2010 Little League World Series TV schedule
By Ryan Berenz
Held every August since 1947, the Little League World Series brings baseball players ages 11-12 from around the world to South Williamsport, Pa., to compete for the world championship. Pared down from a field of 16 teams (eight from the U.S. and eight international), the U.S. finalists take on the international finalists at Howard J. Lamade Stadium today for the title game. ABC airs the game live in front of a national audience, which might seem like a lot of pressure for some youngsters to handle. Last year saw the team from Chula Vista, Calif., beat the team from Taoyuan County, Chinese Taipei, 6-3. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC combine to televise the games. Here’s the release and schedule from ESPN:
ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 Combine to Deliver Every Little League World Series Game
U.S., International and World Series Championships on ABC
ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present every game (up to 34) of the Little League World Series Presented by Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Reduced Sugar from Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 20-29. ABC – entering the network’s 48th consecutive year of Little League World Series coverage – will broadcast the International Championship on Saturday, Aug. 28, at 1 p.m., the United States Championship on Aug. 28 at 4 p.m., and the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 3 p.m. Every World Series game on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will be available in high definition for the sixth straight year. All ESPN and ESPN2 telecasts will be simulcast via ESPN3.com, with nearly all games available on ESPN Mobile TV.
ESPN will air the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby, annually one of the summer’s most popular TV sports events, on Monday, July 12, at 8pm ET. This year’s derby field is a little strange — there are no past winners participating, and no one from last year’s derby is in it this year (Prince Fielder, pictured, was last year’s winner). So here is the lineup of guys taking batting practice for three long, exhausting hours tonight:
MLB Network celebrates the beginning of the 2010 baseball season by featuring 30 live games including all 30 MLB teams in April. The schedule include games on Wednesday afternoons, plus the return of Thursday Night Baseball and Saturday Night Baseball. The schedule from MLB Network:
The 2010 Major League Baseball season starts Sunday, April 4, with the game’s biggest rivals as the 2009 World Series champion New York Yankees take on the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park at 8pm ET on ESPN2. The release from ESPN and the Sunday Night Baseball schedule through mid July:
The 2010 Major League Baseball regular season is ready to go live, and FOX returns for its 15th season of FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week beginning April 10 at 3pm ET. Highlighting the schedule this season are two prime-time games: May 22 and June 26, with big interleague rivalries featured on both dates. The full Saturday regular-season schedule from FOX:
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