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Release Date: 10/5/2012
TBS Announces Commentators for Upcoming Division Series Games
Network to Exclusively Televise Up to 18 Division Series Games
 Following tonight’s exclusive TBS presentation of the first-ever, single-elimination Wild Card presented by Budweiser on FridayAtlanta hosting St. Louis at 5 p.m. ET; Baltimore visiting Texas at 8:30 p.m. – the network’s Division Series coverage will begin tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 6, with a doubleheader.  The Oakland Athletics will visit the Detroit Tigers at 6 p.m. and the San Francisco Giants will host the Cincinnati Reds at 9:30 p.m., both games marking the first meeting of their respective best-of-five series.  MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart will precede live game coverage at 4:30 p.m.

TBS will exclusively televise up to 18 Division Series games and the American League Championship Series coverage on TBS presented by the Capital One Cash Rewards Card. The network’s commentator pairings for the first four days of the Division Series:

 

 

Date

 

Time (ET)

 

Games/Commentator Teams

Saturday, Oct. 6

5:30 p.m.

MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart
Matt Winer, Dennis Eckersley and David Wells

 

6 p.m.

ALDS Game 1: Oakland at Detroit
Don Orsillo, Buck Martinez and Jaime Maggio

 

9:30 p.m.

NLDS Game 1: Cincinnati at San Francisco
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Joe Simpson and Tom Verducci

 

Post-game

Inside MLB presented by Captain MorganWiner, Eckersley and Wells

 

 

 

 

Sunday, Oct. 7

2:30 p.m.

MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

3 p.m.

NLDS Game 1: Washington at St. Louis/Atlanta
Dick Stockton, Bob Brenly, David Aldridge

 

6:15 p.m.

ALDS Game 1: New York at Baltimore/Texas
Ernie Johnson, John Smoltz, Cal Ripken and Craig Sager

 

9:30 p.m.

NLDS Game 2: Cincinnati at San Francisco
Anderson, Darling, Simpson and Verducci

 

Post-game

Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

 

 

 

Monday, Oct. 8

4 p.m.

MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

4:30 p.m.

NLDS Game 2: Washington at St. Louis/Atlanta
Stockton, Brenly, Aldridge

 

8 p.m.

ALDS Game 2: New York at Baltimore/Texas
Johnson, Smoltz, Ripken, Sager

 

Post-game

Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, Oct. 9

5 p.m.

MLB On-Deck presented by Dodge Dart
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

5:30 p.m.

NLDS Game 3: San Francisco at Cincinnati
Anderson, Darling, Simpson, Verducci

 

9 p.m.

ALDS Game 3: Detroit at Oakland
Orsillo, Martinez, Maggio

 

Post-game

Inside MLB presented by Captain Morgan
Winer, Eckersley and Wells

 

Visit the Turner Sports online pressroom for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at @TurnerSportsPR. 

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Media Contacts:

 

 

Sal Petruzzi
Turner Sports

212-275-6897

sal.petruzzi@turner.com

Nate Smeltz 
Turner Sports

404-827-4786

nate.smeltz@turner.com 

Eric Welch
Turner Sports

404-827-5417    

eric.welch@turner.com

 

 


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