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The 2012 Chicago Cubs season was the 141st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 137th in the National League and the 97th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 61–101, their worst record since 1966 .
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]
Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs, launched on February 22, 2020.It is devoted exclusively to Cubs baseball, replacing a trio of channels (cable channel NBC Sports Chicago and broadcast partners WLS-TV and WGN-TV) as the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs games not shown on national TV.
Jon "Boog" Sciambi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː m b i /) is an American sportscaster for ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network, and has been the everyday play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs TV broadcasts on Marquee since 2021. He has worked extensively as a baseball play-by-play announcer, calling games for ESPN television and on ESPN Radio.
Chicago Sports Network's flagship program is The Chicago Lead, a daily sports program covering all Chicago sports teams including local college and high school sports. In addition, the network also airs The Big College Football Show and The Big Pro Football Show, focusing on college football and the National Football League, respectively. [18] [19]
This year, the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals will cross the pond for the MLB in London series. What channel is MLB in London on this year? The 6/24 game will be on Fox and the 6/25 game ...
For many seasons, Joe Buck and Al Hrabosky were the commentators, but Dan McLaughlin has since replaced Buck, who called MLB and NFL games for Fox-TV until 2022 when he moved to ESPN as the voice of Monday Night Football. As of 2023, Chip Caray, calls TV play-by-play for the Cardinals on the since-rebranded Bally Sports Midwest.
Major League Baseball staggered the times of first-round games to provide a full-day feast for viewers: ESPN could air games at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 11 p.m. EDT, with the broadcast networks telecasting the prime time game. In 1998, ESPN [6] [7] broadcast the National League Wild Card tie-breaker game between the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco ...