SUNRISE, Fla. -- Sun Sports will produce and televise 150 Tampa Bay Rays games during the 2011 Major League Baseball season, with all games scheduled to be distributed in high definition.
Coverage begins on Opening Day when the Rays host the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Home game telecasts will also include half-hour Rays LIVE pregame shows and all will offer extended post-game coverage from site.
Dewayne Staats returns this year for his 14th season as play-by-play announcer for Tampa Bay Rays baseball on the regional network and will be joined in the TV booth by former MLB player Brian Anderson, who moves into the analyst role on a full-time basis.
Staats enters his 34th year broadcasting baseball and just last season celebrated his 5,000th career telecast. Anderson enters his 3rd season providing analysis on Sun Sports and will also be a part of Rays LIVE pre- and post-game coverage.
Also in his 14th season, Todd Kalas serves as reporter on 145 games and will sit in the analyst position alongside Staats on five games. He will also host Rays LIVE pre- and postgame shows.
Orestes Destrade, Angela Jacobs and newcomer Laura McKeeman round out the television talent lineup for Rays baseball on Sun Sports in 2011, appearing on and providing feature reports for Rays LIVE.
Going beyond just coverage of games, Sun Sports
