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This segment returned in 2009, when Melrose rejoined ESPN. Baseball Tonight Extra – A segment showing highlights of Major League Baseball games currently in progress at the time of a given SportsCenter broadcast. The highlights that are shown are presented by the evening's host and analyst of Baseball Tonight.
PECOTA, an acronym for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, [1] is a sabermetric system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance. The word is a backronym based on the name of journeyman major league player Bill Pecota, who, with a lifetime batting average of .249, is perhaps representative of the typical PECOTA entry.
Dave Valle: (2009–2022) MLB Tonight (now analyst for Texas Rangers) Heidi Watney: (2013–2021) Quick Pitch, Hot Stove, and Intentional Talk (now reporter for Apple TV+) Mitch Williams: (2009–2014) Hot Stove, MLB Tonight and 30 Clubs in 30 Days (contract terminated) [27] Preston Wilson: (2016–2018) MLB Tonight
MLB Tonight is the signature program that airs on MLB Network and is simulcast on MLB Network Radio. The show offers complete coverage of all Major League Baseball games from 6 pm ET – 1 am ET during the regular season, and gives news from all 30 MLB teams during the offseason.
In April 2009, he appeared as an analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. After March 2009, he published only two "Lies, Damned Lies" columns on BaseballProspectus.com. In November 2009, ESPN introduced a new Soccer Power Index (SPi), [44] designed by Nate Silver, for predicting the outcome of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [45]
On July 23, 2009, Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The game took place at US Cellular Field in Chicago in front of 28,036 fans, and occurred from 1:07 PM CT to 3:10 PM CT. It was the 18th perfect game and 263rd no-hitter in MLB history, second perfect game and 17th no-hitter in White Sox ...
November 2008: Sony Entertainment records his stance imitations for MLB 2009: The Show; April 15, 2009: ESPN's E:60: "Art of the Stance" [permanent dead link ] May 6, 2009: The Associated Press: "BSG and Manny Ramirez" May 19, 2009: The Associated Press: "Rise of the BSG" June 17, 2009: ESPN's Baseball Tonight BSG on Baseball tonight
After having missed the entire 2008 season with right shoulder problems, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announces his retirement from baseball. Japan wins the 2009 World Baseball Classic with a 5–3 victory over South Korea in ten innings. Ichiro Suzuki hits a two-run single in the top of the tenth inning with two outs for the winning runs.