The First Hints To The 2010 Cubs' National TV Dates
by Al Yellon on Jan 8, 2010 12:18 PM CST
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A quick perusal of the 2010 Cubs sortable schedule today provided some clues as to when they will be on Fox (Saturdays) and ESPN (Sunday nights). Follow me past the jump for the dates.
Based on game times listed on the schedule, the following Saturday games will be on Fox, game time 3:10 pm CDT:
Saturday, May 29, vs. Cardinals Saturday, June 12, vs. White Sox Saturday, July 10, at Dodgers Saturday, August 21, vs. Braves Saturday, September 4, vs. Mets
Each team is allowed a maximum of eight appearances on Fox Saturday games -- the following are listed as "TBD" and some of them will probably wind up as Fox games:
Saturday, May 22, at Rangers Saturday, June 26, at White Sox Saturday, July 31, at Rockies Saturday, August 14, at Cardinals Saturday, September 25, at Cardinals
It'll probably be the White Sox and Cardinals games -- the Rockies and Rangers have NO starting times listed yet.
The following Sunday games are already listed with evening start times, meaning they'll be on ESPN:
Sunday, July 11, at Dodgers Sunday, July 18, vs. Phillies
The July 18 game has a 5:05 starting time -- that's the Sunday ESPN does the ESPY awards, so whatever game is on that night has to start two hours earlier than usual. That'll make for some interesting right field shadows.
The following Sunday games are listed as "TBD" -- each team can appear five times max on Sunday night, so since the Cubs are a pretty good draw for ESPN, probably three of these will wind up as night games:
Sunday, May 23, at Rangers Sunday, June 13, vs. White Sox Sunday, June 20, vs. Angels Sunday, June 27, at White Sox Sunday, July 25, vs. Cardinals Sunday, August 1, at Rockies Sunday, August 22, vs. Braves Sunday, September 25, vs. Cardinals
You can probably eliminate the Rockies and Rangers again, as they have no starting times listed at all; Cardinals and White Sox Sunday dates with the Cubs have been good draws for ESPN in the past. That 9/25 date is the last regular season home game. One good thing about the 2010 night game schedule: there are only two home night games in April (vs. the Nationals on April 26 and 27), minimizing the time the team will have to contend with cold nighttime weather early in the season. The next night game after the two vs. the Nats is on May 10 vs. the Marlins. I've updated the BCB tentative 2010 Cubs schedule with all these times; it can be found permanently on the left sidebar.
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Sunday Night Baseball sounds really good right now!
It’s 2 degrees in Iowa with wind chills approaching -30. We have snow like you can’t believe. I guess it’s probably that cold in Chicago. I can’t wait for baseball and warm weather. We have 2 more months of winter, I’ll be a a spring training game in 2 months and 4 days. I hope it’s 90 in Phoenix that day. Sunday night baseball sounds really good right now.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Yes, cars start.
At least mine do. It’s 7 here now. The weathermen all said it was going to be so bad today and all the wind. It’s hardly blowing! I lie andyp111’s idea of batting averages under the weatherman’s name. It’s cold and all, but nothing like they said it was going to be.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
There's a reason they tend to the bad side on a forecast.
If they say it’s going to be bad, and it isn’t, you’re pleasantly surprised. If they say it’s going to be nothing and you get buried in snow or drenched in rain, you’ll be furious.
Up here in Fairbanks
we all have blue cords spouting from our grills and we are legally obligated to plug in the car whenever it’s below 20F … there are outlets everywhere, in parking lots, on the front of houses, everywhere. Highly recommend heated seats, too ;-)
you can’t get much by that #$%@ ballhawk -- LT
It's 28 degrees outside my window in Chicago.
The “storm of the century” produced about 5" of snow.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
isn't that the truth....what a joke....I strongly dislike weathermen
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
it's not just the men - Amy Freeze (yes, that's her real name) was predicting near-Armageddon...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I think that weathermen
should have a batting average under thier names. Except this is a correct weather guess average. That way you know if he says it is a 60 percent chance of rain you can tell everyone that he only has a 20 percent chance of being right
YES!
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."--Rogers Hornsby
That's Really Warm
No joke! It’s only 16 degrees down here in Memphis. We don’t have to put with 5" of snow. We only got about half an inch here. Of course, that’s enough to drive people down here to madness with the closing of school and church activities. What little ice and snow there is on the streets is only in certain patches. People down here don’t know how to drive on clear 80 degree days with no rain, snow, or ice on the streets.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
While the "Storm of the Century"
Produced about 36" of snow in Vermont.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
Now THAT...
… would be a REAL “storm of the century”.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I posted pictures in the other thread.
Quite the storm.
It even caused damage to my car (which was repaired yesterday).
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, yes.
I remember that one well. What I remember almost more than the 23 inches of snow was the fact that it was 65 degrees two days earlier.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Yep. And add the lake effect snow in SW Michigan where I was living
and it was a freaking water winter wonderland (which was Michigan’s license plate slogan back then).
Well, the “Water Winter Wonderland” part anyway…
As I remember, we had a snow drift in the back year that drifted up onto the roof of our house. You could actually get on the roof and slide down it like a ski jump in the olympics…
We dug into that drift and created a maze of connected tunnels that would have made the Vietcong proud…
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
we had one in the late 70's in Ohio (1977 I think)
Close to 2 feet of snow, lots of drifting, and some strategic shoveling left us with about a 4 foot high ledge of really really packed snow right next to the basketball hoop.
Our driveway was the hot spot in the neighborhood as we had about a two-week long Slam Dunk contest. It was Spud-tacular!!!!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
I'm not seeing much snow in that photo...
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
You know that storm is my earliest memory.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jan 10, 2010 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
Yes and so do I
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
@Twitter as @brommmietze
As usual, the weather Chicken Littles were right on target.
The icicle hanging in front of the Wrigley webcam is a nice touch though
http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
god I miss Wrigley
I may go down to Goose Island just for an excuse to go past Wrigley.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
next time there is some sort of BCB meetup at Wrigley...
…folks need to agree on a time and stand by that light pole and wave to the camera for the rest of BCB to see.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
This was the second media hyped storm of this winter alone.
Its starting to get annoying. I all but tune out the MSM’s weather reports these days.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
Rely on The Weather Channel for accurate reporting/forecasts
The NWS errors on the side of the extreme. The Weather Channel is VERY accurate.
In rain-started CA, when they predict rain — it actually does. The NWS has been wrong most of this winter predicting rain here, but not TWC.
It was 75 and sunny when I left for work at noon, FYI.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jan 8, 2010 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
I knew what you meant, FWIW.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 6:08 PM CST up reply actions
Wish we could have that here.
Nice and cold (in the teens) for this weekend.
Sigh*
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
I'm a big fan of Weather Underground.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Jan 8, 2010 11:47 PM CST up reply actions
we are at 28 not in Central, TX
should be below freezing for a few days, then back to our normal winter 40’s
Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10
Remember when John Coleman got fired for his prediction of the storm of the century?
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
You can also always count on a blizzard
during the either the boys’ or girls’ State Basketball Tournament in March. An Iowa truism.
"Only a mediocre person is always at his best." ~W. Somerset Maugham
It better be at the White Sox!!
that needs to be a Sunday Night game
Wrigley Bound in the Summer of 2010
First spring training game is March 4...
… so that’s only 55 days from now!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I start getting geared up
when pitchers and catchers report. Then it’s like a long, slow crawl toward Opening Day.
"Only a mediocre person is always at his best." ~W. Somerset Maugham
I don't have the pitcher/catcher reporting date yet.
But it’s usually around Valentine’s Day, which is only about 5 weeks away.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/important_dates.jsp
FEB. 18, 2010
First date injured players, pitchers and catchers may report to Spring Training.
FEB. 23, 2010
First date all players may report to Spring Training.
MARCH 2, 2010
Mandatory Spring Training reporting date for all players.
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Thanks.
Usually, each team has its own dates. When the Cubs announce theirs I’ll post it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Well at least one has a a ball park figure this way
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
- The Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll -
@Twitter as @brommmietze
May I ask what ISWYDT stands for?
Some men learn through what they read. Some men learn through what they're told. Some men have to piss on the railroad tracks. And some men keep on pissin'.
I believe at some point in the year
the Rangers stop playing home day games, its just too damn hot down here in Texas. It may not start until later in the summer though (the Cubs come in May). At that point, even their Sunday home games are played at night, but are not necessarily shown on ESPN. I guess MLB gave them some sort of waiver to because of the weather conditions.
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
Hope so....
I am going down there and I would prefer NOT to die aof heat stroke, though it does seem kinda attractive today….
That stadium is like furnace too, its something about the way its constructed.
I’ll be there too, its only a three hour drive from here in Austin.
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
Hey guys,
We’ve got a “Pornography thread redux” breaking out toward the bottom of the “First Looks at the Cubs’ 25-man roster”.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 1:55 PM CST reply actions
Sunday, August 15
I would not be surprised at all if the start time is changed from 1:15 PM to 7:05 PM for the Cubs and Cardinals in St. Louis on August 15.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
About the game against the Phillies in July,
I was wondering why it had the strange starting time. 5:05 PM did not sound like the usual Wrigley Field start time.
Those are usually 12:05 PM, 1:20 PM, and 7:05 PM.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 2:49 PM CST reply actions
That's the game that is on early because of ESPN.
They will air the ESPY’s that night right after the game.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jan 8, 2010 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
What are the chances that the Cubs at White Sox Sunday game is televised?
Wrigley Bound in the Summer of 2010
That the game will be televised?
Probably around 100%
You can't win in the postseason unless you can manufacture runs. - Hall of Fame 2B Joe Morgan
About 100%, I think.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 8, 2010 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
I'd say probably pretty good odds it will wind up on ESPN...
… presuming one or both of the teams is in contention.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
as always
im sure there will be a yankee red sox or rays game opposite the saturday games.here in fla that means you wont see the cubs. damn.
Fox... great!
I can barely contain my enthusiasm (sarcasm alert), at having the possibility of so many games being on Fox. I rank that right up there with the crosstown games where I have to listen to Hawk call the Cubs games.
It's only a maximum of eight games.
What bothers me more than them being on Fox, is that these games are NOT made available on MLB.TV.
End the blackouts, Bud. It’s way past time.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Another thing FOX should do is shift audiences away from blowouts.
I remember last year, the Cubs and Cardinals were playing a tight game at Wrigley Field in April, while the Indians were routing the Yankees in New York (I believe the score was 20-2, or something like that).
And yet, my local FOX station never changed the game. It just kept showing Indians and Yankees until that game ended. By which time, of course, Cubs-Cardinals had also ended.
Bad Selig needs to start shifting audiences off the “Game of the Week” on FOX.
"I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart."
-Anne Frank-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 9, 2010 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
hell, i got the same game as you here in Austin, TX
which I thought made little since since the Cubs/Cards have a tie to the Astros and the NL Central, instead of the AL East vs AL Central when the closest AL team is in the West
Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10
Rangers Game...
I was wondering if I get dinner or a good lunch in Dallas for the Saturday game. I was hoping for a night game, but that would be ok.
A Cub fan in Cardinal territory.
luckily they are in May, we miss the nasty hot
Just because you talk a lot doesn't mean you're saying anything. dtpollitt 1-7-10
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