Baseball on TV

With the new Baseball season fast approaching it's nice to see listings for Baseball and Baseball movies on tv. So, if your in front of the tv, Friday night, BBC 2 to be exact, check out 'Sugar' at 23.50. A little late but worth it. Sugar is an excellent movie about a young Domincan pitcher coming to the US to play in the Minors with a chance to break in to the Majors. Here's a link to a review page: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009355-sugar/
The movie is in Spanish/English and runs about 2 hours but it's a great movie, so worth it to stay awake . Plus a little practice for the coming season, baseball and late nights!

Must remember this, it's meant to be a pretty decent film even if your not into baseball...so I might even be able to convince my girlfriend to watch it!..

I really enjoyed this film, many of the players on my team are from dominican and they enjoyed it too, baseball is like a religion out there.

Thanks for the heads up about the movie Sugar
today we got another baseball movie
Field Of Dreams on ITV 4 at 4.50pm

" The Sandlot "It's a pretty fair movie Sharkster

Prairieswan wrote:" The Sandlot "It's a pretty fair movie Sharkster

seen the Sandlot movies, I have seen alot of the baseball movies on tv here or video a few years ago
Also watched a few on the net

Opening Day in ten days folks! (And there's still snow forecast for parts of Connecticut and other New England states )

Here is a provisional list of March/April games to be shown on ESPN Am.
http://www.livesportontv.com/baseball/all-fixtures

HHealer wrote:Opening Day in ten days folks! (And there's still snow forecast for parts of Connecticut and other New England states )

Here is a provisional list of March/April games to be shown on ESPN Am.
http://www.livesportontv.com/baseball/all-fixtures

Thanks for the link
I might get in ESPN for the baseball season
have noticed they are not showing the late games that much

Sharky, I'd say ESPN Am. have air time put aside for hockey, end of reg. season on April 10 and then the playoffs begin April 13. MLB games no doubt will be added to the list if times allow.

Aye, thats probably the only good thing about setanta UK going bust. I miss out on some celtic Rugby and Gaelic football (unfortunately). But both ESPN and ESPN Am are great for MLB and NFL. I might stay up for that movie too, sounds alright.

Gaelic-Warrior wrote:Aye, thats probably the only good thing about setanta UK going bust. I miss out on some celtic Rugby and Gaelic football (unfortunately). But both ESPN and ESPN Am are great for MLB and NFL. I might stay up for that movie too, sounds alright.

Gaelic-Warrior if the your talking about the movie in the first post it was on in mid Feb, that was posted Feb 16th I think. But never mind, you should really check it out on DVD or whatever, it is a really good movie.

It was! Jeezo, I really need to pay more attention to the dates on here

i do try to check ESPN for their live games and their coverage is pretty good , and getting better

however i do also really like watching the yankees games on mlb.tv coz i like listening to michael kay's commentary, especially when he has al leiter or paul o'neill with him

Looks like ESPN Am. have replaced Baltimore @ Cleveland on Saturday at 6pm with live hockey playoffs. I was looking forward to seeing the O's, plus Guthrie V's Tomlin is a good pitching matchup. The Mets and Braves (on Fox) will follow the hockey at 9.

Playoff hockey is way more exciting than watching the Orioles

(And it gives me something else to concentrate on rather than the Red Sox' woeful start to the season)

calamity jane wrote:Playoff hockey is way more exciting than watching the Orioles

(And it gives me something else to concentrate on rather than the Red Sox' woeful start to the season)

You probably wouldn't be saying that if Boston had a great start this year.
I don't follow hockey much, are the bruins in contention this year, how are the rangers doing?

Hi GW - The Bruins kick off their playoff campaign tonight against their biggest rivals, the Canadiens. Considering the bad blood between the two teams, it will be a hell of a series.

The Rangers made the playoffs and lost their first game against the Capitals last night. It was a close game though, so I'm expecting them to push the Caps all the way.

calamity jane wrote:Playoff hockey is way more exciting than watching the Orioles

(And it gives me something else to concentrate on rather than the Red Sox' woeful start to the season)

Right that's you off my christmas card list (you weren't on it anyway, but still),
How can you say that about my beloved Orioles? who are having a fantastic
start to the season. I'm hurt (even though it's probably true, i'm still deeply
hurt).

Thanks Jane, hopefully the rangers will get pretty far in the play-offs.
I'm looking forward to the Yankees knocking baltimore of top spot in AL East tonight. I'll still send you a christmas card Jane, even if you are a red sox fan.

Big series against toronto coming up next for the red sox, could be a good indicator of how the majority of Boston's season will go. Will be interesting to see how they handle the pressure if their bad run continues, especially if the fans start getting on their back.

Gaelic-Warrior wrote:Thanks Jane, hopefully the rangers will get pretty far in the play-offs.
I'm looking forward to the Yankees knocking baltimore of top spot in AL East tonight. I'll still send you a christmas card Jane, even if you are a red sox fan.

Unfortunatly this will be probably be true, hopefully we can sneak a result, but
just can't see it happening,

6-5 to us last night! Yaaaas! Hope swisher enjoyed his cream pie, well deserved. Missed the game unfortunately, will be watching the highlights later though.

i switched off on mlb.tv and went to bed when we were 5-0 down

Just finished watching the highlights there, looked like a great game. Bronx bombers were on the ropes until the 7th inns and orioles had a chance to make it 6 runs in the 8th but thankfully pie was blocked and tagged near homeplate by chamberlain. Nick Swisher made an excellent catch at the wall in the fifth to deny a baltimore homer and won the game with a sacrifice fly ball for tex to run home and seal the game for the Yanks.

Great comeback, hopefully we can boss this series and put a wee bit of distance between us and the rest of the division.

Dont forget Red Sox/Jays fans that because of 'Patriots' Day', Mondays game begins on ESPN Am. at 16.00 GMT.
Enjoy Patriots' Day my friends in Mass and Maine. R.Romero Vs. D.Matsuzaka ( ) MLB's new 'human rain delay', but he does pitch well against the Jays.

Patriots' Day is always good fun in Boston. The Boston Marathon is run and finishes in the centre of the city giving the Red Sox fans chance to watch the end of the race and then go and watch the baseball. And if the Bruins and/or Celtics have made their respective playoffs their fans are usually in town and it's such a great atmosphere.

Here's a look ahead at ESPN America's line up for May; One game that stands out to me as a Red Sox fan is the Cubs @ Red Sox on the 23rd at 1am. First trip to Fenway for the Cubs since the 1918 World Series.

Game times may be changed to suit TV etc.
Mon 02 May 01:00
Philadelphia v NY Mets

Mon 02 May 19:30
Oakland v Texas

Tue 03 May 00:00
Detroit v NY Yankees

Wed 04 May 00:00
Boston Red Sox v LA Angels

Wed 04 May 18:00
Chicago WS v Minnesota

Thu 05 May 00:00
NY Mets v San Francisco

Thu 05 May 17:00
Tampa Bay v Toronto

Fri 06 May 18:00
Chicago Cubs v Cincinnati

Sat 07 May 17:00
Boston v Minnesota

Wed 11 May 17:00
Minnesota v Detroit

Thu 12 May 16:00
Cleveland v Tampa Bay

Fri 13 May 18:00
Chicago Cubs v San Francisco

Sat 14 May 17:00
Atlanta v Philadelphia

Sat 14 May 20:00
Cincinnati v St. Louis

Mon 16 May 00:00
NY Yankees v Boston

Tue 17 May 02:00
Seattle v Minnesota

Tue 17 May 17:00
Washington v Pittsburgh

Thu 19 May 02:00
LA Dodgers v San Francisco

Thu 19 May 17:30
St. Louis v Houston

Sat 21 May 20:00
Baltimore v Washington

Mon 23 May 01:00
Boston v Chicago Cubs

Tue 24 May 02:00
San Diego v St. Louis

Wed 25 May 17:00
Detroit v Tampa Bay

Fri 27 May 18:00
Chicago Cubs v Pittsburgh

Sat 28 May 17:00
Washington v San Diego

Sat 28 May 20:00
Milwaukee v San Francisco

Sun 29 May 17:00
Detroit v Boston

Sun 29 May 20:00
LA Dodgers v Florida

Mon 30 May 00:00
Atlanta v Cincinnati

Mon 30 May 23:00
Cincinnati v Milwaukee

I'm really looking forward to the Cubs games. The team with the oldest ballpark in the AL hosting the team with the oldest ballpark in the NL. Two great teams with so much history between them.

Very tempted to go along to one of the games, even though it does mean paying more than face value for a ticket.

calamity jane wrote:I'm really looking forward to the Cubs games. The team with the oldest ballpark in the AL hosting the team with the oldest ballpark in the NL. Two great teams with so much history between them.

Very tempted to go along to one of the games, even though it does mean paying more than face value for a ticket.

Tickets still for sale on redsox.com but only as part of a 3 game package or a 'standing room only' ticket.

When you're only 5' 1", 'standing room only' isn't much fun.

Nice day for NL fans Saturday on ESPN America, a triple header.
At 6pm its Padres @ Nationals, at 9pm it's the Giants @ Brewers.
Then at midnight an NL East matchup, Phils @ Mets.

With Derek Jeter just two hits off 3000, ESPN America (Sky 430) as expected have changed their schedule. Intead of Jays @ Indians Friday at midnight its the Rays @ Yankees. They also have the same matchup tomorrow night at 6pm.

For any softball fans out there, the women from team Great Britain take on the US at 10pm on ESPN America.