Major League Baseball Game of the Week

Television series

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The Major League Baseball Game of the Week (GOTW) is the de facto title for nationally televised coverage of regular season Major League Baseball games. The Game of the Week has traditionally aired on Saturday afternoons. When the national networks began televising national games of the week, it opened the door for a national audience to see particular clubs. While most teams were broadcast, emphasis was always on the league leaders and the major market franchises that could draw the largest audience.

## History

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### Origins

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#### 1950s

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See also: Major League Baseball on ABC and Major League Baseball on CBS

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 put it. At first, ABC hesitated at the idea of a nationally televised regular season baseball program.

In April 1953, Scherick set out to acquire broadcasting rights from various major league clubs, but only got the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox to sign on. To make matters worse, Major League Baseball blacked out the Game of the Week on any TV stations within 50 miles of a ballpark. Major League Baseball, according to Scherick, insisted on protecting local coverage and didn't care about national appeal. ABC though, did care about the national appeal and claimed that "most of America was still up for grabs."

In 1953, ABC earned an 11.4 rating for their Game of the Week telecasts. Blacked-out cities had 32 percent of households. In the rest of the United States, 3 in 4 TV sets in use watched Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner call the games for ABC.

In 1955, CBS took over the Saturday broadcasts, adding Sunday telecasts in 1957. Dean and Blattner continued to call the games for CBS, with Pee Wee Reese replacing Blattner in 1960. Gene Kirby, who had worked with Dean and Blattner at ABC and Mutual radio, also contributed to the CBS telecasts as a producer and announcer.

NBC began its own Saturday and Sunday coverage in 1957 and 1959, respectively. In 1960, ABC resumed Saturday telecasts; that year the "Big 3" networks aired a combined 123 games.

#### 1960s

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By 1965, Major League Baseball ended Game of the Week blackouts in cities with MLB clubs. Other cities within fifty miles of an MLB stadium got $6.5 million for exclusivity, and split the pot. ABC provided the first-ever nationwide baseball coverage with weekly Saturday broadcasts on a regional basis.[1] ABC paid $5.7 million for the rights to the 28 Saturday/holiday Games of the Week. ABC's deal covered all of the teams except the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies (who had their own television deals) and called for three regionalized games on Saturdays, Independence Day, and Labor Day. ABC blacked out the games in the home cities of the clubs playing those games. Chris Schenkel, Keith Jackson, and Merle Harmon were the principal play-by-play announcers for ABC's coverage.

Weekly Yankees games were broadcast on CBS, as the team had been acquired by the network before the 1965 season.

### NBC's Game of the Week

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See also: Major League Baseball on NBC

#### 1960s

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In 1966, the Yankees joined NBC's package, as did the Phillies. The new package under NBC called for 28 games.

On October 19, 1966, NBC signed a new three-year contract with Major League Baseball.[2] Under the new deal, NBC paid roughly $6 million per year for 25 Saturday games and prime-time contests on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day; $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. This brought the total value of the contract (which included three Monday night telecasts) up to $30.6 million.

A black and white kinescope (saved by Armed Forces Television) of a July 12, 1969 game between the Phillies and Chicago Cubs is believed to be the oldest surviving complete telecast of the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week.[citation needed]

#### 1970s

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In 1976, NBC paid US$10.7 million per year to show 25 Saturday Games of the Week and half of the postseason (both League Championship Series in odd numbered years and World Series in even numbered years). ABC would carry a Monday Night Baseball game (later switched to a combination of Sunday afternoon games in the early and later part of the season and a Monday night game in the rest) and the other half of the postseason. NBC and ABC would continue this particular arrangement through 1989.

Joe Garagiola was promoted to succeed Curt Gowdy as NBC's top play-by-play announcer in a team with color commentator Tony Kubek in 1976.

#### 1980s

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When NBC inked a new $550 million contract for six years in the fall of 1982, a return on the investment demanded Vin Scully to be their star baseball announcer. Scully was paired with Garagiola as the top broadcast team. Prior to 1983, Scully's only announcing jobs for NBC were the 1966 World Series and 1974 World Series, which both involved the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom Scully was the regular local play-by-play announcer.

Tony Kubek was teamed with Bob Costas as the secondary announce team in 1983. The team of Costas and Kubek proved to be a formidable pair. There were even some who preferred the team of Kubek and Costas over the musings of Vin Scully and the asides of Joe Garagiola.[3]

One of Bob Costas and Tony Kubek's most memorable broadcasts came on June 23, 1984. The duo were at Wrigley Field to call a game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. Led by second baseman Ryne Sandberg, the Cubs rallied from a 9–3 deficit before winning it in extra innings. After Sandberg hit his second home run in the game (with two out in the bottom of the 9th to tie it 11–11), Costas cried "That's the real Roy Hobbs because this can't be happening! We're sitting here, and it doesn't make any difference if it's 1984 or '54-just freeze this and don't change a thing!"

Further information: Ryne_Sandberg § .22The_Sandberg_Game.22

In 1985, NBC got a break when Major League Baseball dictated a policy that no local game could be televised at the same time that a network Game of the Week was being broadcast. Additionally, for the first time, NBC was able to feed the Game of the Week telecasts to the two cities whose local teams participated. In time, MLB teams whose Saturday games were not scheduled for the Game of the Week would move the start time of their Saturday games to avoid conflict with the NBC network game, and thus, make it available to local television in the team's home city (and the visiting team's home city as well).

##### The end of an era

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See also: 1989 in baseball and 1989 in American television

On December 14, 1988, CBS paid approximately $1.8 billion for exclusive over-the-air television rights for over four years beginning in 1990. CBS paid about $265 million each year for the World Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the Saturday Game of the Week.[4]

The final regular season edition of NBC's Game of the Week was televised on September 30, 1989. That game featured the Toronto Blue Jays beating the Baltimore Orioles 4–3 to clinch the AL East title from the SkyDome. It was the 981st edition of NBC's Game of the Week overall.

NBC's final game of the year was televised on October 9, 1989. It was Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs from Candlestick Park. At the end of the telecast, game announcer Vin Scully said "It's a passing of a great American tradition. It is sad. I really and truly feel that. It will leave a vast window, to use a Washington word, where people will not get Major League Baseball and I think that's a tragedy. It's a staple that's gone. I feel for people who come to me and say how they miss it, and I hope me."[citation needed]

Bob Costas said "Who thought baseball'd kill its best way to reach the public? It coulda kept us and CBS-we'd have kept the "Game"-but it only cared about cash." Costas added that he would rather do a Game of the Week that got a 5 rating than host a Super Bowl. "Whatever else I did, I'd never have left "Game of the Week"" Costas claimed.[citation needed]

#### Notable Game of the Week broadcast on NBC

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On April 7, 1984, the Detroit Tigers' Jack Morris threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park; the game was the 1984 season opener for NBC's baseball coverage, and it was the only no-hit game thrown in the series' history.

### CBS takes over (1990–1993)

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Main article: Major League Baseball on CBS

CBS took over MLB broadcasts with the 1990 season. However, the network alienated and confused fans with their sporadic treatment of regular season telecasts.[5][6] CBS televised 16 regular season Saturday afternoon games each season (not counting back-up telecasts), which was 14 fewer than what NBC televised during the previous contract.[7] CBS employed the strategy of airing only a select number of games in part because the network had a number of other weekend summer sports commitments, most notably PGA Tour golf; and partly to build up viewer demand in response to supposedly sagging ratings. In addition, CBS angered fans by largely ignoring the divisional pennant races; instead, their scheduled games focused on games featuring major-market teams, regardless of their record.

NBC play-by-play man Bob Costas believed that a large bulk of the regular-season coverage beginning in the 1990s shifted to cable (namely, ESPN) because CBS did not really want the Saturday Game of the Week and that they were only truly after the marquee events (i.e. All-Star Game, League Championship Series, and the World Series) in order to sell advertising space (especially the fall entertainment television schedule). The league and network chose not to renew their contract after the 1993 season, and CBS has not broadcast Major League Baseball in any fashion since.

### Hiatus period (1994–1995)

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Main article: The Baseball Network

In 1994 and 1995, there was no traditional Saturday Game of the Week coverage. In those two seasons, The Baseball Network (a joint venture by MLB, NBC and ABC) utilized a purely regional schedule of 12 games per week that could only be seen based on the viewer's local affiliate. The arrangement proved to be unpopular and, coupled with the 1994 strike, led to the joint venture being abandoned after only two years.

### The Fox era (1996–present)

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Main articles: MLB on Fox, Fox Saturday Baseball, and Baseball Night in America

Major League Baseball made a deal with the Fox Broadcasting Company on November 7, 1995. Fox paid a fraction less of the amount of money that CBS paid for the Major League Baseball television rights for the 1990 through 1993 seasons. Unlike The Baseball Network arrangement, Fox reverted to the format of televising regular season games (approximately 16 weekly telecasts that normally began on Memorial Day weekend) on Saturday afternoons. Fox's initial approach was to offer four regionalized telecasts, with exclusivity from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in each time zone.

Like NBC and CBS before it, Fox determined its Saturday schedule by who was playing a team from one of the three largest television markets: New York City, Los Angeles, or Chicago. If there was a game which combined two of these three markets, it would be aired.

In Fox's first season of Major League Baseball coverage in 1996, they averaged a 2.7 rating for its Saturday telecasts. That was down 23% from CBS' 3.4 in 1993 despite the latter network's infamy for its rather haphazard Game of the Week schedule.

In 2004, Fox's Game of the Week telecasts only appeared three times after August 28, due to ratings competition from college football (especially since Fox affiliates may have had syndicated college football broadcasts). By that point, Joe Buck, Fox's lead baseball play-by-play announcer, was unavailable to call baseball games, since he had become Fox's top NFL announcer. The following two seasons saw similar interruptions in Fox's September coverage.

Fox renewed its contract in 2006. One of the terms of the deal was that, beginning with the 2007 season, the Saturday Game of the Week coverage was extended over the entire season rather than starting after Memorial Day, with most games being aired in the 3:30–7:00 p.m. (EDT) time slot.

In 2014, the Fox Sports 1 cable network began airing regular-season games over 26 Saturdays. As a result, MLB regular season coverage on the over the air Fox network was reduced to 12 weeks.

In 2022, as part of their renewal of rights, Fox agreed to increase their coverage on the broadcast network. Most weeks of the season Fox exclusively airs two or three prime time games in regional coverage as part of their Baseball Night in America broadcasts, with FS1 carrying a non-exclusive Saturday afternoon game. During September, when the Saturday evening games conflict with Fox's college football obligations, the network carries Thursday night games instead.

## The Game of the Week on radio

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From 1985 to 1997, CBS Radio aired its own incarnation of the Game of the Week, broadcasting games at various times on Saturday afternoons and/or Sunday nights. In 1998, national radio rights went to ESPN Radio, which airs Saturday games during the season as well as Sunday Night Baseball and Opening Day and holiday broadcasts.

Earlier, the Mutual and Liberty networks had aired Game of the Day broadcasts to non-major-league cities in the late 1940s and 1950s.

## A game and B games

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During NBC's era of Game of the Week broadcasts, the network actually carried two games, the A game was generally broadcast to approximately 80% of the country. The B game (also known as the backup game) generally existed as a backup in case of rainouts or other delays at the A game.

Prior to Game of the Week being given exclusivity in the 1980s, NBC typically had the A game broadcast to most of the country, but not to the markets of the participating teams, while the B game was aired in the home markets of the teams in the A game. In those days, the TV rules did not allow a market to see its local team play on NBC. However, in situations where one game got rained out, the rules would be relaxed. When Game of the Week gained exclusivity, allowing for airing games in the teams' home markets, the B game normally only aired in the participants' home markets.

## References

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1. ^ Shea, Stuart (May 7, 2015). Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. SABR, Inc. p. 358\. ISBN 9781933599410.
2. ^ "NBC signs three-year rights deal with MLB". NBC Sports History Page. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017.
3. ^ "Costas-kubek: No. 2 On Totem Pole, No. 1 In Quality". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
4. ^ Durso, Joseph (December 15, 1988). "A Billion-Dollar Bid By CBS Wins Rights To Baseball Games". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
5. ^ Asher, Mark (April 27, 1990). "Baseball Sells Out Fans As CBS Bucks Tradition". The Washington Post. p. B2.
6. ^ Smith, Curt (October 1, 1989). "VIEWS OF SPORT; Fight Baseball's TV Fadeout". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
7. ^ Smith, Curt (April 17, 1989). "IT'S GOING, GOING, GOING..." Sports Illustrated.

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announcers|

* Kenny Albert
* Adam Amin
* Jason Benetti
* Joe Davis
* Alex Faust
* Brandon Gaudin
* Len Kasper
* Kevin Kugler
* Jeff Levering
* Don Orsillo

| Former play-by-play
announcers|

* Thom Brennaman
* Joe Buck
* Howard David
* Aaron Goldsmith
* Scott Graham
* Mario Impemba
* Mike Joy
* Justin Kutcher
* Josh Lewin
* Tom McCarthy
* Dan McLaughlin
* Steve Physioc
* Mel Proctor
* John Rooney
* Dave Sims
* Dick Stockton
* Daron Sutton
* Gary Thorne
* Matt Vasgersian
* Rich Waltz

|

Color
commentators|

* Eric Karros
* A. J. Pierzynski
* John Smoltz
* Tom Verducci
* Adam Wainwright
* Dontrelle Willis

| Former color
commentators|

* Rod Allen
* Bert Blyleven
* Bob Brenly
* George Brett
* Jim Deshaies
* Cliff Floyd
* Joe Girardi
* Mark Grace
* Tom Grieve
* Mark Gubicza
* Rex Hudler
* Tommy Hutton
* Steve Lyons
* Rick Manning
* Tim McCarver
* José Mota
* Jerry Remy
* Harold Reynolds
* Frank Robinson
* F. P. Santangelo
* Ken Singleton
* Jeff Torborg
* Chris Welsh

|

Guest
commentators|

* Bret Boone
* David Cone
* Terry Francona
* Luis Gonzalez
* Ozzie Guillén
* Al Leiter
* David Ortiz
* A. J. Pierzynski
* Lou Piniella
* Jimmy Rollins
* Nick Swisher

Field reporters|

* Jon Morosi
* Tom Rinaldi
* Ken Rosenthal

| Former field reporters|

* Erin Andrews
* Curt Menefee
* Chris Myers
* Pam Oliver
* Jeff Phelps

|

Studio hosts|

* Kevin Burkhardt
* Mike Hill
* Chris Myers
* Jenny Taft

| Former studio hosts|

* Greg Amsinger
* James Brown
* Chip Caray
* Brian Kenny
* Keith Olbermann
* Patrick O'Neal
* Chris Rose
* Rob Stone
* Jeanne Zelasko

|

Studio
analysts|

* Terry Collins
* Derek Jeter
* Eric Karros
* David Ortiz
* A. J. Pierzynski
* Alex Rodriguez
* Mark Sweeney
* Nick Swisher
* Dontrelle Willis

| Former studio
analysts|

* Eric Byrnes
* Keith Hernandez
* Raúl Ibañez
* Gabe Kapler
* Kevin Kennedy
* Steve Lyons
* Kevin Millar
* C. J. Nitkowski
* Dan Plesac
* Billy Ripken
* Pete Rose
* Frank Thomas
* Mitch Williams
* Dave Winfield

|

Lore|

| Regular season|

* 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
* Philip Humber's perfect game (2012)
* London Series
* 2019
* MLB at Field of Dreams (2021)
* MLB at Rickwood Field (2024)
* Curse of the Bambino
* Yankees–Red Sox rivalry

|

Postseason games|

* The Flip Play (2001)
* Steve Bartman (2003)
* The 53-Minute 7th Inning (2015)
* Chicago Cubs end the Billy Goat curse (2016)
* José Bautista's bat flip

World Series games|

* The last night of the New York Yankees dynasty (2001)
* Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
* Walk-off obstruction (2013)
* Game 5 of the 2017 World Series (2017)
* Houston Astros sign stealing scandal (2017)

World Series|

* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028

AL Championship Series|

* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

NL Championship Series|

* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022

AL Division Series|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

NL Division Series|

* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

All-Star Game|

* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026
* 2027
* 2028

World Baseball Classic|

* 2023

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on NBC

Game coverage|

* Major League Baseball on NBC Radio (1927–1938; 1957–1975)
* Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1957–1964; 1966–1989)
* Sunday Afternoon Baseball (1959–1964)
* Monday Night Baseball (1967–1975)
* Baseball Night in America (1994–1995)
* MLB Sunday Leadoff (2022–2023)

| Miscellaneous
programs|

* Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
* Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979–1989) (pregame show)
* USA Network Thursday Night Baseball (1979–1983)

|

Related
articles|

* History
* The Baseball Network
* World Series television ratings
* Television contracts
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s

| NBC's owned
and operated
TV stations|

* W2XBS (later WNBT) (New York Yankees, 1939–1945)
* WCAU 10 (Philadelphia Phillies, 2014–present)
* KCST 39 (later KNSD) (San Diego Padres, 1971–1972; 1984–1986)
* KNTV 11 (San Francisco Giants, 2008–present)

|

NBC Sports|

* Bay Area (San Francisco Giants)
* California (Oakland Athletics)
* Chicago (Chicago Cubs and White Sox)
* Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies)
* New York (New York Mets)

Sponsors|

* Ford
* Gillette
* National Bohemian

Commentators|

* The Baseball Network
* All-Star Game
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NLCS
* NLDS
* World Series
* Game of the Week
* Prime time

| Play-by-play
announcers|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Jason Benetti
* Buddy Blattner
* Marty Brennaman
* Jack Brickhouse
* Jim Britt
* Jack Buck
* Brendan Burke
* Harry Caray
* Skip Caray
* Bob Carpenter
* Ken Coleman
* Bob Costas
* Dick Enberg
* Bill Enis
* Joe Garagiola
* Curt Gowdy
* Greg Gumbel
* Merle Harmon
* Ernie Harwell
* Al Helfer
* Russ Hodges
* Charlie Jones
* George Kell
* Gene Kelly
* Ned Martin
* Al Michaels
* Jon Miller
* Monte Moore
* Bob Neal
* Lindsey Nelson
* Bill O'Donnell
* Bob Prince
* Jay Randolph
* Phil Rizzuto
* Ted Robinson
* Ray Scott
* Vin Scully
* Jim Simpson
* Charlie Slowes
* Dick Stockton
* Chuck Thompson
* Gary Thorne
* Pete Van Wieren
* Matt Vasgersian
* Bob Wolff
* Jim Woods
* Steve Zabriskie

|

Color
commentators|

* Sal Bando
* Kurt Bevacqua
* Bucky Dent
* Larry Dierker
* Don Drysdale
* Leo Durocher
* Joe Garagiola
* Ken Harrelson
* Fred Haney
* Tommy Hutton
* Jim Kaat
* Sandy Koufax
* Tony Kubek
* Ron Luciano
* John Lowenstein
* Mickey Mantle
* Tim McCarver
* Willie McCovey
* Joe Morgan
* Bobby Murcer
* Wes Parker
* Freddie Patek
* Pee Wee Reese
* Al Rosen
* Tom Seaver
* Mike Shannon
* Joe Torre
* Bob Uecker
* Bill Veeck
* Maury Wills

Guest
commentators|

* Rick Dempsey
* Barry Larkin
* Ronald Reagan
* Mike Schmidt
* Don Sutton
* Bobby Valentine

Hosts|

* Mike Adamle
* Marv Albert
* Len Berman
* Jimmy Cefalo
* Ahmed Fareed
* Gayle Gardner
* Bryant Gumbel
* Bill Macatee
* Keith Olbermann
* Ahmad Rashad
* Hannah Storm

Field reporters|

* Johnny Bench
* Jim Gray
* Jimmy Roberts
* Craig Sager
* Bob Wischusen

Lore|

| Regular season
games|

* #715 (1974)
* "The Sandberg Game" (1984)

|

Tie-breaker games|

* 1951 National League tie-breaker series (Games 2–3)
* 1962 National League tie-breaker series

LCS games|

* "Go crazy folks!" (1985)
* Jeffrey Maier (1996)
* "Grand Slam Single" (1999)

World Series
games|

* Subway Series
* "The Catch" (1954)
* Don Larsen's perfect game (1956)
* Bill Mazeroski's home run (1960)
* "Shoe polish incident" (1969)
* "Fisk Waves it Fair" (1975)
* Michael Sergio (1986)
* "It gets through Buckner!" (1986)
* Kirk Gibson's home run (1988)
* All-Century Team (1999)

World Series|

* 1947 (Games 1 and 5)
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1986
* 1988
* 1995 (Games 2, 3, and 6)
* 1997
* 1999

AL Championship Series|

* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1995 (Games 3–6)
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000

NL Championship Series|

* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1995 (Games 3–4)
* 1997
* 1999

AL Division Series|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

NL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

All-Star Game|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959: First-Second
* 1960: First-Second
* 1961: First-Second
* 1962: First-Second
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1977
* 1979
* 1981
* 1983
* 1985
* 1987
* 1989
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000

Seasons|

| Pre-Game of the Week|

* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956

|

Game of the Week era|

* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965 (All-Star Game and World Series only)
* 1966 (exclusive coverage begins)
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

The Baseball Network era|

* 1994
* 1995

No regular season
coverage|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

MLB Sunday Leadoff era|

* 2022
* 2023

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on the radio

National
networks|

* CBS (1927–1941; 1976–1997)
* Compass Media (2012–2013)
* ESPN (1998–present)
* Liberty (1949–1952)
* Mutual (1935–1956)
* NBC (1927–1938; 1957–1975)

International
networks|

* BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (2004–present)

General media|

* Game of the Week (1949–1960; 1985–present)
* Sunday Night Baseball (1990–present)
* MLB Network Radio (2005–present)

Local
broadcasters|

| AL|

| East|

* Baltimore Orioles
* Boston Red Sox
* New York Yankees
* Tampa Bay Rays
* Toronto Blue Jays

|

Central|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

West|

* Houston Astros
* Los Angeles Angels
* Oakland Athletics
* Seattle Mariners
* Texas Rangers

NL|

| East|

* Atlanta Braves
* Miami Marlins
* New York Mets
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Washington Nationals

|

Central|

* Chicago Cubs
* Cincinnati Reds
* Milwaukee Brewers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* St. Louis Cardinals

West|

* Arizona Diamondbacks
* Colorado Rockies
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Diego Padres
* San Francisco Giants

News radio
series|

* Baseball Sunday

| Fantasy baseball series|

* Fantasy Focus - XM (2005–present)
* Fantasy 411

|

Broadcasters
by event|

* World Series
* ALCS
* NLCS
* ALDS
* NLDS
* Wild Card Round
* All-Star Game
* Game of the Week

| Miscellaneous
broadcasts|

* "The Greatest Baseball Game Never Played" (1982)

|

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on Mutual

Related programs|

* Major League Baseball Game of the Day

Related articles|

* Major League Baseball on the radio

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* World Series
* Game of the Week

Key figures|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Buddy Blattner
* Jack Brickhouse
* Jim Britt
* Bill Corum
* Dizzy Dean
* Jimmy Dudley
* Don Dunphy
* Bob Elson
* Gene Elston
* Earl Gillespie
* Art Gleeson
* Gabriel Heatter
* Al Helfer
* Fred Hoey
* Waite Hoyt
* Gene Kelly
* Gene Kirby
* France Laux
* Arch McDonald
* Bob Neal
* Van Patrick
* Bill Slater
* Bob Wolff

Lore|

* "Slaughter's Mad Dash" (1946)
* "Shot Heard 'Round the World" (1951)
* "The Catch" (1954)
* Don Larsen's perfect game (1956)

All-Star Game|

* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956

World Series|

* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on CBS Radio

Related programs|

* Major League Baseball on CBS (1955–1965; 1990–1993)
* Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1985–1997)
* Sunday Night Baseball (1990–1997)

Related articles|

* Major League Baseball on the radio
* 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season (simulcasts)

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NLCS
* NLDS
* World Series
* Game of the Week

Key figures|

* Marty Brennaman
* Steve Busby
* Jack Buck
* Gary Cohen
* Jerry Coleman
* Win Elliot
* Gene Elston
* Curt Gowdy
* Hank Greenwald
* Ernie Harwell
* Jim Hunter
* Harry Kalas
* Ralph Kiner
* Denny Matthews
* Frank Messer
* Bob Murphy
* Brent Musburger
* Ned Martin
* Lindsey Nelson
* Ross Porter
* Ted Robinson
* John Rooney
* Herb Score
* Vin Scully
* Dick Stockton
* Bill White

| Color commentators|

* Sparky Anderson
* Johnny Bench
* Rick Cerone
* Al Downing
* Steve Garvey
* Brooks Robinson
* Duke Snider
* Jeff Torborg
* Joe Torre

|

Pre-1976 commentators|

* Mel Allen
* Red Barber
* Boake Carter
* Bob Elson
* Jack Graney
* Fred Hoey
* Ted Husing
* France Laux

Lore|

* 1978 American League East tie-breaker game
* 1980 National League West tie-breaker game
* 1995 American League West tie-breaker game
* The Double (Seattle Mariners)

| World Series games|

* Babe Ruth's called shot (1932)
* Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning (1977)
* The Call (1985)
* Michael Sergio (1986)
* Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error
* Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run
* Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run

|

LCS games|

* Francisco Cabrera game (1992)
* Jeffrey Maier (1996)

AL Championship Series|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

NL Championship Series|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

AL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

NL Division Series|

* 1981
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

All-Star Game|

* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

World Series|

* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* ~~1994~~
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

The 1994 World Series was cancelled due to a strike.

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on Liberty

Related programs|

* Major League Baseball Game of the Day
* broadcasters

Related articles|

* Major League Baseball on the radio

Key figures|

* Buddy Blattner
* Jerry Doggett
* Gordon McLendon
* Lindsey Nelson
* Wes Wise

Lore|

* "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

* v
* t
* e

Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio

Play-by-play|

* Charley Steiner (1998–2001)
* Jon Miller (1998–2010)
* Dan Shulman (2002–2022)
* Gary Thorne (2008–2009)
* Jon Sciambi (2010–present)

Analysts|

* Kevin Kennedy (1998)
* Dave Campbell (1999–2010)
* Chris Singleton (2011–2021)
* Doug Glanville (2022–present)

Studio hosts|

* Joe D'Ambrosio (1998–2007)
* Marc Kestecher (2008–present)

AL Championship Series|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

NL Championship Series|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

AL Division Series|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

NL Division Series|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

AL Wild Card Round|

* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

NL Wild Card Round|

* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

All-Star Game|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

World Series|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

World Baseball Classic|

* 2017

Related programs|

* ESPN Major League Baseball
* Major League Baseball Game of the Week
* Sunday Night Baseball

Commentators|

* All-Star Game
* Wild Card Round
* ALCS
* ALDS
* NLCS
* NLDS
* World Series
* Game of the Week

Lore|

* 1998 MLB home run record chase
* Grand Slam Single (1999)
* Killing of Osama bin Laden (2011)
* Fort Bragg Game (2016)
* London Series
* MLB at Field of Dreams (2021)

| Tie-breaker games|

* 1998 NL Wild Card
* 1999 NL Wild Card
* 2007 NL Wild Card
* 2008 AL Central
* 2009 AL Central
* 2013 AL Wild Card
* 2018 NL Central
* 2018 NL West

|

Divisional Series games|

* The Flip Play (2001)
* "The Bug Game" (2007)
* Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter (2010)
* "The Illegal Slide Game" (2015)
* "The 53-Minute 7th Inning" (2015)
* José Bautista's bat flip

League Championship Series games|

* End of the Curse of the Billy Goat (2016)

World Series games|

* The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty (2001)
* Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
* Walk-off Obstruction (2013)
* Houston Astros sign stealing scandal (2017)
* Astros' combined World Series no-hitter (2022)

Chicago Cubs|

* Steve Bartman (2003)
* Curse of the Billy Goat

Cleveland Guardians|

* The Rain Delay (2016)
* Curse of Rocky Colavito

New York Yankees|

* Final game at Yankee Stadium (2008)

Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|

* Curse of the Bambino
* 2019 MLB London Series

Related articles|

* Major League Baseball on the radio
* Home Run Derby
* MLB Little League Classic

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