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ESPN'S MLB SCHEDULE STILL FRAUGHT WITH SCHEDULE CONFLICTS

          ESPN's 10th season of MLB coverage will begin on
     Sunday, April 4, with the Rockies-Padres game from
     Monterrey, Mexico.  In addition to its Sunday night
     coverage, ESPN will televise Wednesday doubleheaders, while
     ESPN2 will televise Wednesday doubleheaders in September. 
     For its Sunday night schedule, the Mets and Rangers lead
     with four appearances, while the Yankees, Cardinals, Cubs,
     Braves, Angels and Mariners appear three times each (ESPN).
     In Orange County, Steve Grimley noted that the "conflict"
     between Sunday night NFL and MLB coverage for ESPN "still
     exists."  MLB Dir of PR Rich Levin: "We're still
     negotiating.  Nothing has been resolved."  ESPN can "only"
     move the games to ESPN2 with MLB's permission.  Last year,
     MLB gave the Sunday night games back to the teams to
     distribute as they wished (O.C. REGISTER, 2/18).  USA
     TODAY's Rudy Martzke notes that two of the three September
     Sunday night games on ESPN involve the Brewers, and if MLB
     Commissioner (and former Brewers Owner) Bud Selig gives
     those games back to the team, "he'd be taking the Brewers'
     only two Sunday night games off national TV."  ESPN's Mike
     Soltys: "Baseball sees and approves our schedule, so they
     know of the Brewers games.  We put our marquee games early
     so they wouldn't go against the NFL" (USA TODAY, 2/19).
          CHICAGO STORY: In Chicago, Sherman & Kirk report on the
     possible move of non-WGN Cubs games to Fox Sports Chicago,
     the White Sox's carrier.  If a deal is made, it would mark
     the first time that local Cubs games would be on a station
     that isn't owned by the Tribune Co.  Sources described the
     talks as "extremely sensitive," with the atmosphere at Fox
     Sports Chicago and WGN "quite tense" (CHI. TRIBUNE, 2/19). 

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