Posted on March 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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General Baseball
Today's
main entry is below, but I got an e-mail from XM's marketing group asking for a plug. Being a huge
XM fan, I'm more than willing to do it.
The whole reason I got an XM radio for Christmas 2006 was the baseball coverage. I leave the radio on
Home Plate 175 almost all day in the office. (
The Show, with Rob Dibble and Kevin Kennedy, gets on my nerves so I'm usually flipping during that time.) Being able to hear all the different games, all the different announcers, it's well worth it. Plus having the baseball talk during the winter can be a lifesaver!
Next weekend (March 29-30), they are having the Play Ball channel. They had this last year and it was great. The XM radio I have,
the Inno, has the option to record songs and I was getting lots of them. (Did you know there there was a Mark McGwire song--"
King of Swing"--as well as "Stan the Man", "
The Wizard of Oz" and "
The Curse of the Billy Goat"?) Mixed in with the songs were classic calls and other readings. From the promotional e-mail:
For 48
hours leading up to Opening Day, XM Radio will broadcast 412 songs about the
sport, 27 songs about players, 7 dramatic readings of baseball stories and
various classic calls of historic plays – truly an audio euphoria for
every baseball fan. From March 29-30, fans will hear non-stop classics on XM
Channel 120 such as “Take me out to the Ballgame,” “Casey at
the Bat,” and the Shot Heard Round the World.
It's great stuff. If you've got a radio for next weekend, listen in. If not, well, good reason to go get one.
They've got some great people on XM talking baseball. Right now, I'm listening to the Ripken Brothers, who know their stuff, obviously. I love Chuck Wilson--big fan of his since he was on ESPN Radio.
MLB This Morning with Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez is a great way to start the day. Like I said, the only ones I have any problems listening to are Dibble and Kennedy, so when 95% of the channel is good, you put up with the bad parts.
Baseball season is coming. Be prepared for it all with XM!
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I'm a HUGE XM fan too!