CLEVELAND –
The FOX Sports Net affiliate in Ohio today announced its 2000 BASEBALL THURSDAY schedule featuring 23 nights of national Major League Baseball action. Steve Liverani, senior vice president and general manager, FOX Sports Net (Ohio) made the announcement.
Leading off on April 6, the San Diego Padres face the New York Mets at 7:00 PM. The 1999 American League Central Division Champion Cleveland Indians make a BASEBALL THURSDAY appearance on May 4 (7:00 PM) as the Tribe heads north to Toronto.
The New York Yankees are featured in four telecasts on FOX Sports Net’s BASEBALL THURSDAY schedule. Other highlights include appearances by the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves. Announcers for the BASEBALL THURSDAY line-up will be released at a later date.
“Our Baseball Thursday line-up is a great addition to our Cleveland Indians schedule,” said Liverani. “As a regional sports network, we have the ability to provide a variety of programming that is of interest to our viewers.”
FOX Sports Net Ohio is available to four million households in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
FOX Sports Net Ohio is owned and managed by Rainbow Sports, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Rainbow Sports has dedicated itself to “Home Team” fans for more than 20 years. Rainbow Sports incorporates all of Rainbow Media’s sports assets, including the Madison Square Garden Properties, its 50 percent ownership of FOX Sports Net and FOX Sports National Advertising, and the ownership and management of FOX Sports Net regional networks in five of the nation’s largest markets – Chicago, New England, New York, Ohio, and San Francisco. Rainbow also owns a minority stake in SportsChannel Florida.
FOX Sports Net reaches more than 68 million home nationwide and serves as the first truly national, regional, and local supplier of sports programming.