New England Sports Network - Red Sox Coverage

Red Sox Coverage

Boston Red Sox baseball coverage began in 1984 on the New England Sports Network, airing mostly mid-week home games on the newly-formed pay cable channel. Former Sox second baseman Mike Andrews served as the play-by-play announcer and Kent Derdivanis provided color commentary. NESN periodically sent guest color commentators to the booth, with the likes of Rico Petrocelli, Bill Monbouquette, and Dick Radatz. The in-studio host was Sean McDonough.

NESN now carries full coverage (minus some nationally broadcast games on Fox and ESPN) of Red Sox games as well as in-depth pre- and post-game shows. Unlike previous seasons where it split coverage with over-the-air stations, it now broadcasts all games not on national television, using the slogan "One Nation, One Network". In 2006, it became the first network to broadcast all its Major League Baseball team's games in high definition (however spring training games were not until 2012), available to cable providers throughout New England, DirecTV, AT&T U-Verse (in Connecticut), Comcast (in most of New England), and Verizon FiOS. On March 26, 2008, Dish Network joined the list of providers offering NESN in HD.