Sports Media Report
SiriusXM announced today it will offer listeners live broadcasts of every game from the World Baseball Classic, which begins today, March 7, and concludes with its championship game on March 21 in Miami.
SiriusXM will produce the national radio broadcasts for every Team USA game and 15 World Baseball Classic games in total including every game from Pool C in Phoenix, as well as the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship games played in Miami. All of these games will air on MLB Network Radio (channel 89).
SiriusXM’s broadcast team will feature veteran broadcaster Mike Ferrin as the play-by-play voice with former major leaguer Ryan Spilborghs as the color analyst for the Pool C games. Former general manager Jim Bowden will be the color analyst for the quarterfinal games through the championship.
SiriusXM listeners will also have access to all other World Baseball Classic games from Pools A, B and D as well as the quarterfinal games that will be played in Japan. These broadcasts will be provided by Fox Sports.
For a schedule of upcoming games and their SiriusXM channels please visit SiriusXM.com/Sports.
In addition to live game broadcasts, SiriusXM will offer listeners news, talk and analysis throughout the tournament on the MLB Network Radio channel. MLB Network Radio is available to subscribers nationwide in their cars and on the SXM App at https://siriusxm.us/2Pdwnu6.
The World Baseball Classic is the premier global baseball tournament featuring 20 participating nations from around the world. Team USA won the most recent World Baseball Classic in 2017 by defeating two-time champion Japan in the semifinals and previously undefeated Puerto Rico in the championship.
Team USA manager Mark DeRosa sat down with Mike Krzyzewski last week on the former Team USA basketball head coach’s SiriusXM show Basketball and Beyond with Coach K. The two discussed the opportunity to lead Team USA and previewed this year’s World Baseball Classic. The full conversation between DeRosa and Krzyzewski can be heard now on the SXM App.
SiriusXM’s World Baseball Classic game broadcasts will also be available on MLB.com and the MLB app.
