TL1 Frisco RoughRiders

Jon Daniels Joins 11 AM Fox Sports Southwest Broadcast on Monday

Published on May 22, 2016 under Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release


FRISCO, TEXAS - Rangers President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Jon Daniels will join Nathan Barnett on the Frisco RoughRiders' telecast on Fox Sports Southwest on Monday, May 23. Air time is 11 a.m. for the 11:05 a.m. scheduled first pitch between the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, and the San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres) at Dr Pepper Ballpark. Rangers right-handed pitching prospect Luis Ortiz will be making his Double-A debut.

Daniels is in his 11th season as the Rangers General Manager, the longest tenure in team history, and was promoted to President, Baseball Operations & General Manager in March 2013. Under Daniels' leadership, the Rangers have advanced to the postseason four times in the last six years, the most playoff appearances ever for a Texas General Manager. The Rangers accomplishments earned Daniels Baseball America's 2010 Major League Executive of the Year. He is just the second Rangers executive ever to earn the award following Doug Melvin in 1998. Daniels was also selected as the 2011 Major League Executive of the Year by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

The game on Monday morning is the third of the eight-game slate for the Riders on Fox Sports Southwest, the second-largest in market size and viewership in the FSN group and the television home of the Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Stars.

Fox Sports Southwest will air the following five remaining RoughRiders games this season:

Date: Time: Opponent: Opponent Affiliate:

Thursday, June 2 7:00 p.m. vs. Tulsa Drillers (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Tuesday, June 14 11:00 a.m. vs. Midland RockHounds (Oakland Athletics)

Sunday, July 31 6:00 p.m. vs. San Antonio Missions (San Diego Padres)

Thursday, August 18 7:00 p.m. vs. Springfield Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals)

Sunday, August 21 6:00 p.m. vs. Tulsa Drillers (Los Angeles Dodgers)

FOX Sports Southwest reaches over 10 million cable and satellite TV homes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, as well as nationally via satellite television as well as streaming online with Fox Sports Go. To find Fox Sports Southwest in your area, please visit this website and fill in your zip code and television provider.

The full list of the RoughRiders television broadcast schedule and information can be found at www.RidersBaseball.com/TV.

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