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The Comcast Network, Comcast Sportsnet, WPHT 1210 AM and MLB Network will team up to serve heavy doses of the Phillies spring baseball to fans over the airwaves and via your cable feed.  In the absence of televised games and terrestrial radio transmissions, the Phillies broadcast team is set to bring live play by play to internet users everywhere on MLB.com (and, of course, Phillies.com).
The availability doubletree hotel cocoa beach fl of so many spring contests, including the team s two On Deck Series games, played at Citizens Bank Park on March 29th and 30th, speaks volumes to the devoted following that the Phils have developed in recent years.  The success of the organization has grown the interest of the Phillies Nation for sure and, as such, many games will be available.
Yeah, man! And figure in that one of the three games not being broadcast is a split squad game on a day when the other game WILL be on and another of the 3 is the WBC team exhibition. So, there s really only ONE day a Grapefruit Lg game is not slated to be on.
This ratio of 35 of 38 games broadcast (or whatever), and especially since I guess it s mostly TV is probably nothing new. But since I never pay attention to it and in that regard was born yesterday, it boggles the mind to think back to within 1 lifetime ehrn the Dodgers and Giants both telecast doubletree hotel cocoa beach fl 9 games a year each, the road games against the other team.
It s just great to finally be following real phillies action instead of speculation. Add to that the drama of the spring training try outs, and it s a very interesting time of year you get to see the team get shaped, game by game. I can t wait to see how this year s spring training action plays out.
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