Fox, Turner and MLBN announce their talent and post season schedule; Adam Amin assigned games
By David J. Halberstam 10/06/2020
Post Season plans and schedule
From MLB Network:
MLB Network today announced coverage details for its two exclusive game telecasts of the National League Division Series presented by Doosan, marking the ninth consecutive year that MLB Network will exclusively televise two Division Series games.
Matt Vasgersian, Jim Kaat, Buck Showalter and reporter Tom Verducci will be on the call for MLB Network’s telecast of NLDS Game 2 featuring the Miami Marlins against the Atlanta Braves this Wednesday, October 7 at 2:08 p.m. ET, live from Houston’s Minute Maid Park. This will mark the first-ever Postseason game telecast that Showalter has been in the booth for.
Vasgersian will then be joined by Hall of Famer John Smoltz and reporter Jon Morosi for MLB Network’s telecast of NLDS Game 3 featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Diego Padres this Thursday, October 8 at 9:08 p.m. ET, live from Globe Life Field in Arlington.
MLB Tonight will air before and after every Postseason game, with Scott Braun, Lauren Gardner, Jon Morosi and Stephen Nelson reporting on-site in Houston, Los Angeles, San Diego and Texas. MLB Network will televise more than 200 hours of live Postseason coverage with special editions of its studio shows, including MLB Central co-hosted by Robert Flores, Mark DeRosa and Lauren Shehadi, High Heat hosted by Christopher Russo, The Rundown, MLB Now hosted by Brian Kenny, and Intentional Talk co-hosted by Chris Rose and Kevin Millar.
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Hall of Famer Bob Costas who called post season games last year for MLB Network won’t do so this year. Due to Covid-19, Bob has stayed close to home and didn’t do any play-by-play during the abbreviated regular season. He’ll be particularly missed for his excellent storytelling, a lost art among many of today’s newer baseball announcers.
Nonetheless, Costas has stayed busy. He is still quite visible on MLB network where he continues to host featured reports. Just last week, he memorialized Cards’ ace Bob Gibson who passed at age 84. Bob has also undertaken a contributing role with CNN.
Costas reassured me yesterday that he looks forward to returning next season to call games. At this point, he said, “there was no need to swoop in for two games.” Costas has been part of MLB Network since its launch in January, 2009.
From Turner Sports
Major League Baseball and TBS – the exclusive home of the American League Division Series presented by Utz Snacks (ALDS) and American League Championship Series presented by GEICO (ALCS) – have announced start times for the remainder of the ALDS.
Following TBS’s ALDS Game 1 doubleheader coverage on Monday, Oct. 5, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET, the network’s Game 2 coverage on Tuesday, Oct. 6, will start with pregame studio coverage at 4 p.m., followed by the Houston Astros vs. Oakland Athletics at 4:30 p.m., the New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays at 8 p.m., and postgame studio coverage following New York/Tampa Bay. The remainder of the ALDS schedule can be found in the grid below.
The Yankees/Rays series, played at Petco Park in San Diego, will be called by Brian Anderson with analyst Ron Darling and reporter Lauren Shehadi.
Don Orsillo will call the Astros/A’s series, taking place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, with analyst Jeff Francoeur and reporter Matt Winer.
The network’s studio coverage throughout the ALDS and ALCS will feature a new team anchored by five-time Sports Emmy Award-winning host Ernie Johnson with Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, former N.L. MVP Jimmy Rollins and three-time All-Star Curtis Granderson offering pregame and postgame analysis from Atlanta
From Fox Sports
Emmy Award winner Joe Buck and first-ballot Hall of Famer John Smoltz team for their fifth consecutive FOX MLB Postseason.
Home to the National League Division Series (NLDS) Nationals League Championship Series (NLCS) and its 23rd consecutive World Series, FOX Sports opens its MLB Postseason coverage Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 2:00 PM ET on FS1 with the Miami Marlins vs. the Atlanta Braves from Minute Maid Park in Houston. Calling the game, Adam Amin makes his FOX MLB Postseason debut alongside World Series champion AJ Pierzynski and Emmy Award-winning reporter Tom Verducci.
St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright, a 2006 World Series champion with the Cardinals, joins the FS1 booth as an analyst for the Marlins-Braves series. Wainwright brings extraordinary experience and insight, having pitched in eight MLB Postseasons, including this season.
Later in the day, acclaimed play-by-play announcer Joe Davis, Smoltz and Emmy Award-winning reporter Ken Rosenthal cover the action, as the San Diego Padres take on the Los Angeles Dodgers from Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas on FS1 at 9:30 PM ET.
Buck, calling his 23rd Fall Classic, reunites with Smoltz, Rosenthal and Verducci for the NLCS and World Series.
In the studio, pregame and postgame coverage returns the highly touted, Emmy Award-winning cast of experts and entertainers. Host Kevin Burkhardt anchors the desk of familiar faces with Hall of Famer Frank Thomas and World Series champions Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz. World Series champion and two-time MLB All-Star Dontrelle Willis joins for select games throughout the MLB Postseason as a pitching analyst.
2020 MLB Postseason TV Schedule
Division Series
Tuesday, October 6
Time ET Game TV
2:00p Marlins–Braves
NLDS Game 1 (Houston) FS1
4:30p Astros–A’s
ALDS Game 2 (L.A.) TBS
8:00p Yankees–Rays
ALDS Game 2 (San Diego) TBS
9:30p Padres–Dodgers
NLDS Game 1 (Arlington) FS1
Wednesday, October 7
2:00p Marlins–Braves
NLDS Game 2 (Houston) MLBN
3:30p A’s–Astros
ALDS Game 3 (L.A.) TBS
7:00p Rays–Yankees
ALDS Game 3 (San Diego) TBS
9:00p Padres–Dodgers
NLDS Game 2 (Arlington) FS1
Thursday, October 8
2:00p Braves–Marlins
NLDS Game 3 (Houston) FS1
3:30p A’s–Astros
ALDS Game 4* (L.A.) TBS
7:00p Rays–Yankees
ALDS Game 4* (San Diego) TBS
9:00p Dodgers–Padres
NLDS Game 3 (Arlington) MLBN
Friday, October 9
2:00p Braves–Marlins
NLDS Game 4* (Houston) FS1
3:30p Astros–A’s
ALDS Game 5* (L.A.) TBS
7:00p Yankees–Rays
ALDS Game 5* (San Diego) TBS
9:00p Dodgers–Padres
NLDS Game 4* (Arlington) FS1
Saturday, October 10
4:00p Marlins–Braves
NLDS Game 5* (Houston) FS1
8:00p Padres–Dodgers
NLDS Game 5* (Arlington) FS1
League Championship Series
Sunday, October 11
tbd, ALCS Game 1
San Diego, TBS
Monday, October 12
tbd NLCS Game 1
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 2
San Diego TBS
Tuesday, October 13
tbd NLCS Game 2
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 3
San Diego TBS
Wednesday, October 14
tbd NLCS Game 3
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 4
San Diego TBS
Thursday, October 15
tbd NLCS Game 4
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 5*
San Diego TBS
Friday, October 16
tbd NLCS Game 5*
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 6*
San Diego TBS
Saturday, October 17
tbd NLCS Game 6*
Arlington, Tex. FS1
or FOX
tbd ALCS Game 7*
San Diego TBS
Sunday, October 18
tbd, NLCS Game 7*
Arlington, Tex., FS1
or FOX
2020 World Series TV Schedule
Tuesday, October 20
tbd-World Series Game 1
Arlington, Tex.-FOX
Wednesday, October 21
tbd World Series Game 2*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Friday, October 23
tbd World Series Game 3*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Saturday, October 24
tbd World Series Game 4*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Sunday, October 25
tbd World Series Game 5*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Tuesday, October 27
tbd World Series Game 6*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Wednesday, October 28
tbd World Series Game 7*
Arlington, Tex. FOX
Great roundup, as always! I could be wrong, but by my count, this year, Joe Buck passes Vin Scully for the most World Series by an English language announcer–I think Vin did 22 (1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1979-82, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990-93, 1995-97). I read somewhere that Felo Ramirez did more than 30 for Spanish language radio. Wow! It was nice to see Joe Buck get the Rozelle Award, though I really think Brent Musburger, Howard Cosell, and Bill King should have been ahead of him (I think he’d say the same). I guess Buck will… Read more »