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During the 1986 season, Don Drysdale did play-by-play ABC's Sunday afternoon games, [148] which aired until July, when Monday Night Baseball began. ABC's Monday night schedule in 1986, then started on July 7 and ran through August 25.
Monday Night Baseball was born on October 19, 1966, when NBC signed a three-year contract to televise the game. Under the deal, NBC paid roughly $6 million per year for the 25 Games of the Week, $6.1 million for the 1967 World Series and 1967 All-Star Game, and $6.5 million for the 1968 World Series and 1968 All-Star Game.
During the 1986 season, Don Drysdale did play-by-play ABC's Sunday afternoon games, which aired until July, when Monday Night Baseball began. Al Michaels did the main Sunday game usually with Jim Palmer, while Drysdale and Johnny Bench did the backup contests. Keith Jackson, usually working with Tim McCarver did the #2 Monday night games.
The baseball is coming to an end and the postseason is right around the corner. Here is the full schedule for the upcoming MLB playoffs. MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, TV, teams on road to ...
ABC then televised MLB games from 1976 to 1989, airing Monday Night Baseball, Thursday Night Baseball, and Sunday Afternoon Baseball in various years during that period. MLB games aired on ABC again in 1994 and 1995 as part of The Baseball Network , the short-lived time-brokered package of broadcasts produced by Major League Baseball and split ...
Changes baseball underwent during this time, such as expansion franchises and increasing the schedule from 154 games to 162, led to a wider audience for network and local television. From 1972–1975 NBC televised Monday games under a contract worth $72 million. In 1973, NBC extended the Monday night telecasts (with a local blackout) to 15 ...
Jul. 19—The defending champions defended their turf. 4-Corners, the 2019 champion, claimed back-to-back titles at the 41st annual Tony Andenucio Memorial Tournament on Sunday. The team out of ...
With USA's Thursday night coverage, it ended ABC's Monday night broadcast's position as the exclusive national, prime time television franchise for Major League Baseball. [33] The start of ABC's Monday Night Baseball coverage was moved back to June, due to poor ratings during the May sweeps period. In place of April and May prime time games ...