2013 MLB TV Primer Part 2: MLB on FOX

This week I will be running posts previewing MLB's TV coverage for the 2013 season. This will be the final season of the current contract, so starting next season there will be significant changes to how you view baseball nationally.

 
Today we will look at FOX's MLB coverage for 2013:

This will be the 18th season of MLB on FOX with Joe Buck and Hall of Fame analyst Tim McCarver as the lead commentators. They will broadcast their 15th All-Star together on Tuesday, July 16 from Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Buck will return to the baseball booth, during football's mid-season in October and with McCarver will call this year's American League Championship series and their 14th consecutive World Series together (16th assignment overall). FOX Sports Reporter Ken Rosenthal will be the field reporter throughout the regular season for the featured game of the week and will be joined by Erin Andrews during the All-Star game and postseason.

FOX will air 24 nationally exclusive games on Saturdays, with 8 weeks on prime time starting on May 25th . The game of the week pregame show will once again be hosted by MLB Network’s Studio Show one half hour before game time (15 minute shows during prime time coverage). The regional games throughout the season will feature other commentators from FOX Sports, their Regional Sports divisions and some MLB Network talent.

Notes:

• FOX will preempt coverage on May 11th due NASCAR commitments and August 31st for College Football
• FOX will begin flexing their regulary scheduled games in July with games featuring contending teams. As every season, the final two weeks of the season are left open and they will select games that have an impact into the postseason
• This will be the final season of weekly over the air coverage on FOX, as they will move half their schedule to their new sports property FOX Sports 1 next season with more FSN produced games. FOX & FOX Sports 1 will also expand their postseason coverage next season
• This will be Tim McCarver's final season working MLB on FOX 

Lead Announcers: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Reporter - Ken Rosenthal  

Other Announcers: Kenny Albert, Eric Karros, Thom Brennaman, Chris Myers, Dick Stockton, Tom Verducci; Erin Andrews (Reporter); various local announcers

MLB on FOX Saturday Schedule (Schedule is subject to change)

April 6, 3:30 PM:
NY Yankees at Detroit / LA Angels at Texas/ St. Louis at San Francisco
 

April 13, 12:30 PM:
Tampa Bay at Boston /San Francisco at Chi Cubs / Atlanta at Washington
 
April 20, 2:30 PM:
Detroit at LA Angels / Minnesota at Chi White Sox / Washington at NY Mets
 
April 27, 12:30 PM:
Atlanta at Detroit /Cincinnati at Washington/ Philadelphia at NY Mets
 
May 4, 3:30 PM:
Baltimore at LA Angels / Washington at Pittsburgh / St. Louis at Milwaukee
 
May 18, 3:30 PM:
Chi White Sox at LA Angels /Cincinnati at Philadelphia/ Tampa Bay at Baltimore
 
May 25, 7:00 PM:
St. Louis at LA Dodgers / Philadelphia at Washington / Atlanta at NY Mets
Miami at Chi White Sox / Oakland at Houston
 
June 1, 7:00 PM:
Boston at NY Yankees /Cincinnati at Pittsburgh / San Francisco at St. Louis
Arizona at Chi Cubs / Washington at Atlanta
 
Tuesday, July 16, 7:30PM
2013 All-Star Game from Citi Field, Flushing, NY

The rest of the schedule can be found on this FOX press release.

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