CHSN: Why not air more spring training games?

If you want to watch the White Sox spring training opener against the Cubs on Friday, you'll have to turn on Marquee Network. 

You might want to mute the TV to avoid that extra helping of Cubbie glee. 

Given that it's the first game of spring, and given that the opponent is the other Chicago team, you'd think Chicago Sports Network would be on the air with Sox-centric coverage.

But you'd be wrong. You'll have to wait until Saturday to see the first Sox broadcast of the spring. Here's the list of spring games appearing on the network this year:

• Saturday, Feb. 21 vs. Athletics, 2:05 p.m.
• Sunday, Feb. 22 vs. Brewers, 2:05 p.m.
• Saturday, Feb. 28 vs. Guardians, 2:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 7 vs. Mariners, 2:10 p.m.
• Friday, March 13 vs. Cubs, 3:05 p.m.
• Saturday, March 14 vs. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.
• Thursday, March 19 vs. Padres, 8:10 p.m.
• Saturday, March 21 vs. Dodgers, 5:30 p.m.
• Sunday, March 22 vs. Mariners, 2:05 p.m.

Only nine games. You'd think they'd show more. What else does Chicago Sports Network have to show on February and March afternoons? The World Series of Poker? Outdoors Today? The Chuck Garfien White Sox podcast? 

Wouldn't it be better to just show the games? 

Of course, that would cost money. It would require sponsorships. It would require Sox announcers to actually want to show up.

That's not really how things work around here.