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2010 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 4, 2010 – October 3, 2010
	Regular Season
Season MVP	AL:; NL:
	League Postseason
	World Series
	MLB seasons
← 2009

This article is about the 2010 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2010 in baseball.

The 2010 Major League Baseball Season, the 109th consecutive season that will be played by the American and National Leagues simultaneously, is scheduled to begin on Sunday night, April 4; though not official, it has been reported that the Boston Red Sox would host their long-time rivals, the 2009 World Series champions, the New York Yankees at Fenway Park that evening. The master schedule with all scheduled games was released on September 15, 2009, with the season ending on October 3, 2010. The 2010 All-Star Game will be played on July 13 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in the California city. The game will decide home field for the 2010 World Series, which will begin (tentatively) on October 27, and end no later than November 4 if the series goes all seven games. In addition, the annual Civil Rights Game will take place on May 15 at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio with the host Cincinnati Reds playing the St. Louis Cardinals.

[edit] Managerial Changes

[edit] General managers

Two teams will begin the season with new general managers. J.P. Ricciardi was sacked on October 3, 2009 as the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays after eight seasons, while the San Diego Padres sacked Kevin Towers as their GM one day earlier after fifteen seasons with the club. Jed Hoyer replaces Towers in San Diego, while Alex Anthopoulos takes over for Riccaardi in Toronto.

[edit] Field managers

[edit] Off season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Former Job
Cleveland Indians	Eric Wedge	Manny Acta	Was manager of Washington Nationals 2007-2009.
Houston Astros	Dave Clark^♦	Brad Mills	Dugout coach for Boston Red Sox.
Arizona Diamondbacks	A.J. Hinch^♦

♦ - Served as interim manager. Clark replaced Cecil Cooper, and Hinch replaced Bob Melvin. Jim Tracy, who replaced Clint Hurdle at Colorado and Jim Riggleman, who replaced Acta at Washington will be full time managers for their respective teams in 2010.

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Forthcoming

[edit] Batters

600 Home Runs

Alex Rodriguez: 17

500 Home Runs

Carlos Delgado: 27

400 Home Runs

Andruw Jones: 12
Albert Pujols: 34

300 Home Runs

1500 Runs Batted In

Chipper Jones: 55

1000 Runs Batted In

500 Doubles

100 Triples

[edit] Pitchers

200 Wins

Tim Wakefield: 11

150 Wins

100 Wins

600 Saves

Trevor Hoffman: 9

[edit] New Stadium

The Minnesota Twins will inaugurate Target Field, their new 40,000 seat home field on April 12 against the Boston Red Sox. The franchise moves from the Metrodome, which they shared with the Minnesota Vikings since the stadium opened in 1982 and also with University of Minnesota football program until the Gophers returned to their campus and opened TCF Bank Stadium in September 2009. The Twins last played outdoor baseball in 1981 when Metropolitan Stadium (where the Mall of America now stands) closed.

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Television

The 2010 season will mark the first full season in the USA for baseball games to be telecast in the digital format. The national telecast breakdown is as follows, along with the maximum number of appearances per team; network schedules will be announced in the winter:

FOX: Saturday afternoon Game of the Week on a regional basis; eight appearances per team. In addition, the network will broadcast the All-Star Game, NLCS, and World Series. The network starts their telecasts on Saturdays at 4 PM US ET/1 PM US PT, except for three dates (April 10, May 1 and 8) due to NASCAR coverage, when those games will start at 3:30 PM ET/12:30 PM PT.
ESPN/ESPN2: Sunday Night Baseball on a weekly basis; five appearances per team. In addition, there are games on Monday and Wednesday nights (with the Monday games moving to either Wednesday nights to form a doubleheader or Friday nights when the 2010 NFL season begins), Opening Day games on April 5, and the Home Run Derby on July 12.
TBS: Sunday afternoon games starting on April 11; 13 appearances per team. In addition, the network will carry the announcement of the All-Star Teams in the National and American Leagues on July 4 as well as the Division Series and the ALCS as per the alternating contract with FOX.
MLB Network: The network will a weekly Thursday Night Game of the Week and Saturday Night Game of the Week. Thursday Night games are produced in-house, while Saturday Night games (except for the Civil Rights Game) usually came off the home team's video production. Blackouts applied here, as viewers in the competing team's markets were telecast an alternate game off the home team feed of selected teams. In addition, holiday games on Memorial Day (May 31) and day games on July 5th and in addition, commencing on September 5 (Labor Day), expanded coverage of the pennant races will be taking place with additional games broadcast.

In Canada, Toronto Blue Jays games will be televised on Rogers Sportsnet and TSN. RSN also holds the Canadian rights to air the Fox and ESPN/ESPN2 games if they do not conflict with Blue Jays games, as well as the All-Star Game and the entire postseason.

In Australia free to air channel One HD shows up to 5 games live per week, and European channel ESPN America broadcasts games as well.

[edit] Radio

ESPN Radio will once again serve as MLB's national radio network, broadcasting Sunday Night Baseball as well as selected Saturday and holiday games during the regular season, the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game, and all postseason series.

[edit] Uniform and Logo Changes

[edit] Uniforms

The Minnesota Twins became the first team to unveil changes for the season. On November 16, the team unveiled a new logo with a revamped wordmark, and introduced throwback alternates based on their 1961 home uniforms, which will be worn on Opening Day and Saturdays. The team also unveiled their first road uniform change since 1987, dropping the pinstripes on the road, and changing to a script "Minnesota" with lettering and numbering in navy with white and red trim. The team is also celebrating their 50th season in the Twin Cities with an anniversary insignia, and the opening of Target Field with a separate logo. The new wordmark also appears on a revamped logo, with a baseball design and the words "Minnesota Twins Baseball Club" incorporated onto a navy circle.
The New York Mets will introduce a new pinstripe home uniform for the 2010 season. The new uniforms are cream colored instead of white and are based on the original Mets uniform when the team debuted in 1962. The team will continue to wear their non-pinstriped white uniforms and their black alternate jerseys at Citi Field as well.

[edit] Caps

The Kansas City Royals unveiled a new light blue alternate cap.

[edit] Notes

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