ESPN/ESPN2 to take over Fox Family telecasts
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Posted 2:35PM on Wednesday 20th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )
NEW YORK - ESPN and ESPN have added new time slots to their major league baseball coverage this season -- national cable telecasts on Monday nights and Wednesday afternoons. <br>
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The addition of games became possible after The Walt Disney Co., the parent of ESPN, acquired the package from Fox Family, which has been renamed ABC Family. <br>
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The ESPN/ESPN2 baseball lineup will have five games per week, including Sunday night games and Wednesday night doubleheaders. The 2002 schedule on ESPN/ESPN2 will total about 160 games, up from 111 last season. <br>
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"We're expanding ESPN's commitment to be the fan's best daily source for major league baseball action, highlights and news," ESPN president George Bodenheimer said. <br>
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The baseball season opens on March 31, with ESPN2 televising the only game of the day -- the Cleveland Indians at the Anaheim Angels (8 p.m. EDT). The Angels are owned by Disney. <br>
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