HAHA, beat you to it Cape :lol

 

In the first of what the company said it expects will be frequent program swaps with sister cable network FSN Florida, Sun Sports said it will televise the Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals Aug. 3 game, statewide.

 

The Wednesday night game was originally not scheduled for telecast by FSN Florida, which has the Marlins' cable rights, or by "i" network stations, which have over-the-air rights to the Marlins. The "i" network was known as Pax TV until July 1.

 

The Aug. 3 game is one of only about 10 Marlins games that were not scheduled for TV this year.

 

The game is attractive to local cable providers and advertisers because the Marlins are challenging for the National League wild card berth and the Cardinals are in first place in the league's Central Division, with the second-best record in baseball.

 

Sun Sports and FSN Florida said switching the game demonstrates their ability to provide sports fans across Florida with more opportunities to follow their home teams because of their relatively new common ownership by Los Angeles-based Fox Sports Net.

 

FSN Florida, based in Sunrise, also has exclusive cable rights to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The network is carrying the Devil Rays at Texas Rangers game the same night as the Marlins at Cardinals game on cable systems throughout Florida.

 

The baseball game is to start at 8 p.m. preceded by "Marlins on Deck" at 7:30 p.m.

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good to hear, on campus we dont get FSN but get Sun Sports...quite the pain in the ass.

Is this the sunshine network that the marlins used to be on or is this something completely different?

same thing, new name.

Hopefully I'll get to catch it.

Arrrgghhh, why can't they all be on ESPN.... I'll be in Hawaii.

This may be a trial to split the Marlins package between FSN Florida and Sun Sports next season...or even possibly move all 150 Marlins games to Sun Sports.

 

Marlins@Cardinals on Sun Sports 8/3

 

Next Wednesday?s Marlins @ Cardinals Game Added to Regional TV Schedule; Will Air Statewide on Sun Sports

 

 

(SUNRISE, FL) -- On Wednesday, August 3 the Marlins @ Cardinals game, previously not scheduled for regional TV coverage, will be added to the Sun Sports? television schedule. The telecast will feature FSN Florida?s Marlins announcers but will air live and statewide on Sun Sports at 8pm following a live pre-game show, Marlins on Deck at 7:30pm. FSN Florida is airing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays @ Texas Rangers game that night.

 

The addition of this game to the schedule provides Marlins fans with access to a key road game that would have otherwise been unavailable due to schedule conflicts on FSN Florida. This addition showcases the flexibility now afforded with Sun Sports' and FSN Florida's under common ownership. The two-network combination will provide sports fans across Florida with more opportunities to follow their home teams.

Thanks for the heads up!