Every MLB Post-Season Game on ESPN Radio

October 2, 2007 -- ESPN Radio’s coverage of the 2007 Major League Baseball post-season will be highlighted by broadcasts of every game – Division Series through the World Series – to more than 350 affiliates nationwide. Coverage will begin with the start of the Division Series on Wednesday, Oct. 3 with a tripleheader – the Colorado Rockies at the Philadelphia Phillies (2:35 p.m. ET), the Boston Red Sox hosting the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (6 p.m.) and the Chicago Cubs visiting the Arizona Diamondbacks (9:35 p.m.). This is ESPN Radio’s 10th season of regular- and post-season Major League Baseball broadcasts.

ESPN Radio’s Sunday Night Baseball team of Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell will describe post-season action together for the sixth straight year, including Division Series and League Championship Series games, as well as World Series pre- and post-game analysis.

Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will work their seventh straight LCS together and the World Series. Miller has called every ESPN Radio World Series broadcast and will call his first Division Series, while Morgan will work his eighth Fall Classic for the network. Miller’s Division Series partner, Baseball Tonight’s Dusty Baker, made his first ESPN appearance on ESPN Radio in 1999, broadcasting the Mets-Diamondbacks Division Series.

ESPN Radio’s 2007 MLB Post-Season Commentators:

Division Series –

Los Angeles / Boston - Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell

New York Yankees / Cleveland - Jon Miller and Dusty Baker

Chicago Cubs / Arizona - Jon Sciambi and Buck Martinez

Colorado / Philadelphia - Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips.

LCS – Shulman and Campbell; Miller and Morgan.

World Series – Miller and Morgan (game); Shulman, Campbell and Peter Pascarelli (pre- and post-game).

Additional ESPN MLB Post-Season Coverage:

Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter

Baseball Tonight will continue to provide highlights, news and information throughout the post-season with nightly shows (generally at midnight ET). SportsCenter will present reports from each series including comprehensive pre- and post-game coverage featuring interviews and team news conferences. Baseball reporters including Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian and Baseball Tonight and ESPN Radio commentators will also contribute to SportsCenter’s post-season coverage.

ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS’ comprehensive coverage of the 2007 MLB post season will include in-depth previews and reviews of every game, featuring all pre- and post-game news conferences, as well as detailed statistical breakdowns (hit charts, pitching charts, etc.) and full box scores. ESPNEWS will also present extended segments with Baseball Tonight commentators and other ESPN baseball reporters and analysts, as well as daily reports from each team’s beat writers.

ESPN.com

ESPN.com will provide comprehensive coverage with series previews, expert predictions, and reports from every game. Additionally, fans can partake in real-time, in-game chats with ESPN.com baseball experts about the on-field action; catch up on the latest news by watching the Baseball Tonight Minute, a daily one-minute wrap up from the hosts of the TV show; and listen to the Baseball Today podcast, in which Peter Pascarelli interviews top players and managers from key series and sets up the day’s big games. Diamond Daily, a staple of the site’s regular-season coverage offering daily MLB news and information, will continue, along with added features such as an in-depth E-Ticket report on Alex Rodriguez, Jayson Stark’s annual “Why (X) is Going to Win” column, and a close examination of the current wild card format by Jerry Crasnick. The Inside Edge will also provide detailed scouting data, including pitching report cards after every game and the daily “Three Things to Watch” file. ESPN Insider will offer the expertise of Scouts Inc’s Keith Law, who will break down the eight playoff teams and outline what needs to happen for each team to advance.

ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic’s post-season baseball programming will include 14 hours of classic World Series game coverage (seven hours each on Sunday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 27). ESPN Classic will also televise eight hours of content on October 18 – commemorating the 30th anniversary of Reggie Jackson’s three-home-run game against the Dodgers during Game 6 of the 1977 World Series at 2 p.m., followed by an airing of the entire season of The Bronx is Burning beginning at 4 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18: 30th Anniversary of Reggie Jackson's 3 Home Runs in World Series Game 6

2-4 p.m. 1977 World Series, Game 6: Dodgers @ Yankees

4 p.m.-midnight The Bronx is Burning (entire season)

Sunday, Oct. 21 - World Series Comebacks

1-3p.m. 1975 World Series, Game 6: Reds @ Red Sox

3-4p.m. 1986 World Series, Game 6: Red Sox @ Mets

4-6p.m. 1996 World Series, Game 4: Yankees @ Braves

6-8p.m. 2002 World Series, Game 6: Giants @ Angels

Saturday, Oct. 27 - World Series

1-2p.m. 1968 World Series, Game 1: Tigers @ Cardinals

2-3p.m. 1969 World Series, Game 5: Orioles @ Mets

3-4p.m. 1980 World Series, Game 6: Royals @ Phillies

4-5p.m. 1988 World Series, Game 1: A's @ Dodgers

5-6p.m. 1991 World Series, Game 6: Braves @ Twins

6-7p.m. 1993 World Series, Game 6: Phillies @ Blue Jays

7-8p.m. 2001 World Series, Game 7: Yankees @ Diamondbacks

Additional ESPN Classic Baseball Programming

Thursday, Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. Top 5 Reasons … Barry Bonds for Being Barry Bonds

Thursday, Oct. 4 at 10:30p.m. Top 5 Reasons … Steroids for the Home Run Explosion

Monday, Oct. 8 at 10 p.m. Who's #1?: Best World Series

Thursday, Oct. 11 at 10 p.m. Top 5 Reasons … Jose Canseco for Outing MLB for Steroids

Thursday, Oct. 11 at 10:30 p.m. Top 5 Reasons … Grady Little, for Red Sox Losing the 2003 ALCS

Sunday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. Who's #1?: Greatest Game 7's

Sunday, Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. Who's #1?: Best Pennant Races

Sunday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. Who's #1?: Best MLB Teams

Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7p.m. Who's #1?: Best World Series

Monday, Oct. 15 at 10 p.m. Who's #1?: Best MLB Teams

Monday, Oct. 22 at 10 p.m. Who's #1?: Greatest Game 7's

Thursday, Oct. 25 at 10 p.m. Top 5 Reasons … Mitch Williams for the Phillies Losing 1993 WS

ESPN International

The ESPN-owned North American Sports Network (NASN), a London-based European sports network, will present comprehensive MLB post-season coverage, including every Division Series, LCS and World Series game, ESPN’s Baseball Tonight and the weekly This Week in Baseball.

ESPN MVP

ESPN alerts will be sent to fans across all wireless carriers for all playoff games, keeping fans up-to-date with every scoring play, inning update, and final score. Fans with ESPN MVP can receive the information as multimedia alerts. In addition to the Gamecast, where fans can follow games pitch-by-pitch, ESPN MVP will feature series pages which will allow fans to track playoff series scores, stories, and stats.

Source: ESPN

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