April/May Time Changes

[bmfc1]

Those of you planning to go to CF--heads up! There have been some time changes to accommodate national TV in April and May:

April 25--8:05 (ESPN)
May 22--7:05 (FOX moves NYM/MFY to prime-time)
May 23--8:05 (ESPN)

The above means that consecutive games between two NY teams will not have NY announcers on TV.

The April 18 game at St. Louis and the May 2 game at Philadelphia are also Sunday night games meaning that the Mets are on ESPN three Sundays in a row.

Edited January 26, 2010 by Guest

[Guest themetfairy]

Thanks bmfc1. That's good to know (especially since I have tix to the two Sunday games).

[TransMonk]

FOX is going to show MLB in primetime? They've never done that during the regular season, have they?

[metirish]

FOX is going to show MLB in primetime? They've never done that during the regular season, have they?[/quote:pz6v2zru]


I don't think so, certainly not at 7pm....I like it ...Saturday night baseball.

[bmfc1]

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2010/01/yankees-to-play-mets-dodgers-in.html

[Benjamin Grimm]

I understand that MLB has sold its soul to the networks, but switching a Sunday game to the evening is very family unfriendly.

[G-Fafif]

FOX is going to show MLB in primetime? They've never done that during the regular season, have they?[/quote:sl690ty9]

Can't recall Fox taking a Saturday afternoon game and moving it to Saturday night, but on April 16, 2004, they did a one-off Friday Night telecast because it was the first rematch of the MFYs and Sawx after the epic 2003 ALCS.

In the summer of '84, NBC took a Mets-Braves game scheduled for Saturday night at Shea and, per its contractual rights, moved it to Saturday afternoon. The gods were unhappy and rained it out.

[metirish]

In the summer of '84, NBC took a Mets-Braves game scheduled for Saturday night at Shea and, per its contractual rights, moved it to Saturday afternoon. The gods were unhappy and rained it out.[/quote:7dt3q62h]


Where in your brain was this info residing? , and I don't doubt for a second that reading about the time changes triggered it.

[G-Fafif]

In the summer of '84, NBC took a Mets-Braves game scheduled for Saturday night at Shea and, per its contractual rights, moved it to Saturday afternoon. The gods were unhappy and rained it out.[/quote:1xgmaib1]

Where in your brain was this info residing? , and I don't doubt for a second that reading about the time changes triggered it.[/quote:1xgmaib1]

Information nobody is seeking just kind of hovers in my midst, like midges surrounding Joba Chamberlain on a warm Cleveland night.

[Frayed Knot]

April 25--8:05 (ESPN)
May 22--7:05 (FOX moves NYM/MFY to prime-time)
May 23--8:05 (ESPN)[/quote:eaw4xi0r]

Always good to get as many of those April/May games in the northeast as possible moved to night time.

[Ceetar]

Those of you planning to go to CF--heads up! There have been some time changes to accommodate national TV in April and May:

April 25--8:05 (ESPN)
May 22--7:05 (FOX moves NYM/MFY to prime-time)
May 23--8:05 (ESPN)
[/quote:2mhm5mej]


I read CF as Centerfield and thought you were giving us a heads up on what time to show up should we get the call to replace Beltran in April/May if he's still out. (I'm sure I can outfield and outhit GMJ after all..)

[Gwreck]

I understand that MLB has sold its soul to the networks, but switching a Sunday game to the evening is very family unfriendly.[/quote:1rsk49ru]

This is nothing new. ESPN moves a certain number of games to Sunday night and has been doing so for years. No team can play on Sunday night more than five times in a season.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know it's not new, but it still sucks.

[ashie62]

Mets are still on TV?

[bmfc1]

I amended the original message to tell you that the Mets will on Sunday night 3 weeks in a row. First of all--has ESPN checked the Mets roster lately? Second--crap! No Gary, Keith and/Ron. Third--we look forward to watching the Mets on Sundays and now we have 3 weeks in a row where we have to wait until the night.

[G-Fafif]

ESPlanatioN from a network executive in Neil Best's column:

"The secret is the opponents. In the first two months, the Mets play the Yankees, Phillies, Cardinals and Braves on Sunday night. They are in the No. 1 market, so it's simple calculus to figure how we chose the Mets four times."

Your 2010 New York Mets: Incidental opposition surrounded by ample population.

[ashie62]

ESPlanatioN from a network executive in Neil Best's column:

"The secret is the opponents. In the first two months, the Mets play the Yankees, Phillies, Cardinals and Braves on Sunday night. They are in the No. 1 market, so it's simple calculus to figure how we chose the Mets four times."

Your 2010 New York Mets: Incidental opposition surrounded by ample population.

[Guest cooby]

Mets are still on TV?[/quote:1bme1wki]
news to me too

[Frayed Knot]

FOX is going to show MLB in primetime? They've never done that during the regular season, have they?