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David Ross: analyst (2017–2019) Baseball Tonight and Monday or Wednesday Night Baseball mainly as a 2nd Analyst and occasionally as the only Analyst. Sam Ryan: field reporter (2004–2006) Sunday Night Baseball; Curt Schilling: analyst (2010–2016) Baseball Tonight, analyst (2014–2016) Sunday Night Baseball and Monday Night Baseball
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.
Then on weeks in which NBC had Monday Night Baseball, Gowdy and Garagiola worked together. One would call play-by-play for 4½ innings, the other would handle color analysis. Then in the bottom of the 5th inning, their roles switched. In 1976, ABC picked up the television rights [89] for Monday Night Baseball [90] games from NBC. For most of ...
In 1978, [71] Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale joined ABC Sports with assignments such as Monday Night Baseball, Superstars, and Wide World of Sports. In 1979, [72] Drysdale covered the World Series Trophy presentation. According to Drysdale "My thing is to talk about inside things. Keith [Jackson] does play-by-play.
Note: During the spare time of his active career, Reggie Jackson worked as a field reporter and color commentator for ABC Sports. During the 1980s ( 1983 , 1985 , and 1987 respectively), Jackson was given the task of presiding over the World Series Trophy presentations.
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 ...
Victor Rojas: (2009–2010) Hot Stove, MLB Tonight, and Thursday Night Baseball [23] (left to join Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim TV play-by-play; now the GM of the Double-A Frisco Roughriders) Chris Rose: (2010–2020) MLB Tonight and Intentional Talk [10] (now employed by Jomboy Media)
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.