Jackson Free Press

The Jackson, Mississippi Braves take on the Montgomery Biscuits two times in the upcoming 2005 season and you can watch both games LIVE from the comfort of your home on WLBT. Mark your calendar for the Braves home opener LIVE from the new Braves stadium in Pearl, Monday April 18 at 7pm and tune in again when the Braves take on the Biscuits LIVE from Montgomery, Saturday, August 27 at 7pm.

"WLBT is thrilled to broadcast the Braves home opener!" says Dan Modisett, WLBT President and General Manager. "We expect the Mississippi Braves to be a vibrant part of our community, an exciting entertainment option for Mississippi families and are thrilled to partner with them on this historic home opener!"

WLBT of Jackson, Mississippi and WFSA of Montgomery, Alabama team up to bring viewers throughout Mississippi and Alabama the Braves vs. the Biscuits LIVE. Each LIVE broadcast will start at 7pm and include a locally originated pre or post-game show, hosted in Jackson by WLBT's Sports Director, Rob Jay and Sports Anchor, Chuck Stinson.

"The Atlanta Braves are passionately followed by WLBT viewers," says WLBT Sports Director, Rob Jay, "We expect our local team to create the same stir and wanted to share the excitement of these games with our viewers. We're looking forward to putting our WLBT Sports spin on these two live game broadcasts."

The Mississippi Braves are a member of The Southern League which includes the Carolina Mudcats, the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Huntsville Stars, the Tennessee Smokies, the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx, the Birmingham Barons, the Jacksonville Suns, the Mobile Bay Bears and the Montgomery Biscuits.

The Braves can seat over 7,000 people in their new Pearl, Mississippi stadium and will host 70 home games in the 2005 season. Monday through Saturday games start at 7:05pm. In April, May and June, Sunday games start at 2:05pm. Starting in July, Sunday games move to the evening and start at 5:05pm. The only exceptions are the April 18th game which starts at 7:30pm and the September 5th game which starts at 2:05pm.

"The Mississippi Braves are very excited about our new relationship with WLBT. This will be a fantastic opportunity for fans to get a glimpse of all of the excitement in store for the inaugural 2005 Braves season in Mississippi. We are confident viewers will get 'baseball fever' after viewing the opening game and will want to come out and see one of the most beautiful stadiums in minor league baseball." Says Steve DeSalvo, General Manager Mississippi Braves.

Tickets are available by calling 601-932-8788. Visit the Mississippi Braves on the web at http://www.mississippibraves.com

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118161

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The MS Braves site indicates that the CSS network (http://www.css-sports.com/index.php) is going to be broadcasting the MS Brave's games. The list of areas that carry CSS in MS (http://www.css-sports.com/findus/miss.htm) makes no mention of Jackson (though we may be subject to blackouts anyways) carrying the channel. Anybody know if, other than the 2 games being shown on WLBT, we can expect to see MS Braves games broadcast locally and regularly?

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dvc

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2005-04-04T11:57:44-06:00

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118162

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One thing I noticed is the banner for Comcast. Then this page: http://www.css-sports.com/getus.htm http://www.css-sports.com/findus/miss.htm So, I wouldn't expect to see the CSS station on-air in our market. Unless, TW is possibly leaving the Jackson Market; opening the door for Comcast? Yet, I don't think Jackson, etc. being in TW's area should keep a local station from securing a contract to broadcast the games (WLBT is a good choice since NBC is third in the Network race, so you won't miss much). But, I can't find any additional info relating to additonal broadcasts. No updates on WLBT's site.

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tortoise

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2005-04-04T12:27:37-06:00

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118163

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http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/scoreboards/index.html for anybody else out there that's a sucker for box scores and since the CL doesn't have baseball stats in its online edition.. .the above site keeps up to date game results and stats for all minor league baseball teams...so if you want to see mBraves box scores and southern league standings on the web just look down in Double-A section under the southern league...it's all there...

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dvc

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2005-04-16T07:36:09-06:00