Sirius XM Radio provided unprecedented access to the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Week for invested baseball fans with satellite radio subscriptions, giving full coverage of the events as they played out.

The 80th All-Star Game itself was covered by XM Radio along with other popular events including the Home Run Derby and all of the XM All-Star Futures Games.

MLB Home Plate (Sirius channel 210 with Best of XM and XM channel 175) made game coverage available for Sirius-only subscribers as well however, providing live updates and up to the minute details from the games themselves as they played out at the diamond.

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame aired its latest induction ceremony with a special broadcast last Sunday, July 26th, allowing Sirius XM Radio subscribers to tune in for virtual attendance to the event.

Live coverage was provided by MLB Home Plate (Sirius channel 210 and XM channel 175) and Mad Dog Radio (Sirius channel 123 and XM channel 144) right from the floor of the Hall of Fame itself in Cooperstown, New York.

The induction ceremony was conducted for the purposes of celebrating legendary baseball players Rickey Henderson (all-time stolen bases and runs leader), Jim Rice (Boston Red Sox batter) and Joe Gordon (Yankees and Indians second baseman).

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Sports legend and New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter appeared on Sirius XM last Monday for a personal interview with other popular baseball players on Ripken Baseball.

Jeter spoke to fellow shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. and his brother/infielder/co-host, Billy Ripken on their show, discussing his historic career in the MLB and his charitable foundation, Turn 2, a project (began in 1996) that seeks to encourage young people to engage in activities that avoid drugs and alcohol.

The interview aired Monday on Ripken Baseball, a show that broadcasts on Sirius XM Radio’s MLB Home Plate (Sirius channel 210 and XM channel 175).

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MLB Home Plate, a channel devoted to talk radio baseball coverage, has been added to the Best of XM line-up through Sirius Radio. The show was previously available as an XM Radio exclusive only but is now included for Sirius listeners to enjoy.

The move was carried out without any major announcement from Sirius and may serve as a sign of things to come regarding future baseball programming coming to the company’s broadcasts. MLB has been courted more directly by Sirius in recent months and the addition of this show may be a precursor for bigger changes in the future.

Listeners can now tune in to Sirius channel 210 to hear MLB Home Plate.

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