Listening to the A’s game against the Padres last night reminded me what I love about Spring Training.\u00c2\u00a0 The game itself (which Oakland won 15-4) was fairly incidental to the broadcast; barring the basic calls of each at-bat.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Instead, the attention was more on the commentator simply talking about baseball with various guests, not least of whom were Susan Slusser (staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle) and \u00c2\u00a0Billy Owens (the A’s Director of Player Personnel).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 With the sound of the game in the background (the crack of the bat, the noise of the crowd etc), you basically got to eavesdrop in on a couple of very well-informed people talking about the sport they love.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a great, relaxed atmosphere and you can pick up a lot of knowledge along the way about the teams involved in the game (it was something of a running gag that Billy Owens could reel off a stream of information about any of the young players on show – including the Padres’ players).\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re a new subscriber to MLB.tv and have so far just concentrated on the .tv side of things, make sure to listen to some games on Gameday Audio as well (particularly the home feed for your team) during this Spring Training.<\/p>\n
With that being said, there are three games being broadcast by MLB.TV this evening.<\/p>\n
At 18.05, C.C. Sabathia and the Indians take on the Astros, with Woody Williams and Brandon Backe both scheduled to pitch for Houston.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the same time, Joe Torre renews his rivalry with the Red Sox.\u00c2\u00a0 Derek Lowe will start for L.A against his former team, while Tim Wakefield starts for Boston.<\/p>\n
Finally, at 20.05 the Rangers start their game against the White Sox, with Vicente Padilla and Gavin Floyd on the mound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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