MEDIA ADVISORY October 26, 2016
MEDIA SCHEDULE, SATELLITE COORDINATES FOR WORLD SERIES WORKOUT DAY Cubs to Hold 3:00 p.m. (CT) Workout, Followed by Indians at 6:00 p.m. (CT); Managers, Players to Be Available in Chicago on Thursday
Following are details of Thursday’s media availability schedule and satellite coordinates for the Workout
Day of the 2016 World Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Friday evening’s Game Three at Wrigley Field will mark the ballpark’s first Fall Classic game since October 10, 1945 (Game Seven vs. DET).
The National League Champion Chicago Cubs are aiming for their first Fall Classic title since 1908, while the American League Champion Cleveland Indians are in pursuit of their first World Series
Championship since 1948. Game Three’s pitching match-up will feature Kyle Hendricks of the Cubs and Josh Tomlin of the Indians.
Major League Baseball will provide pool feeds of the pregame, postgame and workout day press conferences throughout the Postseason.
FOX Sports will provide exclusive broadcast coverage of the 2016 World Series. ESPN Radio will provide complete coverage of all World Series games. MLB Network, MLB.com, MLB International and SiriusXM also will provide comprehensive coverage of the Fall Classic.
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Contact: Major League Baseball Communications, (212) 931-7878, mlbpressbox.com, twitter.com/mlb_pr.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH
INDIANS @ CUBS – Workout Day of the 2016 World Series 15:00 ET - 19:00x15 ET Galaxy 13 C-Band TX 1 SLOT A DL 3706.5 V Technical Hotline: (203) 965-6371
All Times CT 1:00 p.m. Media Gate and credential window at Wrigley open 1:45-2:15 p.m. Cubs clubhouse opens to media with clubhouse badge 2:30 p.m. Cubs manager Joe Maddon in Interview Room 2:45 p.m. Cubs Game 3 pitcher Kyle Hendricks in Interview Room 3:00 p.m. Cubs workout 5:00 p.m. Indians manager Terry Francona in Interview Room 5:15 p.m. Indians Game 3 pitcher Josh Tomlin in Interview Room 5:30 p.m. Indians first baseman Mike Napoli in Interview Room 5:40-6:00 p.m. Rest of Indians team will be available on the field in front of the 1B dugout Due to space limitations in the visiting clubhouse, the 5:40-6:00 window on the field will represent the Indians’ period of media availability; their clubhouse will not open. 6:00 p.m. Indians workout
PARAMETERS FOR ALL FEEDS: Bandwidth: 9 MHz FEC: 3/4 Compression: MPEG-4 4:2:0 Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9 Format: HD 720p Symbol Rate: 6.923 Data Rate: 15.0750 Modulation: DVB-S2 8PSK Pilots: On Audio Mapping: Ch 1 PGM – Stereo Left Ch 2 PGM – Stereo Right