Two of the eight games Apple has lined up for August are not, strictly speaking, Friday night games. One starts at 2pm. Another goes head to head with a Yankees fixture in the same time slot. Welcome to the fifth season of Friday Night Baseball, where the branding is more of a suggestion than a promise.
Apple and Major League Baseball have confirmed the August run, and it is streaming to Apple TV subscribers across 60 countries and regions every Friday of the month. Apple reckons the schedule is “highlighted by several marquee matchups, including the latest chapter in two of baseball’s most iconic rivalries.” That is corporate speak for “we saved Red Sox at Yankees for the end and we would like you to notice.”
The Full August Schedule
August 7
- Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 8pm ET
- Tampa Bay Rays at Seattle Mariners, 9:30pm ET
August 14
- St Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 2pm ET
- New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7pm ET
August 21
- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7pm ET
- Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers, 8pm ET
August 28
- Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7pm ET
- Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, 7pm ET
The Bits Worth Caring About
The 28th is the headline. Red Sox at Yankees is the oldest grudge in the sport and Apple has parked it in prime position. The catch is that Mariners at Blue Jays kicks off at exactly the same moment, which means one of those two broadcasts is going to feel very lonely.
August 14 is the odd one. Cardinals at Cubs at 2pm ET is an afternoon game at Wrigley wearing a Friday night badge, though anyone who has watched a day game in that ballpark will tell you it is the better product. Later that evening, Yankees at Blue Jays gives Apple its second rivalry of the month and Toronto its biggest domestic audience.
Texas gets two of the eight. Tampa Bay also gets two, which is a curious amount of screen time for a club that rarely fills its own stands.
Who Is Calling the Games
For the fifth straight season, commentary duties are split between two teams. Wayne Randazzo handles play by play alongside analyst Dontrelle Willis and sideline reporter Heidi Watney. Alex Faust takes the other booth with analyst Ryan Spilborghs and sideline reporter Tricia Whitaker. Rich Waltz joins for selected games across the season.
Game by game announcer assignments land weekly, which is Apple’s way of keeping something in reserve for the press release cycle.
Pregame coverage is hosted by Lauren Gardner, former MLB All-Star Eric Hosmer and insider Russell Dorsey.
Radio, and the Canadian Asterisk
Fans in the US and Canada can swap the Apple commentary for home or away local radio feeds during games, subject to availability. In Canada that flexibility shrinks considerably. It only applies to Blue Jays home games.
It is a genuinely good feature and Apple should shout about it more. Being able to listen to your own broadcast team while watching a clean national feed is the sort of thing traditional television has never bothered to offer.
What It Costs
Apple TV runs at $12.99 per month, or it is folded into the Apple One bundle. Baseball sits alongside Severance, The Studio, The Morning Show, Shrinking and Silo, which is a strange but effective library. Full details of the August schedule are on Apple’s newsroom.
Eight games. Four Fridays. One of them is Red Sox at Yankees. You already know which one you are watching.
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