As the winter cold grips the land, there is one sure sign that spring is in the air: Pitchers and catchers are reporting for spring training this week, and XM’s MLB Home Plate (ch 175) is there.
MLB Home Plate’s Joe Castellano will report from Arizona, while Holden Kushner delivers the news from Florida. Castellano is planning to kick off XM’s coverage in Mesa, Arizona, at the Chicago Cubs’ camp on Thursday, February 14th. Kushner will open in Clearwater, Florida., with the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, February 16th.
Meanwhile back in Washington DC, the MLB Home Plate team is covering this week’s other big baseball story: the congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball, taking place exactly two months after the Mitchell Report was released.
UPDATE: Today’s congressional hearing is now playing on a continuous loop on XM channel 176. It will continue to run through Friday at 1pm ET.
Can someone please explain to me why Congress cares about steroids in baseball? Please.
As much as I want to see this bloated bitch fall and get convicted, the only real issue I've had was with the tv news coverage. Every cable news channel had this on live. Shit, even ESPN knew enough to run sports on at least one of their stations. Thank God for the net...I wouldn't have gotten my daily news fix without it. My two cent gripe....Nuff said.
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I wish good luck to all teams. I hope they'll begin good season after the Spring Training.