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ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell returns to Chicago for a second week featuring Javier Baez and the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs, who will host Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers this Mother’s Day, May 12, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball features the Chicago Cubs three weeks in a row in May
ESPN Returns to Mexico on Sunday for the second of two regular season games from Estadio De Beisbol Monterrey
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To share: https://es.pn/2MJbIwV February 1, 2019 ESPN Adds Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets Games to 30th Season of Sunday Night Baseball ESPN today announced it had selected two additional game selections for its 30th season of Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell. On Sunday, May 19, the Chicago Cubs … Read More
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ESPN today announced it has selected two additional games for its 30th season of Sunday Night Baseball in 2019. The Chicago Cubs and Anthony Rizzo will host back-to-back games – May 5 and May 12 – against National League Central division rivals at historic Wrigley Field. Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell starts at 7 p.m. ET, beginning in 2019, and is available on ESPN, the ESPN App, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio.
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(Bristol, Conn.) – Despite a severe snowstorm in the northeast, ESPN is thinking warm with the unveiling of its 2018 Major League Baseball Spring Training schedule, which includes a quartet of games this March. Every team appearing as part of ESPN’s spring slate made the 2017 MLB Postseason.
ESPN will televise a Holiday Baseball presented by Land Rover afternoon doubleheader on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. At 1 p.m. ET, Joey Votto and the Cincinnati Reds will host Travis Shaw and the Milwaukee Brewers in a full national telecast from Great American Ball Park.
ESPN’s exclusive MLB Opening Night telecast, in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-3, was the company’s most-watched Opening Night game ever, according to Fast Nationals from Nielsen. It delivered an average total live audience (television + streaming) of 3,707,000 average viewers, up 26 percent from 2,947,000 total live viewers for last year’s New York Mets-Kansas City Royals World Series rematch.
MLB Opening Night on ESPN, in which the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs 4-3, was the highest-rated Opening Night telecast since 2010, based on metered market ratings from Nielsen. The ESPN telecast delivered a 2.3 metered market rating, up 10 percent from last year, which was a World Series rematch between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals.
ESPN today announced that two-time World Series Champion David Ross is joining the company as a Major League Baseball analyst. In this multi-year deal, the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox Champion catcher will provide analysis for a variety of ESPN platforms, including its MLB studio coverage, SportsCenter and for select games.
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball presented by Taco Bell will return for its 28th season in 2017 as the exclusive, national Major League Baseball game of the week. The weekly, prime-time telecast will feature the sport’s top stars and best teams throughout the season, beginning with Opening Night– the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs visit their rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. ET.