March 20, 200422 yr Fox Sports Net Signs Jack Mckeon For Marlins Pre-Game Show Touching All The Bases With Jack Feature To Appear in Every "Marlins on Deck" Telecast (SUNRISE, FL) - Fox Sports Net Florida, the exclusive television rights holder for Florida Marlins baseball, today announced that Marlins' Manager, Jack McKeon will have a regular feature segment on the regional sports network's Marlins pre-game show, Marlins on Deck. Touching All The Bases With Jack, will feature candid pre-game analysis and insight from the 2003 National League Manager of the Year, as only he can provide with his 50-plus seasons in professional baseball. He will join Marlins on Deck host and in-game reporter, Craig Minervini, for all 95 Marlins games on Fox Sports Net during the 2004 regular season. Touching All The Bases With Jack will make its debut on Marlins on Deck on Opening Day, April 6, 2004 at 12:30 PM. Marlins on Deck is broadcast live one half-hour before every game telecast on Fox Sports Net. "In just six months during the 2003 season, Jack McKeon emerged from retirement to become a Florida baseball icon with his no-nonsense baseball talk and trademark cigar," said Jeff Genthner, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fox Sports Net Florida. "As the Marlins defend their 2003 World Series Championship, Fox Sports Net viewers will get more of Jack's unique insight and to-the-point game analysis than ever before." Fox Sports Net Florida reaches more than 4.9 million households in Florida. 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, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and NASCAR. Fox Sports Net Florida is managed by Rainbow Sports Networks. Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). Fox Sports Net reaches more than 80 million households nationwide and is a service of National Sports Partners, equally owned by Rainbow Media Holdings LLC and Fox Entertainment Group. Rainbow Sports Networks incorporates Rainbow's 50% ownership in 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, San Francisco, New England, Ohio and Florida. Contact: Diana Hanford 954-514-2639
March 20, 200422 yr Author Fox Sports Net Florida needs to add two things to make it the ultimate Marlins channel. 1) A nightly sportscast for Florida with a look at the Marlins, D-Rays, and Panthers more than the Dolphins. 2) Add something more than the Marlins Encores. It would be the greatest games in team history (FSN has all regular season games played by the Marlins in their library). They could call it Fish Tales and have Minervini or even...Jay Randolph host some episodes. It would be like Vintage Twins on Victory Sports One, Red Sox Out of the Attic on NESN, or Yankee Classics on YES.
March 20, 200422 yr Author Imagine NBC6 Sports Final with Joe Rose (big Marlins and Panthers supporter) and Guy Rawlings except on FSN so the entire state can see it, covering the entire state and on weeknights after the game. That would be the nightly sports show on FSN. Only 30 minutes so then after they can air the BDSSP crap they get from the FSN network.
March 20, 200422 yr Imagine NBC6 Sports Final with Joe Rose (big Marlins and Panthers supporter) and Guy Rawlings except on FSN so the entire state can see it, covering the entire state and on weeknights after the game. That would be the nightly sports show on FSN. Only 30 minutes so then after they can air the BDSSP crap they get from the FSN network. Joe Rose is my favorite on QAM. He gets my vote!
March 20, 200422 yr Author The Miccosukees can sponsor it like the Mohegans do in New England. It would be nice, they already sponser that Bokamper/WQAM crap called Sports Rap that airs on FSN fridays on saturdays.
March 20, 200422 yr Or better yet: How about actually putting a dedicated baseball program back on QAM?!? :mad : Call me, homey!
March 20, 200422 yr Author Yes, Craig will host it, but Jack will provide some comments an previews for the On Deck show.
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