2014 Nationals Spring Training Broadcast Schedule
With snow expected to cripple the DC area (and extend kids’ three-day weekend into five), now’s as good a time as any to take a look at the broadcast schedule for the 2014 Nationals spring training. For the folks who have subscriptions to MLB.tv and MLB Radio, there will likely be some road broadcasts (personal favorite: St. Louis’s radio guy Mike Shannon, who sounds like Jeff Bridges after three or four shots of bourbon), which I’d include except they’re yet to be posted. Likewise for the MLB Network.
Sadly, there are just four FM broadcasts this year, and only two that don’t coincide with a MASN broadcast. That’s offset slightly by just two broadcasts that are only on 1580 AM, which is significant if you live outside of its Daisy air-rifle range broadcast radius, and the addition of 1500 AM as an option for four of the AM-only dates.
Happily, there is no Baltimore broadcast or game this spring. Gluttons for punishment will just have to wait until interleague play.
The dates with an asterisk will be split-squad games, which for us means a better chance of seeing “our guys” for more than inning or an at-bat or two. As I have in the previous four springs, the plan is to write up the games from that point of view for as long as it’s reasonable.
| Day | Date | Time (ET) | Opponent | Network |
| Fri. | Feb. 28 | 1:10 p.m. | @ N.Y. Mets | 1500 and 1580 AM |
| Sun. | Mar. 2 | 1:05 p.m. | Miami | MASN |
| Fri. | Mar. 7 | 1:05 p.m. | Houston | 1500 and 1580 AM |
| Sat. | Mar. 8 | 1:05 p.m. | Atlanta* | 1500 and 1580 AM |
| Sun. | Mar. 9 | 1:05 p.m. | St. Louis | MASN, 106.7 FM, 1500 AM |
| Mon. | Mar. 10 | 6:05 p.m. | Houston | 1580 AM |
| Tue. | Mar. 11 | 1:05 p.m. | N.Y. Yankees | MASN |
| Sun. | Mar. 16 | 1:05 p.m. | Detroit* | MASN |
| Wed. | Mar. 19 | 6:05 p.m. | Houston | MASN |
| Thu. | Mar. 20 | 1:05 p.m. | Detroit | 1500 and 1580 AM |
| Sat. | Mar. 22 | 1:05 p.m. | @ N.Y. Mets | 106.7 FM, 1500 AM |
| Sun. | Mar. 23 | 1:10 p.m. | @ N.Y. Mets | 106.7 FM, 1500 AM |
| Tue. | Mar. 25 | 1:05 p.m. | N.Y. Mets | MASN |
| Wed. | Mar. 26 | 1:05 p.m. | @ St. Louis | ESPN |
| Thu. | Mar. 27 | 12:10 p.m. | @ N.Y. Mets | ESPN |
| Sat. | Mar. 29 | 2:05 p.m. | Detroit @ Nationals Park |
106.7 FM, 1580 AM |
There is also the likelihood of additional road games on SiriusXM for those of us who subscribe (unless that is what you meant by MLB Radio).
I hadn’t thought that option, though as a subscriber to both (satellite-radio-only for XM, natch), can’t think of many instances where I could listen to XM in my car but not online or vice-versa (or the other way around, Skipper).
To ask a (possibly impossible) question: any idea how many of these I’ll be able to pick up on internet radio?
Without a subscription to MLB Radio or SiriusXM, I don’t believe it can be done legally.
I used to crank the big antenna to KMOX (among other places) when I was a kid and can verify that Shannon has sounded like that for decades, as did Jack Buck. It was quite a competition over whose voice was craggier.
Topic lefty relievers
Robertson and Danny rose AAA
Jackson and Grace AA
Potomac: Harper, Applebee’s , Meza
Walsh ?!!!????
Hagerstown has good depth options
Thoughts fans??
I’ll take this chance to ask if Sean West is still part of the organization?
No – released last week of May 2013.
thx Luke, try to stay warm. some footies for your editors may be in order
It’l be very interesting what kind of team Potomac puts on the field in 2014. By all accounts, Hagerstown played ‘above their weight’ last year. Don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad, they certainly were well coached.
Corey brown DFA by Oakland
Kkkklk
If he ends up back in Nats fold