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It was rumored that CBS would show Thursday night games [307] [308] (more specifically, a package of West Coast inter-league games scheduled for the 11:30 p.m. Eastern/8:30 Pacific Time slot) while Fox would show Saturday afternoon games. [309] CBS and Fox were also rumored to share rights to the postseason. [310]
The Dodgers host the Padres in a battle for control of the NL West this weekend, including on Sunday Night Baseball. (Photo by Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports) (USA Today Sports / reuters)
On July 17, 1964, a game out of Los Angeles between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers contest became the first Pay TV baseball game. [23] Subscription television offered the cablecast to subscribers for money. [23] (The Dodgers beat the Cubs by the score of 3–2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.) [24]
It’s almost time for the Clemson-South Carolina baseball series. The No. 10 Tigers and No. 19 Gamecocks are set to play their annual rivalry series this weekend, with a game apiece at each ...
Date: June 10, 2023 Time: 7:35 p.m. ET Games: Red Sox vs. Yankees, Cubs vs. Giants TV: Fox Baseball Night in America (Fox's Saturday night MLB schedule) includes two games this week: The Boston ...
The game was played at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the former home of the Negro leagues' Birmingham Black Barons, one day after Juneteenth. This was the first regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game played in the state of Alabama. The Cardinals won 6–5.
In 1957, [7] NBC started airing weekend Game of the Week telecasts [8] [9] (Sunday telecasts were added in 1959) with Lindsey Nelson and Leo Durocher calling the action. During this period, NBC (as rival CBS had the rights to broadcast at least eight teams) typically broadcast from Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, Chicago's Wrigley Field or Milwaukee's County Stadium.
In 1953, ABC-TV executive Edgar J. Scherick (who would later go on to create Wide World of Sports) broached a Saturday Game of the Week- baseball's first regular-season network telecast. At the time, ABC was labeled a "nothing network" that had fewer outlets than CBS or NBC. ABC also needed paid programming or "anything for bills" as Scherick ...