MLB Network is taking two of its signature shows to Cooperstown this weekend. One Saturday, MLB Now and MLB Tonight will be on site as the class of 2023 is enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The network is the exclusive TV home of the induction ceremony, which happens on Sunday at 1:30 PM Eastern. Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff are receiving the honor this year.
Coverage begins at noon on Saturday with MLB Now. Brian Kenny will be joined by Jayson Stark and John Morosi to look back at the players’ careers. MLB Tonight begins at 6 pm. Adnan Virk and Harold Reynolds.
Plenty of fellow Hall of Famers are expected to be on hand. Chipper Jones, Albert Pujols, Jeff Bagwell and Ryne Sandberg are all scheduled to appear on Saturday’s broadcast.
On Sunday, Greg Amsinger will lead the broadcast preceding the induction ceremony. He will be joined by Morosi, Reynolds, Stark and Hall of Fame voter Tom Verducci beginning at noon.
Bob Costas will not be on hand for the event, but his voice will be. He has written and voiced a vignette about McGriff and Rolen that will air to start the ceremony.
Brian Kenny and MLB Now will still be in Cooperstown on Monday. The show will recap highlights of the weekend beginning at noon Eastern that day.
