Major League Baseball fans - it's time to get excited - because you'll be able to listen to every game, for every team, anywhere in the country on XM Satellite Radio. XM will air every one of the 2,400+ MLB games, from Opening Night to the final game of the World Series.
Opening Night kicks off on April 1st, when the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals will host the New York Mets at Busch Stadium.
Fans across the country can hear the hometown broadcasts for each team and the ESPN Radio broadcast on three separate XM channels. The day before, XM will air the inaugural Civil Rights Game in Memphis, an exhibition game featuring the Cardinals and the Cleveland Indians.
In addition to the full schedule of games, XM has the nation's only 24- hour talk radio channel devoted to baseball. MLB Home Plate (ch 175) covers every aspect of the sport all year long with call-in shows, 24-hour news updates, and exclusive interviews.
Cal Ripken, Jr., who will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July, hosts the show "Ripken Baseball" on MLB Home Plate with his brother and fellow major league veteran Billy Ripken.
XM also offers Spanish play-by-play game coverage and baseball talk on the channel MLB En Espanol.
"Major League Baseball is the ultimate radio sport, and XM is the ultimate place to hear all the games on the radio," said Eric Logan, executive vice president, programming, XM Satellite Radio. "For people who love the sport like we do, XM's got the games, the news, and the analysis you can't hear anyplace else."
MLB is the only sport that works on the radio.
And XM will drop the ball when it comes to marketing it once again! Maybe when Sirius takes over things will change.
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What? No mention of the Play Ball! channel they're doing for a few days?