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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

“Friday Night Baseball” resumes on Apple TV+ on April 7

Today Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that “Friday Night Baseball,” a weekly doubleheader, will be available to all Apple TV+ subscribers on Fridays throughout the regular season. Fans in 60 countries and regions can enjoy two marquee matchups over 25 weeks with no local broadcast restrictions. “Friday Night Baseball” will begin the 2023 season on Friday, April 7, with the Texas Rangers at the Chicago Cubs for the inaugural “Friday Night Baseball” daytime game at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, and the San Diego Padres at the Atlanta Braves. Apple and MLB also announced the “Friday Night Baseball” schedule for the first half of the season, through June 30….

This season, “Friday Night Baseball” welcomes an exceptional group of broadcast talent to the announcer booths, including Wayne Randazzo (play-by-play), Dontrelle Willis (analyst), Heidi Watney (sideline reporter), Alex Faust (play-by-play), Ryan Spilborghs (analyst), and Tricia Whitaker (sideline reporter). Game assignments for announcers will be shared on a weekly basis.
Live pre- and postgame coverage will again be hosted by Lauren Gardner, along with Siera Santos. Former MLB players Xavier Scruggs and Matt Joyce will serve as analysts alongside baseball journalist Russell Dorsey. Brian Gorman and Dale Scott — both former MLB umpires — will join to break down MLB’s new rules for the season.

RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 22, 2023 at 10:51 AM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Der-K's no Kliph Nesteroff. Posted: March 22, 2023 at 12:45 PM (#6121065)

I understand why this might be a minority opinion but, I like MLB games being spread out all over the place. As a person who likes the game more than any one team - and who is cheap - it gives me more chances to watch. (If you prefer, it offers more spaces to convert non-fans into interested parties.)

2. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 22, 2023 at 12:57 PM (#6121068)

I like the Friday Night Baseball concept, the execution was a mixed bag last year. It reminds me a bit Monday Night Baseball on ABC, a nice showcase event for baseball.

3. JJ1986 Posted: March 22, 2023 at 12:57 PM (#6121069)

Wayne Randazzo is really good; it sucks that he left the Mets.

4. Hombre Brotani

Posted: March 22, 2023 at 05:03 PM (#6121088)

Wayne Randazzo IS really good, and the Angels are tag-teaming him with Matt Vasgersian when Randazzo is doing his Apple TV thing. No more baseball games for Katie Nolan, whose quippy charm was totally wasted in the 3-person booth.

5. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: March 22, 2023 at 09:11 PM (#6121108)

I find it annoying to pay for a season of Extra Innings, only to discover that not all the OOM game are available because of ####### Apple. I realize that you can watch a couple of games a year with a free trial that you can then cancel, but the whole thing seems like MLB is just nickel-and-diming fans to death.

6. Hombre Brotani

Posted: March 22, 2023 at 09:49 PM (#6121113)

the whole thing seems like MLB is just nickel-and-diming fans to death.

It's not just baseball. The entire financial system squeezes us dry, one drop at a time.

7. TVerik - Dr. Velocity Posted: March 25, 2023 at 05:31 PM (#6121350)

I understand why this might be a minority opinion but, I like MLB games being spread out all over the place. As a person who likes the game more than any one team - and who is cheap - it gives me more chances to watch. (If you prefer, it offers more spaces to convert non-fans into interested parties.)

Agree, but I like the routine of just turning on Channel 30 (or whatever) at 7PM most warm nights and the Yankees are on.

More than once, they played at 1PM and are rerun at 7 and I didn't notice until I wondered why it wasn't getting dark there.

*EDIT*

This is not painting me as the most observant of fans. Oh, well.

8. It's Spelled With a CFBF, But Not Where You Think Posted: March 25, 2023 at 08:35 PM (#6121356)

It's a shame that the Katie Nolan experiment didn't work out at Apple.

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