{"id":17059,"date":"2013-07-29T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=17059"},"modified":"2013-07-28T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T18:21:56","slug":"mlb-this-week-trade-deadline-and-espn-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=17059","title":{"rendered":"MLB this Week: Trade deadline and ESPN debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big week in MLB and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s at least one game starting before midnight U.K. time on each of the traditional working days.<\/p>\n

Wednesday marks the non-waiver trade deadline as well as the final day of ESPN America.<\/p>\n

If the probable pitching match-ups hold up, the final \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcearly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 game on ESPN America could be a classic. The Washington Nationals are in Detroit to play an Interleague series against the Tigers and Wednesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s game should see Gio Gonzalez and Justin Verlander on the mound.<\/p>\n

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra is scheduled to provide coverage of an MLB game on Thursday evening after close of play at the first day of the Third Ashes Test. The provisional schedule has them coming on air at 19.00, so whichever game it is would be joined in progress.<\/p>\n

On Friday we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have the first early MLB game on the new ESPN channel. Wrigley Field is the venue for a game between the Cubs and the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Monday 29 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

23.10. Tampa Bay at Boston (Price \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Doubront)<\/p>\n

Tuesday 30 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

19.20. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (Gallardo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Villanueva)<\/p>\n

21.05. St. Louis at Pittsburgh (Lyons \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Burnett) *ESPN America<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 31 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

18.08. Washington at Detroit (Gonzalez – Verlander) *ESPN America
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20.35. Toronto at Oakland (Dickey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Colon)<\/p>\n

20.40. Cincinnati at San Diego (Bailey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Stults)<\/p>\n

Thursday 1 August<\/strong><\/p>\n

17.05. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (Sale \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Masterson) *MLB.com Free Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

17.40. NY Mets at Miami (Harvey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Koehler)<\/p>\n

18.10. Kansas City at Minnesota (Shields \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Diamond)<\/p>\n

Friday 2 August<\/strong><\/p>\n

21.05. LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs (Ryu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wood) *ESPN<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of these games are available to watch live via the\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.TV subscription<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0at\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.com<\/em><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN\/ESPN America schedule can be found\u00c2\u00a0on their website<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s MLB games can be found on\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>MLB.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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