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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.
Eugene Kirby (May 27, 1915 – April 27, 2011) [1] was an American Major League Baseball announcer and front office executive. Kirby was one of the key play-by-play announcers for the Mutual Broadcasting System's Major League "Game of the Day" broadcasts during the late 1940s and 1950s, along with Dizzy Dean, Al Helfer, Art Gleeson and others. [2]
In 1976, ABC picked up the television rights [89] for Monday Night Baseball [90] games from NBC. For most of its time on ABC, the Monday night games were held on "dead travel days" when few games were scheduled. The team owners liked that arrangement as the national telecasts didn't compete against their stadium box offices.
1.1 1953-1954 Saturday afternoon Game of the Week period. ... 3 1976-1989 Monday/Thursday Night Baseball period. ... List of current Major League Baseball announcers;
He was an anchor at SportsCenter, the host of ESPN's Baseball Tonight, and the last host of the sports interview show Up Close before it was canceled in 2001. Miller also occasionally did play-by-play of Major League Baseball games, and was the primary dugout reporter on Monday Night baseball broadcasts, as well as ESPN DayGame.
Eduardo Pérez- analyst (2007–2011), (2014–present) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2016-2017) Sunday Night Baseball, Monday night Baseball and occasionally Wednesday night Baseball 2018–present; Kyle Peterson - Analyst (2020–present) select games; Karl Ravech- host and play-by-play (1995–present) Baseball Tonight and Monday Night Baseball.
Jenny Cavnar (born 1982 or 1983) [1] is an American sports broadcaster who is the television play-by-play announcer of the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). She is the first female primary play-by-play announcer in MLB history.
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. Al Michaels did both the main Sunday and Monday game usually with Jim Palmer, while Drysdale and Johnny Bench ...