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The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn ... This was the first World Series televised. However, TV broadcasting was still in its ...
The 1947 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1947. The regular season ended on September 28, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 44th World Series on
September 30 – The opening game of the World Series is the first World Series game to be telecast. The 1947 World Series is watched by an estimated 3.9 million people (many watching in bars and other public places), becoming television's first mass audience. October 5 – The first telecast of a presidential address from the White House.
1947 World Series. Yankees 4, Dodgers 3. Bill Bevens’ bid for a Game 4 no-hitter, and to give the Yankees a 3-1 series lead, ended with two outs in the ninth on pinch-hitter Cookie Lavagetto’s ...
An estimated 3.5 million Americans viewed the first televised World Series at bars, restaurants and storefronts. Bettmann/Getty ImagesBoston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk desperately waving at his ...
The opening game of the World Series is the first World Series game to be telecast. The 1947 World Series was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people (many watching in bars and other public places). This marked television's first mass audience. October 5
The 1947 World Series had Yogi and Jackie — but Bill Bevens was the story. ... Paris Hilton 'heartbroken' after watching Malibu home burn 'to the ground on live TV' Entertainment.
Gillette, [3] which produced World Series telecasts [4] from roughly 1947-1965 (before 1966, local announcers, who were chosen by the Gillette Company, the Commissioner of Baseball, and NBC television, exclusively called the World Series), paid for airtime on DuMont's owned-and-operated Pittsburgh affiliate, WDTV (now KDKA-TV) to air the World Series.