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Major League Baseball on Fox
Saturday afternoons in HDTV on WVAH Fox 11
Emmy Award-Winning Broadcast Team of Joe Buck (L) and Tim McCarver (R) |
FOX Sports steps to the plate to bring fans of the National pastime another season of excitement, drama and unforgettable moments. Under terms of the new seven-year rights agreement between FOX Sports and Major League Baseball, the 2007 Fox Saturday Baseball Game Of The Week schedule provides a full season of the "Game of the Week" on broadcast television for the first time since 1989. Beginning April 7, FOX Sports' coverage airs 26 continuous weeks, and also provides exclusive coverage of the All-Star Game, the American League Championship Series and culminates with the World Series. The 2007 season marks FOX Sports' 12th straight as the primary network television broadcaster of Major League Baseball and the seventh as the exclusive TV home of the Fall and Midsummer Classics.
The 2007 FOX SATURDAY BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK slate presently features 22 different teams playing in as many as 72 games, most of which are presented in High Definition for the first time. The final two Saturdays of the regular season are designated as "wild card" dates, allowing FOX Sports to choose up to three games on each date with postseason, record-setting or other compelling implications. The weekly MLB on FOX schedule consists of up to three regionalized games, all in the same window, beginning at 3:30 PM ET on WVAH Fox11.
FOX Sports begins its 2007 coverage on Saturday, April 7 with three rivalry match-ups as the Mets head to Atlanta for a clash with the Braves, the Minnesota Twins and A.L. MVP Justin Morneau visit the Windy City for a showdown with the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to AT&T Park.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, two of the nation's more popular teams, and bitter rivals, make nine MLB on FOX appearances including four head-to-head match-ups (4/21, 4/28, 6/2, 9/15). The Chicago Cubs, behind new manager Lou Piniella and the Phillies, behind 2006 National League MVP Ryan Howard are also featured nine times. The Fox Saturday Baseball Game Of The Week schedule also includes eight games apiece for the White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, the A.L. Champion Detroit Tigers and World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
On Saturday, May 19, Interleague play returns to FOX as cross-town rivals compete for bragging rights in New York and Chicago as the Yankees travel to Shea for a meeting with the Mets and the White Sox head north to square off with the Cubs at Wrigley. The MLB on FOX slate features three additional interleague Saturdays, June 9, June 16 and June 23. Highlights include the Tigers hosting the N.L. East Champion Mets and a 2005 World Series rematch between the Houston Astros and White Sox (6/9); the Giants visiting Boston and Detroit at Philadelphia (6/16); and the Yankees at San Francisco (6/23).
This year's schedule also features baseball's most storied National League rivalry as the Cardinals challenge the Cubs four times (4/21, 4/28, 8/18, 9/15).
In addition to its impressive regular-season schedule, FOX Sports provides exclusive live prime time coverage of Major League Baseball's 78th All-Star Game, Tuesday, July 10 (8:00-11:00 PM ET) from AT&T Park in San Francisco. The Mid-Summer Classic showcases the brightest stars from the American and National Leagues and is traditionally the highest-rated sports program of the summer.
After the network's regular-season coverage, FOX Sports provides live coverage of this year's American League Championship Series and the 103rd World Series. All postseason games and the All-Star Game on FOX are broadcast in HD.
David Hill and Ed Goren are the Executive Producers of FOX Sports. Bill Brown is Senior Producer and Executive Vice President of Production and Field Operations. Scott Ackerson is the Coordinating Producer of MLB on FOX's studio coverage; Gary Lang produces. Pete Macheska is coordinating producer of FOX Sports' Major League Baseball coverage. Bill Webb directs.
2007 MLB ON FOX REGULAR SEASON BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(Note: Schedule Subject to Change; All Times Eastern)
Saturday, April 7, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, April 14, 2007
3:30 PM
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Boston Red Sox
Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies
Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners
Saturday, April 21, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
Saturday, April 28, 2007
3:30 PM
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, May 5, 2007
3:30 PM
Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, May 12, 2007
3:30 PM
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies
Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers
Saturday, May 19, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Yankees at New York Mets
Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs
Saturday, May 26, 2007
3:30 PM
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves
Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers
Saturday, June 2, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros
Saturday, June 9, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox
Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, June 16, 2007
3:30 PM
San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday, June 23, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Yankees at San Francisco Giants
Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
Saturday, June 30, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros
Saturday, July 7, 2007
3:30 PM
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
8:00 PM
78th All-Star Game - San Francisco, CA - AT&T Park
Saturday, July 14, 2007
3:30 PM
Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, July 21, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals
Saturday, July 28, 2007
3:30 PM
Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
San Diego Padres at Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks
Saturday, August 4, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Oakland Athletics
Saturday, August 11, 2007
3:30 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
Oakland Athletics at Detroit Tigers
San Diego Padres at Cincinnati Reds
Saturday, August 18, 2007
3:30 PM
Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
Saturday, August 25, 2007
3:30 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets
Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox
Saturday, September 1, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics
Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Saturday, September 8, 2007
3:30 PM
Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Florida Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants
Saturday, September 15, 2007
3:30 PM
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics
Saturday, September 22, 2007
TBA*
Saturday, September 29, 2007
TBA*
* The final two Saturdays are considered "wild card" dates. Any game or games (up to four) on that day's schedule can be chosen at the network's discretion, given proper identification to Major League Baseball. Games selected will be announced one week prior.
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