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ESPN Major League Baseball (also referred to as MLB on ESPN) is an American presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games produced by ESPN. ESPN's MLB broadcasts have also aired on sister networks and platforms ESPN2, ABC and ESPN+. ESPN's MLB coverage debuted on April 9, 1990 with three Opening Day telecasts.
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network [2]) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc.
In 1990, ESPN added Major League Baseball to its lineup with the signing of a $400 million contract to broadcast the league's games. [27] The contract was renewed and continued through to 2011. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan served as the longtime voices of the network's centerpiece Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts through the 2010 season.
Baseball Tonight, a television program reporting on the day's Major League Baseball action, which airs on ESPN; ESPN Major League Baseball, a televised presentation of live Major League Baseball (MLB) games, which airs on ESPN; Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio, broadcast presentations of live Major League Baseball games on ESPN Radio
ESPNU is an American multinational digital cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).
WAR is recognized as an official stat by Major League Baseball and by the Elias Sports Bureau, and ESPN publishes the Baseball-Reference version of WAR on its own statistics pages for position players and pitchers. [2] The importance of WAR compared to typical statistical categories has been the subject of ongoing debate.
ESPN Inc. is an American multinational sports media conglomerate majority-owned by the Walt Disney Company, with Hearst Communications as an equity stakeholder. [1]Founded by Bill Rasmussen in 1979, it owns and operates local and global cable and satellite television variants of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN+ and other related ventures and is currently headed by executive James Pitaro.
Some notable current and former ESPN.com and ESPNW.com columnists are Allison Glock, Jemele Hill, John Buccigross, Chris Mortensen, John Clayton, Adam Schefter, Andy Katz, Bill Simmons, Jayson Stark, Buster Olney, Paul Lukas, Gene Wojciechowski, Scoop Jackson, Pat Forde, Jim Caple, Michael Smith, and in the last stages of his journalism career, Hunter S. Thompson.