While many St. Louis Cardinals fans were disappointed that Monday’s spring opener was not available on radio or television, it was one of just four of the team’s 33 spring games not scheduled to be accessible somehow.
Not all broadcasts will have familiar announcers, but after all, isn’t it better to listen to or watch the opposing team’s crew than to miss the game entirely?
The 2011 spring radio and television schedule opens with the Cardinals-Marlins on Tuesday, March 1. The radio broadcast will originate via St. Louis’ flagship KMOX and will also be picked by XM satellite radio.
Further, all radio games should be available as part of the MLB Gameday audio subscription service. (Note that MLB rules prohibit local stations from live streaming games. For example, though KMOX offers audio streaming through their website, the games will not be available in that manner.)
In the schedule below, some radio games will be broadcast on both the Cardinals network and by the opposition club’s station. I listed KMOX if available and if not, the other team’s station is noted as it should be available via Gameday and perhaps also XM. XM releases their subset of games covered on a weekly basis throughout the month, so I will be updating that part of the schedule as announced.
In terms of television, all networks covering ten Cardinals spring games to be shown are listed. The first TV game is this Thursday, carried live on SportsNet New York and that evening on a delayed basis by MLB Network (as part of their 83-game MLB spring schedule). Among the other ways the following nine games can be viewed is via the internet through the MLB.TV subscription service (offering 150+ spring games across baseball with no spring blackouts).
Keep this page bookmarked as I will be updating it throughout the month as appropriate.
March 3 update: FOX Sports Tennessee announced they will be carrying the same five games as FOX Midwest. The table below is updated to reflect this. More details here.
March 4 update: XM games through March 11 added.
March 12 update: XM games through March 20 added.
St. Louis Cardinals 2011 Spring Training Broadcast Schedule
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | Local Time | Radio | TV |
| Mon | 28-Feb | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 1-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Wed | 2-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Thu | 3-Mar | Washington (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Thu | 3-Mar | NY Mets (ss) | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | SNY (live)/MLBN (delay) | |
| Fri | 4-Mar | Houston | Kissimmee | 1:05 p.m. | KBME | |
| Sat | 5-Mar | Houston | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX (delay) | |
| Sun | 6-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Mon | 7-Mar | Minnesota | Ft. Myers | 1:05 p.m. | KSTP/XM 179 | |
| Tue | 8-Mar | Boston | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Wed | 9-Mar | Atlanta | Orlando | 1:05 p.m. | WFOM | |
| Thu | 10-Mar | Atlanta | Orlando | 1:05 p.m. | WFOM | |
| Fri | 11-Mar | Detroit | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 186 | |
| Sat | 12-Mar | Minnesota | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Sun | 13-Mar | NY Mets | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | KMOX/XM 183 | WPIX-NY/MLB.TV |
| Mon | 14-Mar | Atlanta | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | WFOM | |
| Tue | 15-Mar | Atlanta | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 183 | |
| Wed | 16-Mar | Detroit | Lakeland | 1:05 p.m. | FS Detroit/Midwest/Tenn/MLB.TV | |
| Thu | 17-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 183 | FS Midwest/Tenn/MLBN/MLB.TV |
| Fri | 18-Mar | Washington | Viera | 1:05 p.m. | WFED/XM 183 | |
| Sat | 19-Mar | Florida (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Sat | 19-Mar | Houston (ss) | Kissimmee | 1:05 p.m. | KTRH | FS Midwest/Tenn/MLB.TV |
| Sun | 20-Mar | Boston | Ft. Myers | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 176 | NESN/MLBN/MLB.TV |
| Mon | 21-Mar | Washington | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | ||
| Tue | 22-Mar | OFF DAY | ||||
| Wed | 23-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 183 | ESPN/MLB.TV |
| Thu | 24-Mar | NY Mets | St. Lucie | 1:10 p.m. | KMOX | SNY/MLBN/MLB.TV |
| Fri | 25-Mar | Washington | Viera | 6:05 p.m. | WFED | FS Midwest/Tenn/MLB.TV |
| Sat | 26-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX/XM 185 | FS Florida/Midwest/Tenn/MLB.TV |
| Sun | 27-Mar | NY Mets | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Mon | 28-Mar | Florida | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | WAXY | |
| Tue | 29-Mar | Florida (ss) | Jupiter | 1:05 p.m. | KMOX | |
| Tue | 29-Mar | Springfield (ss) | Sprf, MO | 7:07 p.m. | KTRS 550 | Note: Game canceled due to weather |
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