Milwaukee County Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. Opened in 1953,it was primarily a baseball park for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves and later the Milwaukee Brewers. It was also used for Green Bay Packers football games,ice skating,religious services,concerts,and other large events. Its final season was in 2000,when it was replaced by the adjacent Miller Park.
The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises,Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios,Amazon,and The Blackstone Group,RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company,which each own 13%. Primarily serving New York City,New York and the surrounding metropolitan area,it broadcasts a variety of sports events,as well as magazine,documentary and discussion programs;however,its main emphasis is focused on games and team-related programs involving the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball,the NBA's Brooklyn Nets,the WNBA's New York Liberty and New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
The MSG Network (MSG) is an American regional cable and satellite television network,and radio service owned by MSG Entertainment,Inc.—a spin-off of the main Madison Square Garden Company operation.
Graeme John Lloyd is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher,who appeared with the Milwaukee Brewers,New York Yankees,Toronto Blue Jays,Montreal Expos,Florida Marlins,New York Mets,and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Edward Joseph Farmer was an American professional baseball pitcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight different teams,predominantly in the American League,between 1971 and 1983. The team he played the most games for was the Chicago White Sox,including one All-Star Game appearance. After his retirement as a player,he spent nearly 30 years as a White Sox radio broadcaster.
Ricardo Bones is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher and bullpen coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played from 1991 to 2001 for three National League teams –the San Diego Padres,Cincinnati Reds,and Florida Marlins –and four American League teams –the Milwaukee Brewers,Kansas City Royals,New York Yankees,and Baltimore Orioles.
SportsNet New York (SNY) is an American regional sports network owned by Sterling Entertainment Enterprises,LLC,itself a joint venture between Fred Wilpon's Sterling Equities,Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016 and Comcast,through its NBC Sports Group subsidiary. The channel primarily broadcasts games and related programming involving the New York Mets,but also carries supplementary coverage of the Mets and the New York Jets as well as college sports events.
David Earl Nelson was an American professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians,Washington Senators / Texas Rangers,and Kansas City Royals from 1968 through 1977. He also served as one of the broadcasters for the Milwaukee Brewers on Fox Sports Wisconsin.
Martin Robert Foster is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. After first working in the American League in 1996,he was added to the MLB umpiring staff in 2000. Foster retired following the 2022 season.
MSG Sportsnet is an American regional sports network owned by MSG Entertainment;it operates as a sister channel to MSG Network. The network serves the New York City metropolitan area,whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York,Northern New Jersey,Southwestern Connecticut and Northeastern Pennsylvania;MSG Sportsnet carries sports events from several of the New York area's professional sports franchises,as well as college sports events.
Major League Baseball games not broadcast exclusively by its media partners are televised by regional sports networks,which present sports programming of interest to their respective region. Most MLB broadcasters are members of chains such as NBC Sports Regional Networks and Bally Sports,although several teams are broadcast by regional networks that are independent of these chains. Some teams own partial or majority stakes in their regional broadcaster.
The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series. The All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park;the American League won by a score of 13–3,with California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn being named MVP.
The 1979 Major League Baseball season concluded with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1979 World Series. None of the post-season teams of 1977 or 1978 returned to this year's postseason.
The following is a list of announcers who called Major League Baseball telecasts for the joint venture between Major League Baseball,ABC and NBC called The Baseball Network. Announcers who represented each of the teams playing in the respective games were typically paired with each other on regular season Baseball Night in America telecasts. ABC used Al Michaels,Jim Palmer,Tim McCarver and Lesley Visser as the lead broadcasting team. Meanwhile,NBC used Bob Costas,Joe Morgan,Bob Uecker and Jim Gray as their lead broadcasting team.
The 1982 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1982 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
