Starting July 11, SiriusXM listeners can hear comprehensive coverage and live broadcasts of Major League Baseball’s 2021 All-Star Week, including the 91st All-Star Game Presented by Mastercard, the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, and the MLB Draft, plus other special programming live from Denver, Colorado. See the schedule below and tune in to MLB Network Radio (Ch. 89) and Mad Dog Sports Radio (Ch. 82) all week long.
On July 11, SiriusXM will have the exclusive radio broadcast of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, featuring the best minor league prospects from the American League and National League competing against each other. Pre-game coverage on MLB Network Radio will begin from Coors Field at 1pm ET with a special edition of the weekly show Minors & Majors hosted by Grant Paulsen. MLB Network Radio’s broadcast of the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game will begin at 3pm ET and will feature Mike Ferrin as the play-by-play voice and former MLB GM Jim Duquette as the analyst. Before, during, and after the game, former MLB GM Jim Bowden and Paulsen will conduct interviews with players from the AL and NL team dugouts.
Sunday evening, MLB Network Radio will offer live coverage of the first round of the MLB Draft, which is being held for the first time ever as part of All-Star Week. SiriusXM’s pre-Draft show will air at 6pm ET. The Draft begins at 7pm ET, and SiriusXM listeners will hear the live selections of every team in the first round, accompanied by commentary and analysis from former GM’s Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette, alongside Mike Ferrin and Grant Paulsen. SiriusXM’s broadcast team will also conduct interviews with several of the draft picks in attendance at the Bellco Theater in Denver.
On July 12, SiriusXM’s on-site programming from Denver will begin at 2pm ET with MLB Network Radio hosts Grant Paulsen, Jim Bowden, and Jenny Cavnar, who is also a Colorado Rockies broadcaster, hosting live from Coors Field. At 5pm ET, former Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs, Mike Ferrin, and Jim Duquette will be on the field to host SiriusXM’s pre-game programming and interview many of the All-Stars in attendance. The MLB Network Radio channel will air ESPN Radio’s broadcast of the Home Run Derby starting at 8pm ET.
On July 13, the MLB Network Radio channel’s coverage from Coors Field begins at 1pm ET with a special edition of Power Alley hosted by Jenny Cavnar, Jim Duquette, and Ryan Spilborghs. At 4pm ET, MLB Network Radio will air MLB Network’s High Heat with Christopher Russo, followed at 5pm ET by SiriusXM’s All-Star Pregame Show, hosted by two-time All-Star Brad Lidge alongside Mike Ferrin and Jim Bowden. Listeners will hear interviews with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and many of the coaches and players at Coors Field. The pre-game show will lead into ESPN Radio’s play-by-play broadcast of the All-Star Game starting at 8pm ET.
On Mad Dog Sports Radio, Christopher Russo will host his daily all-sports show, Mad Dog Unleashed, live from Coors Field on both Monday and Tuesday at 5pm ET, prior to the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game.
With this year’s MLB All-Star festivities in the “Mile High” city of Denver, MLB Network Radio will also present a Baseball with Altitude special as part of its coverage. Debuting July 12 at 12pm ET and available anytime on the SXM App, the documentary will look at the history of baseball in Denver, from the origin of the Rockies franchise through their thrilling run to the 2007 World Series. The special will be narrated by former Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs and will include interviews with Hall of Famer Larry Walker, Todd Helton, Clint Hurdle, and others.
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