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Seems like an odd time of year, but tomorrow, at 6:00pm, the MLB Network is launching on a cable or satellite provider near you. In the dead of winter, the boys of summer are hitting about 50 million households.

This is a 24-hour baseball channel, and at the moment, is slated to air 26 regular season games, and increase those numbers once current TV contracts run out in four years. Nothing like advance planning.

Currently, deals are in place with . . .

DirecTV, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications.  That list should also grow as the network gains popularity.

In addition to games, it will have studio shows and documentaries.

I wonder -- will they show Field of Dreams and The Natural in the off-season? -Leslie Shapiro

Reuters