ALCS Returns to Fox Sports en Espa ol for 7th Year
Story Highlights
Live and
exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the Major League Baseball (MLB)
postseason returns to Fox Sports en Espa ol for the seventh consecutive year,
starting with the American League Championship Series (ALCS) and continuing
through the World Series. The ALCS action kicks off on Friday, October 12, with
a pre-game show at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, followed by Game 1 between the
Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox live from
Fenway
Park.
From Fox
Sports en Espa ol’s studios in Los Angeles, Jos Tolentino and Washington
Nationals manager Manny Acta – the only active MLB manager doing TV commentary
this postseason – will host a half-hour pre-game show, “Previo al Juego
presentado por Budweiser,” providing fans with in-studio commentary and
analysis of each game. Fox Sports en Espa ol veteran Adri n Garc a M rques will
handle play-by-play while color commentary will come from former MLB All-Star
and current Los Angeles Dodgers coach Manny Mota. Tolentino and Acta will also
provide post-game analysis after each game of the ALCS and World Series.
Fox Sports
en Espa ol has televised the MLB post-season for Spanish-speaking audiences in
the
U.S.
since 2001. Last April, the network extended its exclusive Spanish-language
rights to Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2013 season. As part of the expanded
deal, a sublicensing agreement with Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports en Espa ol
for the first time this year offered live and exclusive Spanish-language
coverage of 26 regular season games as well as the All-Star Game from
San Francisco.
Fox Sports
en Espa ol’s 2007 MLB ALCS Telecast Schedule(b)
Game
Game/Location
Date
Time
Game 1
CLE @ BOS
Friday,
October 12
7 pm
Game 2
CLE @ BOS
Saturday, October 13
8pm
Game 3
BOS @ CLE
Monday, October 15
7pm
Game 4 (a)
BOS @ CLE
Tuesday,
October 16
8pm
Game 5(a)
BOS @ CLE
Thursday,
October 18
8pm
Game 6(a)
CLE @ BOS
Saturday, October 20
TBD
Game 7(a)
CLE @ BOS
Sunday, October 21
TBD
(a)If
necessary
(b)Programming
schedule is subject to change; all times Eastern.
For a
complete schedule of Fox Sports en Espa ol’s exclusive Spanish-language
telecasts of the 2007 MLB postseason, please visit the network’s website at
foxsportsla.msn.com.