If you're a reasonable and sane human being, the fact that Spring Training and actual, real-life baseball games are near the point of being played likely stirs some sort of joyous emotion inside of the cockles of your otherwise cold, dead heart. I know that it does for me, anyway. Fox Sports South and SportSouth announced that they will be televising six Spring Training games in the upcoming month, which makes the grand total of live televised games ten when one adds the four previously-announced MLB Network games to the docket. Here are the games that will be shown live on TV:
Date | Time (all ET) | Game | Network |
Monday, March 9 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals | MLB Network |
Thursday, March 12 | 7:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at New York Yankees | MLB Network |
Tuesday, March 17 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox | MLB Network |
Wednesday, March 18 | 6:05 PM | Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees | SportSouth |
Thursday, March 19 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves vs. Miami Marlins | SportSouth |
Friday, March 20 | 7:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins | Fox Sports South |
Saturday, March 21 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves vs. Washington Nationals (SS) | Fox Sports South |
Sunday, March 22 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves vs. Detroit Tigers | Fox Sports South |
Monday, March 30 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers | Fox Sports South |
Friday, April 3 | 6:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Baltimore Orioles | MLB Network |
In addition to these games, the following four games will also be available live on MLB.TV without geographic restrictions or blackouts. All of the following games will also be shown on a delay on MLB Network.
Date | Time (all ET) | Game |
Saturday, March 7 | 1:10 PM | Atlanta Braves at New York Mets |
Saturday, March 21 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals (SS) |
Monday, March 23 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros |
Wednesday, April 1 | 1:05 PM | Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies |
No matter how bland and unexciting that I think the Braves could be in 2015, I'm still unbelievably excited that we're so close to having the opportunity to watch real, live baseball. In the words of the sage orator Marshawn Lynch: "I'm thankful."