen or so games on KRLD, and three on TV. I decided to check the opponent’s schedules to see what other games we could get coverage on.
MLB.Com for years now has had an excellent package called “MLB.com Gameday Audio” where you can get the audio feeds for all the teams, and all the games all season. It also includes spring training. Usually by now the annual package is avialable for sale, but with MLB pushing the World Baseball Classic they haven’t started selling the 2006 package. But when they do, you might want to invest in it. I don’t know what the price is this year, but in the past it’s either been $9.95 or $14.95. Hell, even if they increase it to $19.95 it’s still a good deal for all the games. You can also listen to the archives of older games too, which is nice.
Anyway, if you have that package, you can listen to the game feeds from the other teams who the Rangers are playing, and that’s where this comes into play. Here’s a list of the Rangers spring training games and whose radio if applicable the game is covered. Even if “none” is listed (there are eight such games), it still could be covered, as MLB.com does broadcasts of their own with their own people from two games a day (one from Florida, one from Arizona). The only problem with that is that their announcers spend way too much time talking aout everything else BUT the game they’re covering. They’ll take emails, and im’s and all that, and meanwhile two outs have happened in the game. That’s fairly annoying.
Anyway, here’s the spring training radio broadcast schedule for the Rangers with more than just the KRLD coverage:
Thu Mar 02 - vs Royals - Royals Radio Fri Mar 03 - @ Royals - KRLD Sat Mar 04 - @ Royals - KRLD Sun Mar 05 - vs Brewers - KRLD Mon Mar 06 - @ Diamondbacks - None Tue Mar 07 - @ Cubs - Cubs Radio Wed Mar 08 - vs Athletics - None Thu Mar 09 - vs Royals - None Fri Mar 10 - @ Padres - Padres Radio Sat Mar 11 - vs Rockies - KRLD Sun Mar 12 - @ Mariners - KRLD Mon Mar 13 - vs Royals - None Tue Mar 14 - @ Giants - None Wed Mar 15 - @ Angels - Angels Radio Thu Mar 16 - vs Giants - None Fri Mar 17 - @ White Sox - White Sox Radio (also on CSN Sox TV) Sat Mar 18 - vs Diamondbacks - KRLD Sun Mar 19 - @ Cubs - KRLD (also on Rangers FSN) Tue Mar 21 - vs Angels - KRLD Wed Mar 22 - @ Brewers - None Thu Mar 23 - vs White Sox - White Sox Radio (also on CSN Sox TV) Fri Mar 24 - vs Cubs - KRLD Sat Mar 25 - @ Rockies - Rockies Radio Sun Mar 26 - vs Brewers - KRLD (also on Rangers FSN) Mon Mar 27 - vs Mariners - KRLD (also on Rangers FSN) Tue Mar 28 - @ Athletics - None Wed Mar 29 - vs Padres - Padres Radio Thu Mar 30 - @ Royals - Cubs Radio Fri Mar 31 - vs Marlins - KRLD (in Frisco, TX) Sat Apr 01 - vs Marlins - KRLD (in Arlington, TX)