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Baseball Returns to Pac-12 Networks this Weekend with the First of Over 100 Telecasts this Season

by Pac-12 Networks PR
Feb 28, 2018
Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics
Networks also announce its baseball talent for 2018, including addition of analyst Brian Anderson
 
SAN FRANCISCO – In its sixth season of coverage, Pac-12 Networks is set to deliver 102 collegiate baseball broadcasts in the Conference’s 102nd season. Coverage begins this Sunday, March 4 at 11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT as Arizona State hosts Oklahoma State live on Pac-12 Network and the Pac-12 Now app.
 
This year’s broadcast team welcomes the addition of Brian Anderson to the Pac-12 Networks analyst roster. Tyler Paley, Mike Crispino and Matt McConnell will join as baseball play-by-play announcers. The Networks also returns familiar faces Eric Byrnes, Wes Clements, Scott Erickson, Andy Lopez, Donnie Marbut, J.T. Snow, Kevin Stocker and Dean Stotz for color this season. Thad Anderson, Rich Burk, Guy Haberman, Greg Heister, J.B. Long, Ted Robinson, Daron Sutton and Jim Watson will round out this year’s baseball play-by-play team.
 
Brian Anderson joins the Pac-12 Networks team as an analyst this baseball season.  The former Wildcat played parts of five Major League seasons with the Chicago White Sox (2005-09) and Boston Red Sox (2009) after signing as a first-round selection (15th overall) in the 2003 Draft out of the University of Arizona. 
 
Pac-12 Networks’ full play-by-play and analyst roster for baseball can be found below:
 
Analysts:
  • Brian Anderson
  • Eric Byrnes
  • Wes Clements
  • Scott Erickson
  • Ben Francisco
  • Andy Lopez
  • Donnie Marbut
  • J.T. Snow
  • Kevin Stocker
  • Dean Stotz
Play-by-play:
  • Thad Anderson
  • Rich Burk
  • Mike Crispino
  • Guy Haberman
  • Greg Heister
  • J.B. Long
  • Matt McConnell
  • Tyler Paley
  • Ted Robinson
  • Daron Sutton
  • Jim Watson
Each Pac-12 program will be featured at least 14 times: Arizona (20), Arizona State (16), California (14), Oregon (14), Oregon State (21), Stanford (19), UCLA (17), USC (16), Utah (17), Washington (17), and Washington State (14). Of the 102 total games, 19 will be traditional rivalry games.
 
Heading into the 2018 season, the USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Preseason Poll had three Pac-12 teams ranked, with Oregon State leading the way as the No. 2 team nationally, followed by UCLA at No. 14 and Stanford at No. 16. The Pac-12 also had 21 total preseason All-America selections from six schools. Oregon State had four student-athletes featured on three different preseason All-America lists- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America. OSU first baseman Nick Madrigal collected first-team selections on all three polls, while Oregon pitcher Kenyon Yovan garnered a pair of first team All-America selections. Every Pac-12 school had at least one student-athlete selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, with a total of 46 Pac-12 players drafted. Four Pac-12 baseball players were drafted among the top 75 draft picks with Oregon’s David Peterson as the first Pac-12 player to be drafted with the 20th overall pick to the New York Mets.
 
For a complete look at Pac-12 Networks’ baseball television schedule, click here.
 
HOW TO WATCH
  • This Sunday’s game between Arizona State and Oklahoma State will be available on either Pac-12 Network or Pac-12 Arizona as well as the Pac-12 Now app (available on the App store for iOS and Google Play for Android) and on Pac-12.com/now.
  • More information on how to receive Pac-12 Networks anywhere in the United States is available here on Pac-12.com.
For additional coverage of Pac-12 baseball, follow the Pac-12 and Pac-12 Networks’ digital and social media channels on Pac-12.com, Twitter (@Pac12Network), Facebook (facebook.com/Pac12Conference), Instagram (@Pac12Conference), Snapchat (@pac12conference) as well as Pac-12 Networks’ YouTube channel. 
 
About Pac-12 Networks
Pac-12 Networks is the innovative TV and multimedia company of the Pac-12 Conference and is the first such company to be wholly owned by 12 universities. Pac-12 Networks incorporates one national and six regional television networks, plus extensive digital content accessible through social media, university websites and the Pac-12 Now app. Each year, Pac-12 Networks offers live coverage of 850 sporting events, making it one of the top live sports producers in the country. In addition, Pac-12 Networks creates extensive original programming, provides visibility for marquee football and basketball events as well as traditionally under-served women’s and Olympic sports. Pac-12 Networks also provides training and paid internships for thousands of students of the Pac-12’s member universities, preparing them for careers in media. With headquarters in San Francisco’s SOMA District, Pac-12 Networks draws on the creative, entrepreneurial and technological culture of the Bay Area and nearby Silicon Valley. For more information, go to Pac-12.com.
 

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