Harry Christopher"Chip" Caray III is an American television broadcaster for Bally Sports Midwest coverage of St. Louis Cardinals baseball. He joined the Cardinals' broadcast team after leaving the Atlanta Braves,where he had served as the television play-by-play voice from 2005 to 2022. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for the Fox Saturday Game of the Week and as the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs from 1998 to 2004. He is the son of broadcaster Skip Caray,the grandson of broadcaster Harry Caray,and the father of broadcaster Chris Caray.
Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray Jr. was an American sportscaster,best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He was the son of baseball announcer Harry Caray,and the father of St. Louis Cardinals play-by-play announcer and former fellow Braves broadcaster Chip Caray;another son,Josh Caray,is the play-by-play announcer for the minor league Rocket City Trash Pandas.
Don Orsillo is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is also an announcer for MLB on TBS and MLB on Fox. Orsillo was the play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox on NESN from 2001 to 2015;he was hired by the Padres to replace Dick Enberg upon his retirement at the end of the 2016 season.
Peter Dirk Van Wieren was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves.
Braves TBS Baseball was an American presentation of regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game telecasts featuring the Atlanta Braves National League franchise that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games were produced by Turner Sports,the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner,TBS's corporate parent. The program,which debuted in 1973,ended national broadcasts in 2007.
MLB on TBS is an American presentation of regular season and postseason Major League Baseball (MLB) game telecasts that air on the American pay television network TBS and the streaming service Max. The games are produced by TNT Sports.
Ernest Thorwald Johnson Sr. was an American professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1950 and 1959. He played the majority of his career with the Boston Braves and remained with the team when they became the Milwaukee Braves in 1953. Johnson was a member of the world champion 1957 Milwaukee Braves. He played his final season with the Baltimore Orioles. After his playing career,he became a longtime television color commentator on the TBS television network. In 2001,Johnson was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame. He was the father of Inside the NBA sportscaster Ernie Johnson Jr.
The 1994 Major League Baseball season began on April 3,but ended prematurely on August 11,1994,with the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. The season started despite the expiration of MLB's previous collective bargaining agreement at the end of 1993. It was the first season played under the current three-division format in each league. It was also the first with an Opening Night game involving two National League teams,which did not become permanent until 1996.
The 2008 Major League Baseball season began on March 25,2008,in Tokyo,Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome 6–5 in the first game of a two-game series,and ended on September 30 with the host Chicago White Sox defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to win the AL Central. The Civil Rights Game,an exhibition,in Memphis,Tennessee,took place March 29 when the New York Mets beat the Chicago White Sox,3–2.
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.
Timothy Joseph Neverett is an American sportscaster who currently works as a television and radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously worked as a play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox. In addition to baseball,he has announced basketball and American football games,along with both the summer and winter Olympic Games.
In September 2000,Major League Baseball signed a six-year,$2.5 billion contract with Fox to show Saturday baseball,the All-Star Game,selected Division Series games and exclusive coverage of both League Championship Series and the World Series.
The 2023 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 30. The 93rd All-Star Game was played on July 11,hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle,Washington,with the National League winning,3–2. The regular season ended on October 1,and the postseason began on October 3,and ended with Game 5 of the World Series on November 1. This season saw the introduction of several rule changes:in an effort to create a quicker pace of play,a pitch clock was introduced along with other minor changes,while limits on defensive shifts and larger bases were also introduced.
The following is a general overview of Major League Baseball on television in the 2020s. During the 2020s,Major League Baseball announced its first exclusive television contract with a paid streaming service. Due to the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group,MLB took over the production of the local broadcasts of the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.
