Earlier this spring, I posted the radio and TV schedule for the spring, thanks to Victor Rojas. This morning I went through the remaining schedule, and put together a “broadcast” schedule of games you can listen to, but this time I included games that are available on MLB.com’s Gameday Audio package.
Now MLB doesn’t need the help in pushing their products – these guys are masters of ramming advertising down your throat, but the Gameday Audio package is one that I feel needs to have some light shed on it. Mostly because they’re too busy trying to get you to buy MLB.TV – which is nice, but isn’t priced to a point where I think the casual fan will up and buy it. Gameday Audio is. It’s just $15 for the entire season, and you get home and away (and sometimes Spanish) radio feeds for all games. MLB.TV as well as the Extra Innings packages give you home only. Or worse, if you want Phillies games, you can’t get Phillies home coverage because Comcast in Philly continually gives the big ol’ middle finger to satellite, and won’t let them carry the signal. The audio package has none of that garbage. You get all the teams, both home and away all season, plus an archive of games played, too. It’s a good deal, especially if you have to work a lot when games are on, and have access to a computer. Check it out over at the MLB.com website.
Anyway, I went through the various team schedules, and put this together. Obviously the KRLD games are also on MLB.com, but the ones noted as “MLB.com” are only available in the Metroplex via mlb’s website.
Thu Mar 08 – A’s – MLB.com
Sat Mar 10 – @Giants – KRLD
Mon Mar 11 – Angels – KRLD
Tue Mar 12 – Brewers – MLB.com
Wed Mar 14 – Padres – MLB.com
Fri Mar 16 – Padres – MLB.com
Sat Mar 17 – @Mariners – KRLD
Sat Mar 18 – Rockies – KRLD
Mon Mar 20 – Giants – MLB.com
Thu Mar 22 – Angels – MLB.com
Fri Mar 23 – Brewers – KRLD
Sat Mar 24 – A’s – KRLD (& FSN)
Mon Mar 26 – Mariners – KRLD (& FSN)
Tue Mar 27 – Padres – MLB.com
Wed Mar 28 – Mariners – MLB.com
Fri Mar 30 – Brewers – KRLD/KFLC
Sat Mar 31 – Brewers – KRLD/KFLC
There’s also these but I don’t know of any way to watch this in the Metroplex. On DirecTV, they have a package where you can get all the various “Fox Sports Net” channels from around the country, but they black out games during those times to protect regional markets.
Wed Mar 21 – Cubs – CSN TV in Chicago
Sun Mar 25 – White Sox – CSN TV in Chicago
Actually I do think we can get those out of market fees during spring training. The blackouts will begin during the regular season. This is the same reason that our in-market games aren’t blacked out on mlb.tv during spring.