SNET All Over Baseball's Return To Montreal This Weekend

With Opening Day right around the corner, Sportsnet has a baseball bonanza on deck this weekend to prime fans for the start of the Blue Jays season – across TV, radio, digital and print. The action gets into full swing on Friday at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Sportsnet 360, with live coverage of the first of two Blue Jays spring training games being played at the historic Olympic Stadium in Montreal vs. the New York Mets (full broadcast info below).



Immediately following the Blue Jays final pre-season game on Saturday, Sportsnet presents Blue Jays In-Focus – an in-depth, four-part series looking at the personalities and compelling storylines impacting the 2014 Blue Jays. The first installment in the series, Edwin Encarnacion: On Home Turf, airs Saturday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific. Full details regarding the Blue Jays In-Focus series is available below.



MLB Central Season Preview hosted by Jamie Campbell caps off the busy baseball weekend on Sunday, March 30 at 3 p.m. ET/Noon PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific. The one-hour show preps baseball fans for the upcoming season, featuring exclusive interviews, features and analysis on all 30 MLB teams.



Below are the key details regarding Sportsnet’s baseball-packed weekend, the Blue Jays In-Focus series, and Sportsnet magazine’s Blue Jays Preview special issue:

Sportsnet’s Blue Jays and MLB Coverage – March 28 – 31


Friday, March 28
•Connected – Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sportsnet East and Ontario when Hazel Mae anchors a special edition of Connected live from the Big O in Montreal, featuring guests Alex Despatie and Joanne Vrakas of Breakfast Television Montreal. Stephen Brunt also joins the desk to chat about Montreal’s deep baseball history, while reporter Hugh Burrill hits the streets to talk to fans about the possible return of baseball to their beloved city
•Blue Jays Central – Following Connected, Jamie Campbell and analyst Gregg Zaun broadcast live from Montreal, setting up the weekend series, including a special pre-game ceremony honouring the ’94 Expos on Friday night
•Live Game Coverage – Sportsnet’s live game coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Sportsnet 360



Saturday, March 29
•Blue Jays Central – Campbell and Zaun return to preview the Blue Jays’ final pre-season game at 12:30 p.m. ET/ 9:30 a.m. PT on Sportsnet ONE, including a special tribute to former Expo great Gary Carter
•Live Game Coverage – Sportsnet’s live game coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific and on Sportsnet 590 The FAN
•Blue Jays In-Focus: The first installment in the series, Edwin Encarnacion: On Home Turf, airs immediately follwing the Blue Jays game at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific



Sunday, March 30

MLB Central Season Preview (3 p.m. ET/Noon PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific)
•Exclusive Interviews •Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae sits down with player agent Scott Boras, known as the most powerful man in the game
•James Cybulski goes one-on-one with this past winter’s most coveted free agent
•Gregg Zaun visits a psychic in an attempt to hand over the reigns of predicting how the season will unfold
•Special Guests – Analyst Gregg Zaun, Stephen Brunt and MLB Insider Jon Morosi all join the panel and provide their thoughts on the 2014 MLB season
•Toronto Blue Jays – the experts examine a new season and chance of success




Monday, March 31
•Blue Jays Season Opener – vs. Tampa Bay Rays at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific and on Sportsnet 590 The FAN