THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, August 20, 1994 TAG: 9408190093
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Larry Bonko
I F THERE WERE NO baseball strike, viewers would settle in tonight
to watch the Baltimore Orioles battle the Kansas City Royals on The
Baseball Network carried by ABC. But there is a strike, and that means
no baseball on ABC tonight. Instead, it's a rerun of the movie
``Rain Man.''
With major league baseball only a memory now, some of the cable
channels are looking to the minor leaguers to fill the baseball void.
The Norfolk-based Tides of the Triple A International League have
benefited from the strike with regional exposure this week on Home
Team Sports.
On Aug. 31, they'll be seen by viewers in the Northeast playing the
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre team on SportsChannel.
TBS, which carries the Atlanta Braves games, has picked up three
games of the Atlanta farm team in Richmond. The next game featuring
International League talent on TBS will be Tuesday at 7:35 p.m.
WGN, home of the Chicago Cubs, is filling the strike time with
films and syndicated programming.
ESPN has focused its cameras on minor league baseball in
Birmingham, Ala., to show how Michael Jordan is faring as a minor
leaguer. Trouble is, Jordan is hurt and out of the lineup
indefinitely. ESPN is also scheduling Canadian Football League games
during the baseball strike.
Larry Bonko
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IF THERE WERE NO baseball strike, viewers would settle in tonight to watch the Baltimore Orioles battle the Kansas City Royals on The Baseball Network carried by ABC. But there is a strike, and that means no baseball on ABC tonight. Instead, it's a rerun of the movie ``Rain Man.''
With Major League Baseball only a memory now, some of the cable channels are looking to the minor leaguers to fill the baseball void.
The Norfolk-based Tides of the Triple A International League have benefited from the strike with regional exposure this week on Home Team Sports.
On Aug. 31, they'll be seen by viewers in the Northeast playing the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre team on SportsChannel.
TBS, which carries the Atlanta Braves games, has picked up three games of the Atlanta farm team in Richmond. The next game featuring International League talent on TBS will be Tuesday at 7:35 p.m.
WGN, home of the Chicago Cubs, is filling the strike time with films and syndicated programming.
ESPN has focused its cameras on minor league baseball in Birmingham, Ala., to show how Michael Jordan is faring as a minor leaguer. Trouble is, Jordan is hurt and out of the lineup indefinitely. ESPN is also scheduling Canadian Football League games during the baseball strike. by CNB