Thursday 12th September - BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
5 Live Baseball with Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen
Baseball: American League
Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays - Dave Wills and Andy Freed (commentary provided by WDAE 620AM - "The Rays Radio Network")
The originally scheduled 5 Live Baseball game of Washington Nationals @ New York Mets at 6pm made way for coverage of Huddersfield Giants v Wigan Warriors, the first game in the Super League Play-Offs (the dates for which I believe were only finalised after the conclusion of the regular season). Instead we were given this game, probably the best on last night's slate as it involved two teams still in contention for the postseason, in the overnight hours from midnight. I guess this might explain why Nat Coombs didn't join Josh Chetwynd in the presenting chairs (he had initially be trailed to host coverage) and Erik Janssen, the producer from the MLB on Five days, did.
Sunday's 5 Live Baseball double header will be Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers. The first of those two games begins at 6.30pm our time, so they'll have a big build-up from 6pm and it should overlap into the second game. Nonetheless it's a good choice of match-ups, what with both of the home teams being in Playoff contention.
5 Live Baseball with Josh Chetwynd and Erik Janssen
Baseball: American League
Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays - Dave Wills and Andy Freed (commentary provided by WDAE 620AM - "The Rays Radio Network")
The originally scheduled 5 Live Baseball game of Washington Nationals @ New York Mets at 6pm made way for coverage of Huddersfield Giants v Wigan Warriors, the first game in the Super League Play-Offs (the dates for which I believe were only finalised after the conclusion of the regular season). Instead we were given this game, probably the best on last night's slate as it involved two teams still in contention for the postseason, in the overnight hours from midnight. I guess this might explain why Nat Coombs didn't join Josh Chetwynd in the presenting chairs (he had initially be trailed to host coverage) and Erik Janssen, the producer from the MLB on Five days, did.
Sunday's 5 Live Baseball double header will be Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers. The first of those two games begins at 6.30pm our time, so they'll have a big build-up from 6pm and it should overlap into the second game. Nonetheless it's a good choice of match-ups, what with both of the home teams being in Playoff contention.



