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It's Going to be a Televised Spring for the Braves

If you're like me and you can't wait until that very first hint of spring, then you're in luck as you won't have to wait longer than the very first Braves game of Spring Training. Between the MLB Network, Fox Sports South, and ESPN, there will be tons of Braves games on TV this spring. Here is a rundown:

Tuesday, March 2nd @ 1pm - Braves vs. Mets on MLB
Tuesday, March 9th @ 7pm - Phillies vs. Braves on CSS (Comcast?) and MLB
Thursday, March 11th @ 7pm - Braves vs. Yankees on CSS and MLB
Tuesday, March 16th @ 1pm - Marlins vs. Braves on FSS and MLB
Wednesday, March 17th @ 1pm - Braves vs. Marlins on FSS and MLB
Tuesday, March 23rd @ 1pm - Braves vs. Mets on ESPN
Wednesday, March 24th @ 1pm - Phillies vs. Braves on ESPN
Friday, March 26th @ 1pm - Tigers vs. Braves on ESPN
Tuesday, March 30th @ 1pm - Yankees vs. Braves on CSS
Wednesday, March 31st @ 1pm - Astros vs. Braves on CSS and MLB

That's an impressive slate of games -- at least two each week. The last two games back in Atlanta will also be televised on Fox Sports South, the 2nd and 3rd of April.

The only downside to this spring television schedule is that there are no weekend games. I suppose I'll be pushing the limits of my DVR or playing a lot of hookie from work.

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Great to see

When you say MLB is this the network or the MLB yearly package?

thanks

Its the MLB network... 123 and 823 on comcast
Nice

817 in Boston for this guy

Awesome!

Way more then we got last year. I am going to be at about 1/3 of those games personally.

Sweet. I guess I’ll have to put MLB The Show 10 down for a couple hours to watch the game on Tuesday.

i hate you DISH network.

Yeah, Dish sucks rocks on this. But I’ll be at work for most of them anyway. Bugging the hell out of my co-worker by listening on the radio.

Sweet

Can’t wait any longer. Something’s gotta give. lol

It might be the baseballs

Per tweet from DOB: “No vehicular damage wrought by Jason Heyward BP blasts today; just one titanic shot that cleared parking lot and yellow wall behind it.”
I decided to do a little Google Earth ranging. The only field at Disney with cars and a wall beyond right field is the main ballpark. Best average approximate I can make is about 460 feet to clear that wall beyond the cars. Oh. My.

uh, “approximation”. (I figure the error is +/- 15 feet, but then he didn’t hit the wall, he cleared it).

CSS is Comcast Sports. In my neck of the woods (Cobb County) it’s channel 45. Guess ESPN is saving weekends for the Yankees and Red Sox….

Do you really need to guess? lol

I'm f'ing pumped!

Can I get a lets go Braves?!

Leeeeettttttsssssss goooooooo bravesssssssss!!!!!! Taking back the NL
East yo!

You're talking Eastern Time Zone

right?

What other time zone is there? lol. ; )P

What is a time zone?

hardy har

At least I don’t live in Mountain time zone…nothing happens there. They don’t even list it.

hey now

I live in state that has its own time zone. How do you think I feel?

Is it cause y'all don't recognize daylight savings...

and flip from mountain to pacific?

yeah

im pretty sure how that works. I just know we’re on Cali time half the year and Colorado time the other half of the year.

To be more specific, it’s always Mountain Standard Time, where other parts of the nation vary from Standard to Daylight. So it’s not so much that you guys flip back and forth as the rest of the nation moves back and forth around you.

To make it more complicated, Navajo reservations within Arizona do observe DST, but the Hopi reservations inside the Navajo reservations do not.

I think I’m getting a headache.

Whoa, the room is spinning.

WTF

is that

“Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury….”

Welcome to Arizona

Perfect weather for 7 months of the year, hell for the other 5 months.

Okay, help me understand something here: Is that “dry heat” business complete bunk? People always tell me the heat in the Midwest and Southwest isn’t as oppressive as in the Deep South because it’s less humid. Is that true?

that's total BS

Sure, it might not be humid, but 100 degrees is hot no matter where you are. “Dry Heat” is a joke.

This may be true

But 102 degree Vegas desert outdoors feels a lot nicer than an 88 degree Atlanta evening.

Eh, humidity doesnt really bother me, but i can def. see where you’re coming from. Either way, I’d prefer to avoid both of those scenarios.

All I know is after three days outside at games in 40 degree weather with 25 mph plus wind, I’d take a little heat.

never been there

but I’m told 112 is hot. Buddies described a windy day as like standing in front of an oven with the door open.

haha, 'tis true

I just try to avoid outdoors during the day from May to September.

parking lots

Do your tennis shoes start to squish when you walk across a parking lot, like they are trying to melt?

3 on ESPN? awesome considering I don’t get any of the Southeast channels or MLB Network.

This. Hopefully I’ll be able to make the time to watch. Though maybe I can set up slingbox and watch MLB Network

MLB.TV

any of the braves spring games on MLB.TV?

It says over 150 games (all teams not Braves)

but I haven’t seen a schedule. I’ve wondered the same thing

Last year if it was televised MLB.TV would pick up the feed. I’m assuming/hoping it will be the same this year

Scrolling through the MLB.TV calendar, they have almost all of the games listed. Whether they pick up the feed I’m not sure

If it’s on any TV channel, it’ll be on there, IIRC.

I added the MLB Network to my Comcast today for,

$10 bucks a month. I should be able to get all the games now!
Go Braves!

it was $10 bucks a month just for MLBN? Or did you get other premium channels too? I have Comcast too and have one of the lower level packages, but I don’t think I pay extra for it

Upgraded to the premium digital package, which includes the MLBN
24 Mar vs. Phillies

I’ll be at this game.

Heading home from Afghanistan (finally) on March 7… taking the family to Disney the week before Spring Break. Look for the guy who is 6’4", 240 lbs, wearing an old-school Murphy spring training jersey, and happy as sh*t to be back home… that’ll be me!

Can't think of anything better to do after getting home :)
Absolutely

Gotta give credit to the Mrs. We had the idea to take the boys to Disney, but she was the one who said, “We’re not gonna be down there and NOT go see the Braves!”

You picked the right one :)

yessir

Finally

a guy on here who has a woman who likes baseball and the Braves. I was giving up hope!

thank you for your service

it’s appreciated man.

and thank you.

Keep those guys and gals in your prayers fellas (and ladies).

couldn’t be more deserved man.

Awesome. So glad you’re getting to come home. A buddy of mine got to come home yesterday. I definitely know how excited you are!

Glad he made it safely!!!

No fucking weekend games

Bullshit. I will most likely miss every one of these games.

Yeah, I’m thinking the office television may accidentally get switched to CSS and FSS during those day games.

you have an office television? are you hiring?

Depends on how long I stick around, I guess. :^)

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