Late Friday night into Saturday night, the World Baseball Classic gets underway in Japan. MLB Network will have exclusive coverage of the Tournament with the international round robin tournament starting in four locations (with two in Arizona). The Network will open in Asia with Pac-12 network’s JB Long and Joe Magrane in Taiwan and Marlins commentator Rich Waltz with Blue Jays play by play/analyst Buck Martinez to Japan. In the middle of the week, Orioles broadcaster Gary Thorne joins the Angels Spanish language analyst Jose Mota in Puerto Rico. While in Arizona, the network will split two teams with Matt Yalloff and former big league reliever Jeff Nelson working two games at Scottsdale, while Matt Vasgersian and Jim Kaat, joined by reporter Sam Ryan, will work all the U.S. games at Chase Field.
The schedule and posts will be updated after each round is complete.
First Round - Round Robin
Pool 1
Pool A (PA): Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
Pool B (PB): Taipei Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung, Taiwan
Pool 2
Pool C (PC): Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pool D (PD): Chase Field, Phoenix (or *Salt River Fields at Talking Stick)
Friday, March 1
PB: Australia vs. Chinese Taipei (MLBN 11:30PM) JB Long, Joe Magrane
Saturday March 2
PA: Japan vs. Brazil (MLBN 5AM) Rich Waltz, Buck Martinez
PB: South Korea vs. Netherlands (MLBN 8AM taped) Long, Magrane
PA: Cuba vs. Brazil (MLBN 10:30PM) Rich Waltz, Buck Martinez
Sunday, March 3
PB: Netherlands vs. Chinese Taipei (MLBN 1:30AM) Long, Magrane
PA: China vs. Japan (MLBN 5AM) Waltz, Martinez
Monday, March 4
PA: China vs. Cuba (MLBN 2:30AM) Waltz, Martinez
PB: South Korea vs. Australia (MLBN 5:30AM) Long, Magrane
PB: Australia vs. Netherlands (MLBN 11:30PM) Long, Magrane
Tuesday, March 5
PA: Brazil vs. China (MLBN 3AM) Waltz, Martinez
PB: Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea (MLBN 6:30AM) Long, Magrane
Wednesday, March 6
PA: Japan vs. Cuba (MLBN 5AM ET) Waltz, Martinez
Thursday, March 7
PD*: Italy vs. Mexico (MLBN 3PM) Matt Yallof, Jeff Nelson
PC: Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic (MLBN 6:30PM) Gary Thorne, Jose Mota
Friday, March 8
PD*: Canada vs. Italy (MLBN 2:30PM) Yallof, Nelson
PC: Spain vs. Puerto Rico (MLBN 5:30PM) Thorne, Mota
PD: Mexico vs. United States (MLBN 9PM) Matt Vasgersian, Jim Kaat & Sam Ryan
Saturday, March 9
PC: Dominican Republic vs. Spain (MLBN 11AM) Thorne, Mota
PD: Canada vs. Mexico (MLBN 2:30PM) Yallof, Nelson
PC: Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela (MLBN 5:30PM) Thorne, Mota
PD: United States vs. Italy (MLBN 9PM) Vasgersian, Kaat & Ryan
Sunday, March 10
PC: Spain vs. Venezuela (MLBN 12:30PM) Thorne, Mota
PD: United States vs. Canada (MLBN 4PM) Vasgersian, Kaat & Ryan
PC: Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico (MLBN 7:30PM) Thorne, Mota
Second Round - Double Elimination
Pool 1 (P1): Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Pool 2 (P2): Marlins Park, Miami
Thursday, March 7
P1: Pool A Runner-Up vs. Pool B Winner (MLBN 10PM) Waltz, Martinez
Friday, March 8
P1: Pool B Runner-Up vs. Pool A Winner (MLBN 5AM) Waltz, Martinez
If Japan qualifies, they play at 5AM
Saturday, March 9
P1: Gm 1 Loser vs. Gm 2 Loser (MLBN 5AM) Waltz, Martinez
Sunday, March 10
P1: GM 1 Winner vs. GM 2 Winner (MLBN 6AM) Waltz, Martinez
Monday, March 11
P1: GM 3 Winner vs. GM 4 Loser (MLBN 6AM) Waltz, Martinez
Tuesday, March 12
P1: GM 5 Winner vs. GM 4 Winner (MLBN 6AM) Waltz, Martinez
P2: Pool D Runner-Up vs. Pool C Winner (MLBN 1PM) Vasgersian, John Smoltz & Heidi Watney
P2: Pool C Runner-Up vs. Pool D Winner (MLBN 8PM) Vasgersian, Smoltz & Watney
If USA qualifies, they will play at 8PM
Wednesday, March 13
P2: GM 1 Loser vs. GM 2 Loser (MLBN 7PM) Vasgersian, Smoltz & Watney
Thursday, March 14
P2: GM 1 Winner vs. GM 2 Winner (MLBN 7PM) Vasgersian, Tom Verducci & Watney
Friday, March 15
P2: GM 3 Winner vs. GM 4 Loser (MLBN 7PM) Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds & Watney
Saturday, March 16
P2: GM 5 Winner vs. GM 4 Winner (MLBN 1PM) Vasgersian, Reynolds, Verducci & Watney
Championship Round - Single Elimination
AT&T Park, San Francisco
Sunday, March 17
Semi-finals #1: (MLBN 9PM) Vasgersian, Kaat & Verducci
Monday, March 18
Semi-finals #2: (MLBN 9PM) Vasgersian, Kaat & Verducci
Tuesday, March 19
Championship: (MLBN 8PM) Bob Costas, Kaat & Verducci
No comments:
Post a Comment