It’s Always Sunny in Dunedin: Sportsnet Announces 2017 Blue Jays Spring Training Broadcast Schedule

Feb 14, 2017 News Releases

– All 30 Blue Jays Spring Training games available on Sportsnet 590 The FAN or Sportsnet.ca; 11 televised games available on Sportsnet and Sportsnet NOW –

– Sportsnet heads to “La Belle Province” for Pirates vs. Blue Jays in Montreal, March 31 and April 1 –

TORONTO (February 14, 2017) Sportsnet is heading back to Dunedin, FL to bring baseball fans complete coverage of the Blue Jays at Spring Training. All 30 games will be available on Sportsnet 590 The FAN, or sportsnet.ca, as well as 11 televised games on Sportsnet and Sportsnet NOW. Additionally, Calgary’s Sportsnet 960 The FAN will air four pre-season games.

Action gets underway on Saturday, Feb. 25 as Canada’s Team meets the Atlanta Braves at 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT on Sportsnet 590 The FAN. (Full radio and television broadcast schedule below).

The Blue Jays wrap up their pre-season stretch in style, travelling to Montreal’s Olympic Stadium to host the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 exclusively on Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN. Sportsnet will also be at field level with Blue Jays Central, with fan-favourite duo Jamie Campbell and Gregg Zaun providing pre and post-game analysis.

Details of Sportsnet’s 2017 Blue Jays Spring Training coverage include:

Television – Sportsnet and Sportsnet NOW

Seasoned veterans Buck Martinez, Jerry Howarth and Dan Shulman share play-by-play duties alongside game analysts Pat Tabler and Joe Siddall
In-game reporters Hazel Mae and Arash Madani bring fans closer to the action from field level
Campbell, Madani, Mae and Irfaan Gaffar report for Sportsnet Central, providing the latest news and pre-season notes from Dunedin

Radio – Sportsnet 590 The FAN (Toronto), Sportsnet 960 The FAN (Calgary)

Howarth returns to the radio airwaves with the play-by-play call, alongside Mike Wilner and game analyst Siddall on Sportsnet 590 The FAN, Sportsnet 960 The FAN and sportsnet.ca

Sportsnet 590 The FAN’s Jeff Blair Show with guest co-host Stephen Brunt heads to Dunedin for the week of March 20-24, broadcasting live on weekdays from 9 a.m. ET – Noon ET

Digital – Sportsnet.ca

Sportsnet’s Blue Jays insiders Shi Davidi, Ben Nicholson-Smith and Arden Zwelling keep fans up-to-date with news, opinion, analysis and videos from Dunedin on sportsnet.ca.
Fans can also find in-depth season previews for all 30 MLB teams and weekly editions of the At the Letters podcast on Sportsnet.ca

As the exclusive English-language broadcaster of the Blue Jays in Canada, Sportsnet will deliver all 162 regular season games, beginning with the season opener on April 3, on Sportsnet, the Sportsnet Radio Network and Sportsnet NOW.

2017 Spring Training Broadcast Schedule on Sportsnet

February

Saturday, Feb. 25, Toronto @ Atlanta, 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Sunday, Feb. 26, Philadelphia @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, Pacific, Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Monday, Feb. 27, Pittsburgh @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet , Sportsnet NOW and sportsnet.ca)

March

Wednesday, March 1, Detroit @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Thursday, March 2, Philadelphia @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Friday, March 3, New York Yankees @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and sportsnet.ca)
Saturday, March 4, Toronto @ Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Sunday, March 5, Tampa Bay @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Tuesday, March 7, Team Canada @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet ONE and sportsnet.ca)
Wednesday, March 8, Toronto @ Baltimore, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Thursday, March 9, Toronto @ Philadelphia, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Friday, March 10, Toronto @ Detroit, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Saturday, March 11, Philadelphia @ Toronto, 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Sunday, March 12, Toronto @ Tampa Bay, 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Monday, March 13, Boston @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Tuesday, March 14, Toronto @ Boston, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Thursday, March 16, New York Yankees @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Friday, March 17, Toronto @ Philadelphia, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Saturday, March 18, Tampa Bay @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Sunday, March 19, Toronto @ Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT (Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Monday, March 20, Minnesota @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Tuesday, March 21, Toronto @ Baltimore, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Wednesday, March 22, Detroit @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Friday, March 24, Boston @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and sportsnet.ca)
Saturday, March 25, Canadian Junior National Team @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)
Sunday, March 26, Baltimore @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW, Sportsnet 590 The FAN and Sportsnet 960 The FAN)
Monday, March 27, Philadelphia @ Toronto, 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Tuesday, March 28, Toronto @ Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Wednesday, March 29, New York @ Toronto, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (sportsnet.ca)
Friday, March 31, Pittsburgh @ Toronto in Montreal, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. ET (Sportsnet East, Ontario, Pacific, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)

April

Saturday, April 1, Pittsburgh @ Toronto in Montreal, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (Sportsnet, Sportsnet NOW and Sportsnet 590 The FAN)

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