2014 Orioles broadcast schedule announced by MASN

The 2014 Orioles broadcast schedule was released today by MASN, and all the action begins with the regular season and home opener on Monday, March 31 at Camden Yards against the world champion Boston Red Sox. In all, 156 Orioles games will be broadcast in crystal-clear high definition on MASN - 94 on MASN and MASN HD and 62 on MASN2 and MASN2 HD. Six Orioles games are scheduled to be aired on national networks during the 2014 season. Highlights of MASN's 2014 Orioles schedule include interleague games against the Washington Nationals (July 7-8 and July 9-10), and versus the Pittsburgh Pirates (April 29-30 and May 20-21), Milwaukee Brewers (May 26-28), St. Louis Cardinals (Aug. 8-10), Chicago Cubs (Aug. 22-24) and Cincinnati Reds (Sept. 2-4) of the National League Central. Familiar voices and faces will return to the broadcast booth for 2014. Gary Thorne and Jim Hunter will again share play-by-play duties and they will be joined by Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer and Orioles Hall of Fame shortstop Mike Bordick as color analysts. Thorne begins his 29th season of Major League Baseball play-by-play coverage, his eighth with the Orioles, and Hunter returns for an 18th season as part of the Orioles broadcast team. Palmer enters his 22nd season as a color analyst for the Orioles, his only team in a 19-year major league career. Bordick is in his third season in the MASN booth. Twenty Orioles games will be simulcast on WJZ-TV (Channel 13). These MASN simulcasts on WJZ-TV will occur on Monday, March 31, for the season opener against the Red Sox, and on select dates. To view the MASN broadcast schedule for 2014, click here.