Almost one in every three 2011 St. Louis Cardinals spring training games may be available on television.
Update 2/25: MLB.TV has now published their 150+ game spring schedule that includes nine Cardinals contests. The information is added below. The fee of $119.95 for HD and $99.95 for standard def includes spring and the regular season. Boxes supported include PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and more.
Update 2/17: MLB Network has announced their spring slate of 83 games, four of which include the Cardinals. This does not increase the previous total of ten games as all were previously scheduled on regional networks. However with MLB Network’s national reach, more Cardinals fans have a better chance of seeing these contests now. See the updates in the table below.
Update 2/9: The official slate of games, spring and regular season, has been announced by the Cardinals and FOX Sports Midwest. This includes five spring games, two more than I had previously reported. The March 16 game, already announced on FOX Detroit will also be on FOX Midwest. The March 19 split-squad game at Kissimmee against Houston is new. The table below reflects these updates with the total of spring games televised on any network now up to ten.
My original 2/5 post follows…
Though there has been no announcement, official or otherwise, from the St. Louis Cardinals or FOX Sports Midwest regarding their spring training television schedule, I have learned from other sources there are tentative plans to telecast three games from Florida. This includes the March 26 game against Florida which will be simulcast on FOX Sports Midwest and FOX Sports Florida, brought to viewers via a shared booth of Rick Horton (Cardinals play-by-play) and Tommy Hutton (Marlins analyst).
In addition, while not all of St. Louis’ Florida opponents have divulged their spring television plans, most have. Specifically, the Cardinals’ nearest residents, the Marlins and the Mets, against whom the Cardinals play most often each spring, have announced their March broadcast schedules.
The New Yorkers have picked up three games against St. Louis, two of which will run on SportsNet New York and the other on over-the-air WPIX. This includes an opportunity for early viewing as SNY will be showing the Cardinals’ third game of the spring, on Thursday, March 3.
The schedule includes a game against Detroit on FOX Sports Detroit on the 16th, a Boston contest picked up by New England Sports Network (NESN) on the 20th and a national ESPN match versus the Mets on March 23.
In fact, during the final week of camp, that ESPN telecast kicks off a run of four consecutive St. Louis games being televised. That includes the Cardinals’ only night contest in Florida this spring, from Viera against the Nationals on Friday, March 25, on FOX Sports Midwest.
All in all, the tentative Cardinals spring training television docket currently sits at nine games.
Which games you will be able see in your area is dependent on a number of factors. Though their schedules have not yet been divulged, it is expected that both the home and away telecasts should be available via MLB.com’s subscription service (with appropriate blackout rules) and perhaps via your satellite provider (depending on your service packages). More details will be provided as they become available.
Cardinals spring radio broadcasts on KMOX, previously announced, are included in the table below.
Tentative Cardinals 2011 Spring Training Broadcast Schedule
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Local Time | Radio | TV |
| Mon | 28-Feb | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 1-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Wed | 2-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Thu | 3-Mar | Washington (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Thu | 3-Mar | NY Mets (ss) | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | SNY/MLBN (delay) | |
| Fri | 4-Mar | Houston | Kissimmee | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Sat | 5-Mar | Houston | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX (delay) | |
| Sun | 6-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Mon | 7-Mar | Minnesota | Ft. Myers | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 8-Mar | Boston | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Wed | 9-Mar | Atlanta | Orlando | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Thu | 10-Mar | Atlanta | Orlando | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Fri | 11-Mar | Detroit | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Sat | 12-Mar | Minnesota | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Sun | 13-Mar | NY Mets | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | KMOX | WPIX-NY/MLB.TV |
| Mon | 14-Mar | Atlanta | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 15-Mar | Atlanta | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Wed | 16-Mar | Detroit | Lakeland | 1:05 p.m. | FS Detroit/Midwest/MLB.TV | |
| Thu | 17-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | FS Midwest/MLBN/MLB.TV |
| Fri | 18-Mar | Washington | Viera | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Sat | 19-Mar | Florida (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Sat | 19-Mar | Houston (ss) | Kissimmee | 1:05 p.m. | FS Midwest/MLB.TV | |
| Sun | 20-Mar | Boston | Ft. Myers | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | NESN/MLBN/MLB.TV |
| Mon | 21-Mar | Washington | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 22-Mar | OFF DAY | 1:05 p.m. | |||
| Wed | 23-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | ESPN/MLB.TV |
| Thu | 24-Mar | NY Mets | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | SNY/MLBN/MLB.TV | |
| Fri | 25-Mar | Washington | Viera | 6:05 p.m. | KMOX | FS Midwest/MLB.TV |
| Sat | 26-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | FS FL/Midwest/MLB.TV |
| Sun | 27-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Mon | 28-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 29-Mar | Florida (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Tue | 29-Mar | Springfield (ss) | Sprf, MO | 7:07 p.m. | KTRS 550 |
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Thanks for the schedule. I have MLB TV so I should be able to watch most, if not all of them.
Not totally clear to me yet, but it may require a separate subscription to the off-season package to see spring games.
Yes. I bought the 2011 and ST games package. I am set. That is if I can keep my computer connection since I have no job and no money.
Just received clarification from MLB. 150 spring games are included in the 2011 season subscription.
Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Pujols talks are not going well.
Strauss is probably his source
Curious………….. Talks are fluid?……………….yellow in color I’d guess….. Its almost like he reads …..Strauss……….who reads ……here………following CRD and Tex in their “Taming of the Shrew” matinée…………….. Read Passan’s column today Brian……….. they are going to haul AP into the Public square during those negotiations next December……… I’ve heard that Stan the Man has signed minor league deal………..see if maybe he has anything left in the tank……….
Do you think he really knows anything? I wonder if all these guys (especially Strauss ) are just rumor mongering to have something to report.
CRD……you aren’t even in the ball park with your estimation of JS……… the guy is just telling what he sees and hears………. if he were describing a ballet…….what might you extrapolate???????? He is paid to explain what to many seems……..unexplainable (apparently)……… he has sources who would be known in a moment if they released any “unseemly” information………….
Lozano left BHS to do what he’s doing………….. it isn’t about playing baseball…….. he knew what BD’s position was before the began the charade…………. BD’s sole purpose is to attack the player/agent relationship……….Lozano to protect it……….. I expected a public offer by now……the fact that it hasn’t happened may well mean BD does not want a fixed position next year……….interesting……surprising………………I will guarantee that the commissioner and interested parties are aware of all facets of these talks…………. market interpretation becomes arbitration law in these cases………
I don’t know, crdswmn. The meat of Rosenthal’s piece reads a bit like a position paper from the front office.
“While the Cardinals are making a sincere attempt to complete a deal, they are not in as strong a financial position as other clubs in larger markets. The team is frustrated that Pujols’ aggressive negotiating stance does not match his public declarations of loyalty…”
Words like “sincere” characterizing one side and “aggressive” describing the other are surely in the eye of the beholder. Looking for a pro-Pujols piece from someone soon. Guessing that article will turn the tables, calling Pujols “sincere” and the Cardinals “non-aggressive”.
Brian, to be fair, he also points out Albert has been underpaid his whole career and hasn’t complained about it.
Is that news? Is that relevant?
The ‘position paper’ description as well as the excerpts chosen gave the impression that it was all one sided. So it’s relevant as far as the integrity of the story goes.
Didn’t mean to imply the story lacked integrity. The impression I received by reading was that the source(s?) to whom he spoke that gave any indications of new news (vs. rehashing) seemed more team-oriented than player-oriented.
“Pujols’ agent, Dan Lozano, set the deadline in an effort to jump-start negotiations, sources say.”
This caught my attention in the Rosenthal piece. I’d understood that to be speculation up to now, but he says he’s been told by a source.
Would it count if his source was Buster Olney?
Point being at this point, it is hard to know for sure who is saying what to whom…
This was going to be a fiasco if it reached this point. Can we say bungled? Man it sure would have been nice to have had 5 or 6 players a year or so back.
Not to be outdone, Joe Strauss weighs in, having checked in with “Team Pujols” among other sources.
I do have one bone to pick with Strauss – albeit on a generally minor point perhaps. He keeps banging on the fact that Carl Crawford is getting $20 million per year despite never hitting 20 home runs – as if the only way to establish a player’s value is by his power numbers. Pujols hasn’t stolen 45 or more bases seven times either. Apples and oranges comparison if you ask me.
If Albert would take a deal that would go through his age 36 season, could play the outfield everyday, wasn’t endlessly playing with one ailment or another, and was a year and a half (ahem) younger, he’d probably already be signed too, and for more than 20M per yr. Right about it being apples and oranges.
That is a funny comparison–Pujols to Crawford .
Albert has been relatively underpaid during his last contract.
7 years $240 million with some kind of goodwill position for Albert after he retires sounds like a no-brainer for both sides.
Meant to write 7 years $210 million (:>)
If my math is right, that would make Albert a 39 yr old guy looking for job and trying to preserve his dignity while topping out some career stats. That’s the guy Albert doesn’t want to be. IMO, it may be the most important thing to him.
So I think you are saying that Pujols wants a 10 year contract to forestall scrambling for an extension or new contract when he is 39. If true that could be a stumbling block.
I think 7 years at $30 million per year is fair to everyone and if he is still a viable MLB player at age 39, it wouldn’t be that difficult to get several one year contracts or a 2 year contract with mutual options at a fair price for a 39 year old legend.
The incentives based on breaking “heirloom records” which created so many problems for A-Rod/Boras and the Yanks, is being avoided. AP’s long contract demand is an attempt by his Agent to imply that AP will be breaking those records at that time ……..incentives already built in.
This demand by AP places all the risks on his employer. if he takes 5/150 today, assuming all the risks, and negotiates his record run risks/benefits when they seem allot more likely……he could make 300/10………………. he wants the power to dictate his desires against the weight of his guaranteed contract……………. BD hates that……he won’t go there……that being at least one of his considerations.
A t-shirt gift idea for HB…
He probably wont want to walk around in a shirt that he thinks stands for “Better ask before I pee”.
That’s why Bill doesn’t like “BAPIP”
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/5960/lets-not-call-the-whole-babip-thing-off
Bill James Disciples are so funny!
Just funning with you, HB. I only own one old Bill James Handbook myself, but I believe BABIP originated with Baseball Prospectus. I wonder if they get a cut of the t-shirt royalties?
I didn’t take it too hard, Brian.
I’m guessing CC is at home wearing his BABIP T-shirt right now, along with a pair of bright green bermuda shorts, black knee sox and red hi-top Keds… playing with his spreadsheets & calculator, Bill James Handbook open and at the ready, wrapping a big ball of athletic tape around the bridge of his broken, coke-bottle lensed, black-rimmed, circa 1962, eyeglasses… wondering why ‘luck’ never seems to come HIS way.
I’ve never even seen a Bill James Handbook and don’t know if I’ve ever read anything written by him. Barely know who he is.
Aha!!!! Deny the handbook but the rest is 100% TRUE!!
Only the bermuda shorts
“The Cardinals apparently remain reluctant to counter the 10-year, $300-million structure Lozano advanced last year.”
“The Cardinals, meanwhile, may remain skeptical whether Pujols can command either the number of years or the $30 million AAV previously advanced by his representation.”
Strauss has been give this pale of whatever …….. again….. to forward as the Cardinal position…….
it implies that the Cardinals themselves have made an offer………………. Lozano would counter by leaking their offer if it was in his interest………….. it isn’t………… he knows where he wants to go…………..BD knows where he wants to go………… This the issue………. all the moves that have been made, were made in full understanding of this shared posture………… the passion play…….the suggestion that the Cardinals were marshaling resources to pay AP…… was pure BS………… that includes the TLR rehire………… give this some thought……with a new coach, AP’s response and performance would be completely unpredictable……….with Tony, you can almost count on the results………….. which apparently BD is comfortable with. That is sobering…..
Note the updates above. FOX Sports Midwest will be carrying five spring games with ten total available via some network. The regular season television schedule is now official, too. No suspense there as basically all games will be on, though all in HD is great!
Just calling attention to the addition of four MLB Network telecasts to the schedule above…
MLB.TV will be showing nine of the Cardinals ten spring games. They have been added to the table above.