▪︎ SPRING TRAINING 2023 ● Schedules, TV games and even ★ more ★ .

mjp28

★ FEBRUARY and MARCH 2023 ★ Schedules and more ......

Dutch Oven

It's great to turn on the tube and see the Guardians on again... 3pm today too, a lot of the regular starters in the lineup today.

mjp28

★ SPRING TV GAMES ★

By Joey Morona, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Guardians’ quest for the World Series begins with their spring training opener against the Cincinnati Reds on 1︎Saturday, February 25. And you can watch it on Bally Sports Great Lakes.

The game, first pitch at 3 p.m. EST, is the first of eight Cactus League games airing on the television home of the Guardians. So, mark your calendars !

The others are on 2︎Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. against the Texas Rangers,

3︎Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. against the Kansas City Royals,

4︎March 10 at 3 p.m. against the Milwaukee Brewers,

5︎March 20 at 4 p.m. against the Rangers,

6︎March 24 at 9 p.m. against the Chicago Cubs,

7︎March 26 at 4 p.m. against the Reds and

8︎March 28 at 3:30 p.m. against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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︎ ~ ︎ AND EVEN MORE GUARDIANS ON TV ︎ ~ ︎

Get Bally Sports Great Lakes on FuboTV (free trial)

Cord cutters in the Cleveland market can stream Bally Sports Great Lakes on either FuboTV or DirecTV Stream. FuboTV is the cheaper option ($89 vs. $100 a month) and comes with a 7-day free trial. *NOTE: Guardians games aren’t available on the network’s standalone streaming service Bally Sports+.

★ Bally Sports Great Lakes is scheduled to air 155 regular season games in 2023 starting with the season opener in Seattle against the Mariners on March 30. ★★ But looming over the situation is the financial state of Diamond Sports Group, which operates the 19 Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks across the country. The company is expected to ★★ file bankruptcy after missing a $140 million interest payment last week.

★ MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, however, has said the league is prepared to take over streaming rights, if necessary, to make sure local viewers can still watch their teams should Diamond isn’t able to fulfill its contractual obligations.

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~ AND ~ Cleveland Guardians 2023 broadcast schedule features 10 national TV games
The Guardians will face the Mariners, Mets, Angels and Cardinals on nationally-televised broadcasts in 2023.
- cleveland.com

mjp28

Well I was a little curious about what all came with FuboTV well here's some of the stations offered ......

Wow. Like Sports ?

mjp28

Besides the base ......

syd

i watched the tribe reds game over the weekend it was cool but wot's the deal with the big ass bases ?

mjp28

@syd said:

i watched the tribe reds game over the weekend it was cool but wot's the deal with the big ass bases ?

The "long overdue big ass bases" that should cut down on some occasionally serious injuries. It should also really pick up the SB numbers on close calls. Teams like CLE will really do well with them too.

2023 Guardians National Broadcast Games ..... right here in one list. And yes April 1 in beautiful Seattle !

April 1 @ Seattle Mariners (9:40 p.m.) - FS1
May 14 vs. Los Angeles Angels (1:40 p.m.) - Peacock
May 21 @ New York Mets (7:08 p.m.) - ESPN
May 27 vs. St. Louis Cardinals (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
June 3 @ Minnesota Twins (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
June 17 @ Arizona Diamondbacks (10:10 p.m.) - FS1
July 1 @ Chicago Cubs (7:15 p.m.) - FOX
July 15 @ Texas Rangers (4:05 p.m.) - FS1
August 6 vs Chicago White Sox (1:40 pm.) - Peacock
August 17 vs. Detroit Tigers (7:15 p.m.) - FOX

Axe

Gotta love the pitch clock and doing away with the shift

syd

@mjp28 said:

And yes April 1 in beautiful Seattle !

April 1 @ Seattle Mariners (9:40 p.m.) - FS1

damn thats coming up fast

mjp28

@syd said:

damn thats coming up fast

Sure is and ST is already up to 03/03/23 and that FS1 game is 04/01/23 for real at 9:40 EDST ...... yes in daylight savings time .

Dutch Oven

@axe said:

Gotta love the pitch clock and doing away with the shift

I've read that the game times have dropped by a half hour on average.

It's funny that most of the people complaining about the pitch clock are people who thinks baseball was the best back in the day when 2 hour games were the norm.

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

I've read that the game times have dropped by a half hour on average.

It's funny that most of the people complaining about the pitch clock are people who thinks baseball was the best back in the day when 2 hour games were the norm.

Who was it Buerle versus Westbrook when the games were always UNDER 2 hours, some 1:50 +/-. NO horsing around get ball --> throw ball.

Then the games got too cute playing around with extra signs, shifts, unnecessary throws to first, in/out of the box games, etc, etc.... The games ballooned to 3+ pushing 4 hour yawn fests. Too bad ..... well you know PLAY BALL dammit !

Dutch Oven

@mjp28 said:

Who was it Buerle versus Westbrook when the games were always UNDER 2 hours, some 1:50 +/-. NO horsing around get ball --> throw ball.

Then the games got too cute playing around with extra signs, shifts, unnecessary throws to first, in/out of the box games, etc, etc.... The games ballooned to 3+ pushing 4 hour yawn fests. Too bad ..... well you know PLAY BALL dammit !

I love baseball, and watch as many Guardians games as possible, along with random ESPN games and the occasional Akron Rubberducks game down the road.

But 3+ hour games get ponderous, especially when there are 162 of them. I'm all for speeding up the game pace.