(SUNRISE, FL) – Fox Sports Net Florida, the leading regional sports network in the state, today announced a comprehensive telecast schedule for the 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season. Baseball fans throughout the state will enjoy a 64-game regular season cable schedule and two exclusive Spring Training match ups (Complete Rays programming schedule follows).
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Spring Training coverage on Fox Sports Net includes the live telecast of two mid-day games, as the Rays host the Minnesota Twins at Florida Power Park for a special St. Patrick’s Day event on Sunday, March 17 and then take on the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, March 20. Both match ups begin at 1:05pm only on Fox Sports Net Florida.
The 2002 regular season opens on Fox Sports Net Wednesday, April 3 at 7:15pm when the Rays take the field to battle the Detroit Tigers. Fox Sports Net Florida’s remaining Rays telecast schedule features 37 home and 27 away match ups. This season’s highlights include ten games against 2001 American League Champion New York Yankees, nine match ups against Pedro Martinez, Nomar Garciaparra, and the Boston Red Sox, four meetings with Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners, and a pair of games against the San Francisco Giants, featuring the 2001 National League MVP and single-season home run king Barry Bonds.
Calling Rays games for Fox Sports Net will once again be Dewayne Staats, celebrating his 26th year in baseball broadcasting. Staats, who provides play-by-play for all games on the network, shares the broadcast booth with Joe Magrane, a 10-year veteran of Major League Baseball. Magrane returns as Fox Sports Net’s color analyst for the Rays fifth season. Todd Kalas, host of the RAYS ON DECK pre-game show, offers a unique perspective with pre-game insight and analysis when the team is on the road. Kalas also serves as a roving reporter during Rays game telecasts.
A complete Rays telecast schedule is below.
Fox Sports Net Florida reaches more than 3.9 million households in Florida. Fox Sports Net Florida is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks, a division of Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. Fox Sports Net Florida’s programming includes Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Devil Rays; the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers; the University of Miami, and the University of South Florida, along with select NASCAR and PGA Tour coverage.
Fox Sports Net reaches more than 78 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Cablevision’s Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and Fox. Rainbow Sports Networks incorporates Rainbow’s 50% 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, Florida, Ohio, New England and San Francisco.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays TELECAST SCHEDULE
SPRING TRAINING
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| DATE
| OPPONENT
| TIME
| Sun. March 17
| v. Minnesota
| 1:05p
| Wed. March 20
| v. Boston
| 1:05p
|
| REGULAR SEASON
|
| DATE
| OPPONENT
| TIME
| Wed. April 3
| v. Detroit
| 7:15p
| Thu. April 4
| v. Detroit
| 2:15p
| Fri. April 5
| @ NY Yankees
| 1:05p
| Sat. April 6
| @ NY Yankees
| 1:05p
| Tue. April 9
| @ Baltimore
| 7:05p
| Sat. April 13
| v. Toronto
| 6:15p
| Tue. April 16
| @ Detroit
| 7:05p
| Thu. April 18
| @ Detroit
| 2:05p
| Fri. April 19
| v. Baltimore
| 7:15p
| Sat. April 20
| v. Baltimore
| 6:15p
| Wed. April 24
| v. Minnesota
| 7:15p
| Fri. April 26
| @ Boston
| 6:05p
| Sat. April 27
| @ Boston
| 1:05p
| Mon. April 29
| @ Minnesota
| 8:05p
|
| Sat. May 4
| v. Boston
| 6:15p
| Mon. May 6
| v. Boston
| 7:15p
| Wed. May 8
| v. NY Yankees
| 7:15p
| Fri. May 10
| v. Baltimore
| 7:15p
| Sat. May 11
| v. Baltimore
| 6:15p
| Wed. May 15
| @ NY Yankees
| 7:05p
| Tue. May 21
| @ Seattle
| 10:05p
| Thu. May 23
| @ Seattle
| 6:35p
| Tue. May 28
| v. Seattle
| 7:15p
| Thu. May 30
| v. Oakland
| 7:15p
|
| Mon. June 3
| @ Toronto
| 7:15p
| Sat. June 8
| v. San Diego
| 6:15p
| Tue. June 11
| v. Los Angeles
| 7:15p
| Wed. June 12
| v. Los Angeles
| 7:15p
| Tue. June 18
| @ San Francisco
| 10:15p
| Wed. June 19
| @ San Francisco
| 10:15p
| Sat. June 22
| @ Colorado
| 8:05p
| Tue. June 25
| v. Toronto
| 7:15p
| Wed. June 26
| v. Toronto
| 7:15p
|
| Tue. July 2
| @ Texas
| 8:05p
| Fri. July 5
| @ Anaheim
| 10:05p
| Fri. July 12
| v. Seattle
| 7:15p
| Tue. July 16
| v. Oakland
| 7:15p
| Tue. July 23
| @ Boston
| 7:05p
| Wed. July 24
| @ Boston
| 7:05p
| Fri. July 26
| v. NY Yankees
| 7:15p
| Sat. July 27
| v. NY Yankees
| 6:15p
| Mon. July 29
| v. Baltimore
| 7:15p
| Tue. July 30
| v. Baltimore
| 7:15p
|
| Fri. August 2
| v. Chicago W. Sox
| 7:15p
| Mon. August 5
| v. Chicago W. Sox
| 2:15p
| Tue. August 6
| @ Cleveland
| 7:05p
| Wed. August 14
| v. Cleveland
| 7:15p
| Thu. August 15
| v. Cleveland
| 7:15p
| Fri. August 16
| v. Kansas City
| 7:15p
| Mon. August 19
| @ Baltimore
| 7:05p
| Thu. August 29
| @ Anaheim
| 10:05p
|
| Sun. Sept. 1
| @ Texas
| 8:05p
| Tue. Sept. 3
| v. Anaheim
| 7:15p
| Fri. Sept. 6
| v. Texas
| 7:15p
| Mon. Sept. 9
| v. Boston
| 7:15p
| Tue. Sept. 10
| v. Boston
| 7:15p
| Thu. Sept. 12
| v. Boston
| 2:15p
| Fri. Sept. 13
| @ Toronto
| 7:15p
| Wed. Sept. 18
| v. NY Yankees
| 7:15p
| Fri. Sept. 20
| v. Toronto
| 7:15p
| Sun. Sept. 22
| v. Toronto
| 1:15p
| Mon. Sept. 23
| @ NY Yankees
| 7:05p
| Wed. Sept. 25
| @ NY Yankees
| 7:05p
| Thu. Sept. 26
| @ NY Yankees
| 7:05p
| |
All games aired live.
Telecast times subject to change.