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 September 4, 2010

Comcast to televise 40 California League Games live


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

In a press release on Tuesday, Comcast Hometown Network (CHN), Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, announced that it will televise 40 live California League games as part of its Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS) programming. The games will be available on Channel 104 to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California. The telecasts will begin on Monday, April 12th at 7:00 p.m. when the San Jose Giants host the Visalia Rawhide.  The complete schedule is below (see complete schedule below). All of the Comcast Hometown Network games will originate live from either Banner Island Ballpark (home of the Stockton Ports) or San Jose Municipal Stadium (home of the San Jose Giants).

Play-by-play duties for the games originating from Stockton's Banner Island Ballpark will be handled by Stockton Ports radio announcer Zack Bayrouty. For games originating from San Jose Municipal Stadium, San Jose Giants radio announcer Joe Ritzo will handle play-by-play. Dan Dibley of sports radio station

 

KNBR 680-AM will provide analysis.

The live games will be replayed several times on Comcast Hometown Network, and will also be available any time of the day or night via Comcast's ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers. To view California League baseball games ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the "Get Local" section, then click on "Local Sports."

Following is Comcast Hometown Network's tentative 2010 California League baseball telecast schedule:

DATE                   TIME                    TEAMS
----                   ----                    -----
Monday, April 12       7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ San Jose Giants 
Thursday, April 15     7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports 
Friday, April 16       7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Wednesday, April 21    7:00 PM      Inland Empire 66ers @ Stockton Ports
Friday, April 30       7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Saturday, May 1        6:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Sunday, May  2         2:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, May 7          7:00 PM      High Desert Mavericks @ San Jose Giants
Friday, May 14         7:00 PM      Bakersfield Blaze @ San Jose Giants
Friday, May 21         7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Saturday, May 22       7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Thursday, May 27       7:00 PM      San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Friday, May 28         7:00 PM      San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Tuesday, June 1        7:00 PM      Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ San Jose Giants
Thursday, June 10      7:00 PM      Bakersfield Blaze @ Stockton Ports
Friday, June 11        7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ Stockton Ports
Friday, June 18        7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Saturday, June 19      7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Thursday, June 24      7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, June 25        7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Tuesday, June 29      11:00 AM      Bakersfield Blaze @ Stockton Ports
Thursday, July 1       7:00 PM      Lancaster JetHawks @ San Jose Giants
Friday, July 2         6:30 PM      Lancaster JetHawks @ San Jose Giants
Thursday, July 8       7:00 PM      San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Friday, July 9         7:00 PM      San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Thursday, July 15      7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Friday, July 16        7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports
Friday, July 23        7:00 PM      High Desert Mavericks @ San Jose Giants
Friday, July 30        7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ Stockton Ports
Saturday, July 31      7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ Stockton Ports
Tuesday, August 3      7:00 PM      Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
Wednesday, August 4    7:00 PM      Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
Friday, August 13      7:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Saturday, August 14    6:00 PM      Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Thursday, August 19    7:00 PM      Lancaster JetHawks @ Stockton Ports
Friday, August 20      7:00 PM      Lancaster JetHawks @ Stockton Ports
Tuesday, August 24     7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ San Jose Giants
Wednesday, August 25   7:00 PM      Visalia Rawhide @ San Jose Giants
Thursday, September2   7:00 PM      Inland Empire 66ers @ San Jose Giants
Friday, September 3    7:00 PM      Inland Empire 66ers @ San Jose Giants

--Playoffs--

September 8  - 17        TBD        California League Playoffs - Teams TBD

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