It was tenuous for a while, when the owners’ threats of game cancellations during the Major League Baseball lockout suggested the possibility of an abbreviated regular season. But once matters were settled, the full 162 games remained, for the Red Sox and the 29 other franchises.
That means, of course, that the Red Sox are booked for their usual 81 away from Fenway Park. For the first time since 2019, their NESN broadcast team will be on the road with them, at least for a majority of the games.
Because of the pandemic, the Red Sox’ television broadcasters spent the shortened 60-game season in 2020 and last season’s full schedule calling the games off video feeds from NESN’s Watertown studios.