Courtesy: ESPN
ESPN reaches a milestone this Spring. Beginning March 30th at 6:30pm ET, the Worldwide Leader in Sports will kick off its twenty-fifth season covering Major League Baseball. It all begins with an exclusive ninety-minute presentation of MLB’s Opening Night on ESPN presented by Scotts–Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres—on Sunday Night Baseball. Karl Ravech will host the special anniversary broadcast. He will be joined by MLB Hall of Famer Barry Larkin, Jon Kruk, and Curt Schilling.
The night’s special pre-game broadcast will be followed up by first pitch scheduled for 8pm ET. Host Dan Shulman will be back for the network’s landmark anniversary season. Also returning are analyst Jon Kruk and reporter Buster Olney. There will be a new face joining the regular broadcast team this season. MLB veteran and Curt Schilling also joins the team beginning this season.
MLB fans can catch all the Opening Night festivities across the ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ESPN Radio (with Jon Sciambi, and Chris Singleton), ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, and online via WatchESPN.
ESPN’s Opening Day schedule will feature five matchups, highlighted by a matchup of the 2013 MLB World Series Champion Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. That game is scheduled for a 3pm start time. The complete ESPN Opening Night/Opening Day schedule is listed below.
ESPN’s Opening Night and Opening Day Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Sun., Mar. 30 | 8 p.m. | Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN, ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | 1 p.m. | Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | 3 p.m. | Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | 4 p.m. | St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | 7 p.m. | Colorado Rockies at Miami Marlins telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| Mon., Mar. 31 | 10 p.m. | Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim telecast presented by Scotts | ESPN2, WatchESPN |
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ESPN is one of my favorite sports channel and I would like to congratulate on successful completion of 25 years.