ATLANTA -- SportSouth, a FOX Sports regional network, will debut Atlanta Braves 2014 Season Preview on Thursday, March 6 at 10:30 p.m. ET. FOX Sports announcers Chip Caray and Joe Simpson host the one-hour preseason show from the Braves Spring Training complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Fans will hear from Braves general manager Frank Wren as he discusses the team's offseason moves, which included the signing of five key players, and will go behind the scenes with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Evan Gattis, who were both mic'ed up during spring drills.
Also during the show, Braves LIVE analyst and former Braves pitcher Paul Byrd talks with shortstop Andrelton Simmons as well as manager Fredi Gonzalez. Additionally, Byrd demonstrates Julio Teheran and Kris Medlen's pick-off moves, discusses a proper inside-out swing with third baseman Chris Johnson, and shows how to field a play at the plate with catcher Gerald Laird.
ATLANTA BRAVES 2014 SEASON PREVIEW
SportSouth
Debut: • 3/6 @ 10:30 p.m. ET
Re-airs: • 3/8 @ 4:30 p.m. ET
• 3/9 @ 10:00 p.m. ET
• 3/11 @ 11:00 p.m. ET
• 3/13 @ 12:00 p.m. ET
• 3/19 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
• 3/27 @ 4:00 p.m. ET
• 3/29 @ 12:00 p.m. ET
• 3/30 @ 5:00 p.m. ET
• 3/31 @ 12:00 p.m. ET
FOX Sports South
• 3/10 @ 11:00 p.m. ET
• 3/12 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
• 3/13 @ 10:00 p.m. ET
• 3/14 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
• 3/18 @ 1:00 p.m. ET
• 3/20 @ 10:00 p.m. ET
• 3/22 @ 5:30 p.m. ET
• 3/23 @ 4:00 p.m. ET
• 3/24 @ 9:00 p.m. ET
• 3/26 @ 10:00 p.m. ET
FOX Sports South and SportSouth will televise six spring training games beginning with the Braves at St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, March 13 at 1 p.m. ET on SportSouth. The Braves open the regular season on SportSouth at the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, March 31 and SportSouth will air a special one-hour Braves LIVE pregame show at 1 p.m. ET. Coverage of the Braves home opener against the New York Mets on Tuesday, April 8 will begin at 6:00 p.m. ET with a special one-hour Braves LIVE show, including complete coverage the 40th anniversary celebration of Hank Aaron's 715th home run.
The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast -- FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Tennessee, FOX Sports Carolinas and SportSouth -- collectively reach more than 13 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Dream, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies, Nashville Predators, Cincinnati Reds, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, and St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Southeastern Conference, and Big 12 Conference, and offer expanded coverage of the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events and televise more than 1400 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com, FOXSportsTennessee.com, and FOXSportsCarolinas.com.
