The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs,known simply as the American League (AL),is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League,a minor league based in the Great Lakes states,which eventually aspired to major league status. It is sometimes called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season,25 years after the formation of the National League.
Leonardo Jesús Hernández,commonly known as Leo Hernandez (er-NAN-dez),is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees (1986). He is currently the hitting coach for DSL Mets1.
Matt Vasgersian is an American sportscaster and television host. Vasgersian is a play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels,as well as a studio host for MLB Network and FOX Sports. In the past,he has served as an announcer for Fox Sports' National Football League and Major League Baseball coverage,ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball,NBC Sports' coverage of the Olympic Games,and NBC Sports' coverage of the original XFL. He formerly called play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres.
Stephen Wayne Yeager is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career,from 1972 through 1985,with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year,1986,he played for the Seattle Mariners. From 2012 to 2018,Yeager was the catching coach for the Dodgers. He was co-MVP of the 1981 World Series.
Richard Albert Bordi is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1980 to 1988. He played for the Oakland Athletics,Seattle Mariners,Chicago Cubs,New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. Bordi threw and batted right-handed,was 6 feet 7 inches (201 cm) tall,and weighed 220 pounds (100 kg). He attended Fresno State University. He is currently a scout for the Cincinnati Reds.
Steve Physioc is a retired American sportscaster who has called play-by-play for various baseball,basketball,and football teams. He retired while working with the Kansas City Royals,whom he had worked with since February 2012.
Gary Steven Roenicke is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder for the Montreal Expos (1976),Baltimore Orioles (1978–85),New York Yankees (1986) and Atlanta Braves (1987–88).
Sunday Night Baseball is an exclusive weekly telecast of a Major League Baseball game that airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN during the regular season.
Victor Manuel Rojas is an American baseball executive and former broadcaster. He currently serves as the president and general manager of the Frisco RoughRiders. Rojas is best known for his time with the Los Angeles Angels as their play-by-play broadcaster from 2010 to 2020.
Edward John Vande Berg is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
JoséManuel Mota Matos is a Dominican baseball broadcaster. He currently covers the Los Angeles Dodgers on Spectrum SportsNet LA. He formerly covered the Los Angeles Angels with Bally Sports West from 2002 until his departure in 2022. He began on the Angels Spanish broadcast in 2002 and took on various roles on the English television broadcast starting in 2007. He worked alongside Amaury Pi-Gonzalez in the broadcast booth in Spanish and alongside Mark Gubicza in English. Fully bilingual,he conducts postgame interviews and often doubles as the translator for Spanish-speaking players. He served as a pre-and-postgame analyst on Angels Live and occasionally filled in as a backup play-by-play announcer for English broadcasts. He is the son of former baseball player and long-time Dodgers coach Manny Mota.
Rory Markas was an American sportscaster best known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's play-by-play broadcaster for eight seasons and as the radio voice of the University of Southern California men's basketball team for 11 seasons. He also worked as a field reporter and part-time sports anchor for KTTV.
The 1986 New York Yankees season was the 84th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 90–72,finishing in second-place,5.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
The 1986 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses. On August 5,the Orioles were in second place with a record of 59–47,just 2.5 games out of first place,but the Orioles would lose 42 of their final 56 games to finish in last place in the AL East.
Dave Owen is an American former professional baseball player who played as an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1983-1988. He attended the University of Texas at Arlington and played for the Mavericks from 1977 to 1979. After getting to the major leagues,he played for the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals. He provided the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the 11th during the game in which Ryne Sandberg hit two home runs off Bruce Sutter on June 23,1984. He was traded from the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Manny Trillo on December 11,1985. Owen's younger brother Spike played for five major league teams from 1983 to 1995.
Major League Baseball (MLB) games aired on the predecessor networks for the American pay television channel Freeform. These began in 2000,when the channel was known as Fox Family Channel,co-owned by News Corporation and Haim Saban,as a replacement for Thursday night games that had aired on Fox Sports Net in prior seasons. The package also included some games in the postseason Division Series. After The Walt Disney Company bought the channel in 2001,renaming it to ABC Family,the games were moved to the Disney-owned ESPN channels,although the 2002 Division Series games that had been acquired as part of the purchase remained on ABC Family because of existing contractual obligations. Those games moved to ESPN the following year as well.
