MLB on Fox: Week 21 Baseball
For Week 21 of the Fox Game of the Week, Fox is doing something we’ve been unaccustomed to this season so far. The three games that Fox will simulcast on Sunday August 23 will get nearly the same number of broadcast markets, making it one of the most evenly distributed Saturday Fox MLB games this year.
Typically during Fox’s Game of the Week the games are distributed pretty unevenly, as we’ve seen some games get as much as 70% of the market share while other games get a lowly 7%. Granted, usually the games being broadcast to most of the country involve teams with the largest fan base or highest standing (Yankees, Red Sox and Angels have been dominating Fox’s game of the week these past weeks), but there has always been some controversy as to which games are put in which markets. Though a near-even distribution could be a good thing, choosing markets properly can sometimes be a challenge for Fox.
Here’s hoping you’re getting your favorite matchup on Saturday at 3:30 on Fox.
| High Definition MLB on Fox: Saturday August 23 | |||
| DESCRIPTION | BROADCASTERS | COVERAGE | |
| Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox | Josh Lewin & Eric Karros | 39% | |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies | Kenny Albert, Tim McCarver & Ken Rosenthal | 37% | |
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| Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals | Dick Stockton & Leo Mazzone | 23% | |
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August 21st, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Good to see Josh Lewin back on FOX.
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm
But I have Kenny Albert! (Just kidding…he’s OK). The question is, why do the Braves and Cards get a Saturday slot? I suppose they are in “striking distance”, but the other two games are much more compelling. How far in advance are these games awarded by Fox?
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I might be wrong but this will be the first time in History Fox will Broadcast a Tampa Bay Rays Game!!
Up to this point the 2008 Rays are the Best Team in Baseball, even thought the have three of the Best Players injured. Carl Crawford, E. Longoria and Troy Percival. Obviously the Season is not over yet, however who would have thought the Rays would be this good??? The 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers went from worst to First! The Tampa Bay Lightning win a Stanley Cup, The Tampa Bay Storm won a National Championship in Arena Football. Tampa Bay Sports Fans always said “The Rays are next”! Now, they are right!
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Josh does the Rangers games here as well as the Chargers. I do enjoy him. I just flipped it on and was like, is that Josh??
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
2 words…Suck.Suck.
I love baseball, but I hope I never have to suffer through another broadcast with these 2 clowns! At one point they forgot they were a Sox game, they thought they were at Wrigley. They spent what seemed like minutes discussing issues completely unrelated to the game. and they seemed to have little understanding of the game or the players.
On a positive note, they were, however, good at rattling off stats they got from a script.
Any one of the dozens of baseball analysts from ESPN could’ve easily done a better job with NO prep time.
This is not pre-season football, it’s 2/3 of the way done with numerous playoff races that will go right down to the wire. Fox may have good coverage of NASCAR and the NFL, but baseball fans are smart, very smart, and we see right through this little song and dance.
2 words…Suck.Suck.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Fox locked in these games before the All-Star break. The Braves began to fall out of contention in early August.
Think it’s bad now? For 9/13 Fox has scheduled Braves-Mets instead of Rays-Yankees.