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It also marked the first time that cable television produced postseason games weren't available on over-the-air television in the participating teams' home markets. [15] Also in 2007, ESPN2 broadcast the Major League Baseball Draft. It was the first time the draft was televised. [16] [17]
WGN also broadcast the Chicago Cubs' home opener in April 1925. [12] And in Boston, WBZ (AM) broadcast the opening day game for the Boston Braves, who played against the New York Giants. Newspapers said this was the first time either Boston team (the Braves or the Red Sox) had been on the air. [13]
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. 1996 also marked the launch of MLB's out-of-market sports package, MLB Extra Innings. Debuted exclusively on DirecTV, the ...
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color. WCBS-TV in New York City broadcast the Boston Braves beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by an 8-1 score.
The first MLB telecast was aired on Aug. 26, 1939, and was actually a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds. The teams split the two-game set. W2XBS had the game in ...
On August 11, 1951, WCBS-TV in New York City televised the first baseball game (in which the Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers by the score of 8–1) in color. On October 3 of that year, NBC aired the first coast-to-coast baseball telecast as the Brooklyn Dodgers were beaten by the New York Giants in the final game of a playoff series by the score of 5-4 (off Bobby Thomson's now ...
On August 11, 1951 WCBS-TV in New York City televised the first baseball game (in which the Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers by the score of 8–4) in color.On October 1 of that year, NBC aired the first coast-to-coast baseball telecast as the Brooklyn Dodgers were beaten by the New York Giants in the first game of a playoff series by the score of 3–1 featuring Bobby Thomson's two-run ...
Bob Uecker's broadcasting career. Uecker's broadcasting career began at WSB-TV in Atlanta in 1969 as part of the Braves' broadcast booth. He was named to the broadcast booth in Milwaukee by former ...