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| show_name = The Baseball Network | image = The Baseball Network logo.png | caption = The Baseball Network title card | show_name_2 = Baseball Night in America | genre = Baseball telecasts | creator = | director = | presenter = Various | theme_music_composer = Scott Schreer[1][2] | opentheme = | endtheme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = 210 minutes or until end of game | company = Major League Baseball ABC Sports NBC Sports | distributor = | network = ABC NBC | picture_format = 480i (SDTV) | first_aired = {{Start date|1994|07|12}} | last_aired = {{End date|1995|10|28}} | preceded_by = Major League Baseball on CBS (1990–1993) | followed_by = Fox Major League Baseball (1996-present) | related = Major League Baseball on ABC Major League Baseball on NBC | website = | production_website = }} The Baseball Network was a short-lived television broadcasting joint venture between ABC, NBC and Major League Baseball.[3] Under the arrangement, beginning in the 1994 season, the league produced its own in-house[4] telecasts of games,[5] which were then brokered to air on ABC and NBC. This was perhaps most evident by the copyright beds shown at the end of the telecasts, which stated "The proceeding program has been paid for by the office of The Commissioner of Baseball".[6] The Baseball Network was the first television network in the United States to be owned by a professional sports league.[7] In essence, The Baseball Network could be seen as a forerunner to the MLB Network[8], which would debut about 15 years later. The package[9] included coverage of games in primetime[10] on selected nights throughout the regular season (under the branding Baseball Night in America[11]), along with coverage of the postseason and the World Series.[12] Unlike previous broadcasting arrangements with the league, there was no national "game of the week"[13] during the regular season;[14] these would be replaced by multiple weekly regional[15] telecasts on certain nights of the week. Additionally, The Baseball Network had exclusive coverage windows; no other broadcaster could televise MLB games during the same night that The Baseball Network was televising games. The arrangement did not last long; due to the effects of a players' strike on the remainder of the 1994 season,[16] and poor reception from fans and critics over how the coverage[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] was implemented, The Baseball Network would be disbanded after the 1995 season[24]. While NBC would maintain rights to certain games, the growing Fox network (having established its own sports division two years earlier in 1994) became the league's new national broadcast partner[25] beginning in 1996, with its then-parent company News Corporation eventually purchasing the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998 (although the company has since sold the team). BackgroundAfter the fall-out from CBS's financial problems[26] from their exclusive, four-year-long, US$1.8 billion television contract with Major League Baseball (a contract that ultimately cost the network approximately $500 million[27]), Major League Baseball decided to go into the business of producing the telecasts themselves[28] and market these to advertisers on its own. In reaction to the failed trial with CBS[29], Major League Baseball was desperately grasping for every available dollar. To put things into proper perspective, in 1991, the second year of the league's contract with the network, CBS reported a loss of around $169 million in the third quarter of the year. A decline in advertiser interest caused revenue from the sale of commercials during CBS's baseball telecasts to plummet. All the while, CBS was still contractually obligated to pay Major League Baseball around $260 million a year through 1993.[30] Before Major League Baseball decided to seek the services of other networks, CBS offered US$120 million in annual rights fees over a two-year period,[31][32][33] as well as advertising revenues in excess of $150 million a season. As part of MLB's attempt to produce and market the games in-house, it hoped to provide games of regional interests to appropriate markets. Major League Baseball in the process, hoped to offer important games for divisional races to the overall market. Owners also hoped that this particular technique, combined with the additional division races created through league expansion (the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins had begun play the year prior) and the quest for wild card spots for the playoffs (1994 was the first year of three divisions for each league) would increase[34] the national broadcast revenue for Major League Baseball in the foreseeable future. After a four-year hiatus, ABC and NBC[35] (who last aired Thursday Night Baseball games and the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week[36] respectively) returned to Major League Baseball under the umbrella of a revenue sharing venture called The Baseball Network.[37][38][39] Under a six-year plan (with an option for two additional years[40]), Major League Baseball was intended to receive 85% of the first US$140 million in advertising[41] revenue (or 87.5%[42] of advertising revenues[43] and corporate sponsorship[44] from the games until sales topped a specified level), 50% of the next $30 million, and 80% of any additional money. Prior to this, Major League Baseball was projected to take a projected 55% cut in rights fees and receive a typical rights fee from the networks. When compared to the previous TV deal with CBS, The Baseball Network was supposed to bring in 50% less of the broadcasting revenue. The advertisers[45] were reportedly excited about the arrangement with The Baseball Network because the new package included several changes intended to boost ratings, especially among younger viewers. Arranging broadcasts through The Baseball Network seemed, on the surface, to benefit NBC and ABC (who each contributed $10 million in start-up funds[46]) since it gave them a monopoly on broadcasting Major League Baseball games. The deal was similar to a time-buy, instead of a traditional rights fee[47] situation. It also stood to benefit the networks because they reduced the risk associated with purchasing the broadcast rights outright (in stark contrast to CBS's disastrous contract with Major League Baseball from the 1990–1993 seasons). NBC and ABC were to create a loss-free environment for each other and keep an emerging Fox, which had recently made an aggressive and ultimately successful $1.58 billion bid for the television rights for National Football Conference games (thus, becoming a major player in the sports broadcasting game in the process), at bay. As a result of Fox's NFL gain, CBS was weakened further by affiliate changes, as a number of stations jumped to Fox from CBS (for example, in Detroit, WWJ-TV replaced WJBK). Key figures involved in the creation and production for The Baseball Network:
CoverageThe Baseball Network kicked off its coverage on July 12, 1994 on NBC with the All-Star Game from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.[59] The NBC broadcast team consisted of Bob Costas[60] on play-by-play, with Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker[61] as analysts. Costas, a veteran presence at NBC, had been the network's secondary baseball play-by-play announcer behind Vin Scully during the 1980s. Morgan, who was also working for ESPN at the time, had spent two years at NBC in the mid-1980s and two years at ABC from 1988-1989. Uecker, the longtime voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, returned to national television for the first time since he worked for ABC in the 1970s and early 1980s. Greg Gumbel hosted the pre game show; this was one of his first assignments for NBC after having left CBS Sports following the 1994 College World Series.[62] Helping with interviews were Hannah Storm and Johnny Bench. The 1994 All-Star Game reportedly sold out all its advertising slots. This was considered an impressive financial accomplishment, given that one 30-second spot cost US$300,000.[63]ABC, meanwhile, was able to have its primary broadcast team from 1989 return intact. Al Michaels[64] served as the play-by-play announcer once again. Tim McCarver, who had just spent four years at CBS, returned as an analyst along with Jim Palmer.[65] On the subject of Michaels returning to baseball for the first time since the infamous Loma Prieta earthquake interrupted the 1989 World Series, Jim Palmer said, "Here Al is, having done five games since 1989, and steps right in. It's hard to comprehend how one guy could so amaze." Baseball Night in AmericaAfter the All-Star Game was complete,[66] ABC took over coverage with what was to be their weekly slate of games.[67] ABC was scheduled to televise six regular season games on Saturdays[68] or Mondays[69] in prime time. NBC[70][71] would then pick up where ABC left off by televising six more regular season Friday night[72][73] games. Every Baseball Night in America game was scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (or 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time if the game occurred on the West Coast[74]). A single starting time gave the networks the opportunity to broadcast one game and then, simultaneously, cut to another game when there was a break in action. The networks had exclusive rights for the twelve regular season dates, in that no regional or national cable service (such as ESPN or superstations like Chicago's WGN-TV[75] or Atlanta's WTBS) or over-the-air[76] broadcaster was allowed[77] to telecast a Major League Baseball game on those dates. Baseball Night in America[78] (which premiered[79] on July 16, 1994) usually aired up to fourteen games[80] based on the viewers' region (affiliates chose games of local interest to carry) as opposed to a traditional coast-to-coast format.[81] Normally, announcers who represented each of the teams playing in the respective games were paired with each other. More specifically, on regional Saturday night broadcasts and all non-"national" broadcasts, TBN let the two lead announcers from the opposing teams call the games involving their teams together. Games involving either of the two Canadian-based MLB teams at the time, the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, were not always included in the Baseball Night in America package. Canadian rightsholders were allowed to broadcast the games. When TSN (which owned the cable rights to the Blue Jays and Expos) covered the games in Canada, they re-broadcast the BNIA feed across their network. Typically, if the Blue Jays were idle for the day, the Expos would be featured on TSN. Also, CBET (the CBC affiliate in Windsor, Ontario) would air Blue Jays games if the Detroit Tigers were not playing at home that night or if the Blue Jays scheduled to play in Detroit. Whether or not the game would air in the opposing team's market would depend on which time zone they were from, or if they shared a market with another team. Ratings for both seasons of the Baseball Night in America regular season coverage were substantially higher than CBS's final season in 1993 (3.8) or any subsequent season on Fox. Baseball Night in America earned a 6.2 during the strike-shortened 1994 season and a 5.8 in 1995.[82] 1994 scheduleAll of these games aired on ABC; due to the strike[83][84] NBC was unable[85] to air its slate of games, which were supposed to begin on August 26.[86][87]
1995 scheduleABC scheduled games{{see also|List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state)}}
NBC scheduled games{{see also|List of NBC television affiliates (by U.S. state)}}
Postseason coverage{{see also|1995 American League Championship Series|1995 National League Championship Series}}In even-numbered years, NBC would have the rights to the All-Star Game and both League Championship Series while ABC would have the World Series[127] and newly created Division Series.[128][129] In odd-numbered years, the postseason and All-Star Game television rights were supposed to alternate. When ABC and NBC last covered baseball together from 1976 to 1989, ABC had the rights to the World Series in odd-numbered years while NBC would cover the All-Star Game and both League Championship Series in said years. Likewise, this process would alternate in even numbered years, with ABC getting the All-Star Game and both LCS in years that NBC had the World Series. The networks also promised not to begin any World Series weekend broadcasts after 7:20 p.m. Eastern Time.[130] When CBS held the television rights, postseason games routinely aired on the East Coast at 8:30 p.m. at the earliest. This meant that Joe Carter's dramatic World Series clinching home run in 1993 occurred after midnight in the East. As CBS' baseball coverage progressed, the network dropped the 8:00 p.m. pregame coverage (in favor of airing sitcoms such as Evening Shade) before finally starting its coverage at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The first pitch would generally arrive at approximately 8:45 p.m. ABC won the rights to the first dibs at the World Series in August 1993 after ABC Sports president Dennis Swanson won a coin toss[131][132] by calling "heads." Ken Schanzer,[133] who was the CEO of The Baseball Network, handled the coin toss. Schanzer agreed to the coin toss by ABC and NBC at the outset as the means of determining the order in which they would divide up the playoffs. What separated The Baseball Network from previous television deals with Major League Baseball, and was by far the most controversial part of the deal, was that not all postseason games (aside from the World Series) were guaranteed to be shown nationally.[134][135][136] To increase viewership by preventing games from being played in the afternoon (the league was the only professional sports league in the country to play postseason games during the afternoon), the National League and American League's division and championship series games were instead played simultaneously[137] in primetime, and affiliates could only air one game each night, which were again determined regionally.[138][139] If one playoff series had already concluded, the remaining games would be aired nationally.[140][141] Despite the frustration of not being able to see both League Championship Series on a national level, the 1995 LCS averaged a 13.1 rating.[142] Besides the 1994 All-Star Game and Game 6 of the 1995 World Series,[143] arguably, the most famous Baseball Network broadcast was Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners,[144] broadcast on ABC.[145] It ended with the Mariners winning in 11 innings (via Edgar Martínez's game winning double), to clinch their first ever trip to the American League Championship Series. CriticismsA major problem with Baseball Night in America[146] was the idea that viewers could not watch "important" games. Marty Noble put it in perspective by saying "With the Network determining when games will begin and which games are made available to which TV markets, Major League Baseball can conduct parts of its pennant races in relative secrecy." What added to the troubles of The Baseball Network was the fact that Baseball Night in America held exclusivity over every market. This most severely impacted markets with two teams, specifically New York City[147] (Mets[148] and Yankees), the Greater Los Angeles Area (Dodgers and Angels), Chicago[149] (Cubs and White Sox), the San Francisco Bay Area (Giants and A's), and even Texas[150] (Astros and Rangers). For example, if Baseball Night in America showed a Yankees game, this meant that nobody in New York could see that night's Mets game and vice versa. Things got so bad for The Baseball Network that even local broadcasters objected to its operations. KSMO-TV in Kansas City, the primary over-the-air station for the Kansas City Royals, went as far as to sue the Royals for breach of contract resulting from their broadcasts being "overexposed" and violating its territorial exclusivity. Worse yet, even if a market had only one team, the ABC or NBC affiliate could still not broadcast that team's game if the start time was not appropriate for the time zone. For example, if the Detroit Tigers (the only team in their market) played a road game in Seattle, Oakland[151] or Anaheim[152] beginning at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time (a late game), Detroit's Baseball Network affiliate (either WXYZ-TV or WDIV, depending on the network which held the rights to the game) could not air the game because the start time was too late for the Detroit area (11:00 p.m. Eastern Time[153]). Detroit viewers only had the option of viewing the early game of the night. Sports Illustrated columnist Tom Verducci for one, was very harsh on The Baseball Network, dubbing it both "America's regional pastime" and an "abomination." ABC Sports president Dennis Swanson,[154] in announcing the dissolution of The Baseball Network, said "The fact of the matter is, Major League Baseball seems incapable at this point in time, of living with any long term relationships, whether it's with fans, with players, with the political community in Washington, with the advertising community here in Manhattan, or with its TV partners."[155]Shortly after the start of the strike, Stanford University's Roger Noll[156] argued that the Baseball Network deal (and the bargain-basement ESPN cable renewal, which went from $100 million to $42 million because of their losses) reflected "poor business judgment on the part of management about the long-run attractiveness of their product to national broadcasters." He added that the $140 million that owners expected to share for the 1994 season (before the strike) from TBN was underestimated by "one-third to one-half" and fell below the annual average of $165 million needed to renew the TBN deal after two years. Meanwhile, Andy Zimbalist, author of Baseball and Billions, and a players' union consulting economist, insisted that baseball could have done better than the TBN deal with some combination of CBS (which offered $120 million last-ditch bid for renewal), Fox and TBS. Baseball shut out CBS and could have waited longer before closing them out." Five years after The Baseball Network dissolved, NBC Sports play-by-play announcer Bob Costas[157] wrote in his book Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball[158] that The Baseball Network was "stupid and an abomination." Costas further wrote that the agreement involving the World Series being the only instance of The Baseball Network broadcasting a nationally televised game was an unprecedented surrender of prestige, as well as a slap to all serious fans. He believed that The Baseball Network fundamentally corrupted the game and acknowledged that the most impassioned fans in baseball were now prevented[159] from watching many of the playoff games that they wanted to see, as all playoff games had been broadcast nationally[160] for decades. Costas added that both the divisional series and the League Championship Series now merited scarcely higher priority than regional coverage provided for a Big Ten football game between Wisconsin and Michigan. According to Curt Smith's book, The Voice – Mel Allen's Untold Story, the longtime New York Yankees broadcaster and This Week in Baseball host was quoted as saying "You wonder how anything would be worse [than CBS]. What kind of show cancels a twenty-six-week-season's first fourteen weeks?"[161] (in response to TBN's tagline, "Welcome to the Show"[162]). During the 1995 Division Series, the fan frustration with The Baseball Network was so bad that the mere mention of it during the Mariners–Yankees ALDS from public address announcer Tom Hutyler at Seattle's Kingdome brought boos[163] from most of the crowd. To further put things into perspective, 55%[164] of the country was able to get the American League Championship Series (Cleveland-Seattle) while 45% got the National League Championship Series (Atlanta-Cincinnati) for at least the first two games on ABC. Downfall and demiseThe long-term plans for The Baseball Network began to crumble after players and owners went on strike on August 12, 1994.[165][166] In addition to the cancellation of that year's World Series,[167] ABC was denied its remaining Baseball Night in America telecasts and NBC was shut out of its game broadcast slate (which in 1994, was scheduled to begin on August 26[168]) altogether. Both networks elected to dissolve the partnership with Major League Baseball on June 22, 1995.[169][170][171][172] Both networks figured that as the delayed 1995 baseball season opened without a labor agreement,[173] there was no guarantee against another strike. It should also be noted[174] that under the terms of the agreement, it could be voided by any party if the venture did not produce a minimum of $330 million in revenue over the first two years. The Baseball Network's contract stipulated that negotiations could only take place with NBC and ABC[175] for 45 days, starting on August 15, 1995. But with NBC and ABC's refusal to continue after the 1995 season, baseball had to look at its future options.[176] In October 1995, when it was a known fact that ABC and NBC were going to end their television deal/joint venture with Major League Baseball, preliminary talks rose about CBS returning.[177][178] It was rumored that CBS would show Thursday night games[179] (more specifically, a package of West Coast interleague games scheduled for the 11:30 Eastern/8:30 Pacific Time slot) while Fox would show Saturday afternoon games. CBS and Fox were also rumored to share rights to the postseason. In the end however, CBS's involvement did not come to pass and NBC became Fox's over-the-air national television partner. Whereas each team earned about $14 million in 1990 under CBS the later TV agreement with NBC and Fox beginning in 1996 earned each team about $6.8 million.[180] To salvage the remains of the partnership, ABC and NBC elected to share coverage[181] of the 1995 postseason[182] including the World Series.[183] ABC[184] wound up broadcasting Games 1, 4, and 5 of 1995 World Series[127] while NBC would broadcast Games 2,[185] 3,[186] and 6[187] (which turned out to be the decisive game). Had the 1995 World Series gone to a seventh game, it would have then been broadcast by ABC. As it stands, Game 5 of the 1995 World Series is to date, the final Major League Baseball game to be broadcast on ABC. Others would argue that a primary reason for its failure was its abandoning of localized markets in favor of more lucrative and stable advertising contracts afforded by turning to a national model of broadcasting, similar to the National Football League's television package, which focuses on localized games, with one or two "national" games. AftermathIn the end, the venture would lose US$95 million in advertising[188] and nearly $500 million in national and local spending. The Baseball Network generated only about $5.5 million per team in revenue for each of the two years that it operated. To put things into proper perspective, in 1993 alone, CBS generated about $14.7 million per team. Much of this could possibly be traced back to the strike causing a huge drop in revenue, which in return caused baseball salaries to decrease by approximately $140,000 on average in 1995. Both ABC and NBC soon publicly vowed to cut all ties with Major League Baseball for the remainder of the 20th century,[189][190] and Fox[191] signed on to be the exclusive network carrier of Major League Baseball regular season games in 1996.[192] However, NBC kept a postseason-only (with the exception of even-numbered years when NBC had the rights to the All-Star Game) deal in the end, signing a deal to carry three Division Series games, one half of the League Championship Series (the ALCS in even numbered years and the NLCS in odd numbered years; Fox would televise the other LCS in said years), and the 1997[193] and 1999 World Series respectively (Fox had exclusive rights to the 1996, 1998 and 2000 World Series). Beginning in 2001, Fox would become the exclusive broadcast network for the World Series. Fox's end of the new contract[194] (which the network paid US$575 million for the initial five-year contract) restored the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week broadcasts[195] during the regular season (approximately 16 weekly telecasts annually that normally began on Memorial Day weekend), although it continued to offer a selection of games based on region, with usually three regionalized telecasts airing each week.[196][197] With ABC[198] being sold to The Walt Disney Company in 1996, ESPN would pick up daytime and late-evening Division Series games with a provision similar to its National Football League games, in which the games would only air on network affiliates in the local markets of the two participating teams. ESPN's Major League Baseball contract was not affected then, but would take a hit in 1998 with the new National Football League contract. In 2012, Fox would revive the Baseball Night in America title (previously used for The Baseball Network's games) for a series of Saturday night games.[199] Unlike The Baseball Network, Fox did not carry every game that was scheduled for a given Saturday, only choosing five to six games to distribute to its affiliates. As far as the primary announce teams for The Baseball Network were concerned, they mostly went their separate ways. Al Michaels remained at ABC until 2006 (his final assignment for ABC Sports was Super Bowl XL), when he moved to NBC to become the voice of their Sunday night NFL coverage. Tim McCarver joined Fox as its primary analyst alongside Joe Buck and stayed there until his retirement from national TV broadcasts in 2013. Jim Palmer, meanwhile, would rejoin the Orioles as their television analyst, where he still remains. NBC's primary crew remained in place for two more years. Bob Uecker would leave following the 1997 World Series, but Bob Costas and Joe Morgan would continue calling games until NBC's contract expired following the 2000 season. The network's final game to date was Game 6 of the 2000 American League Championship Series. Costas has since become the lead broadcaster for MLB Network (as previously alluded towards, MLB Network's self-produced, live MLB Showcase telecasts could be seen as a spiritual successor to The Baseball Network's broadcasts), while Morgan kept working for ESPN until the end of the 2010 season. It should also be noted that on July 8, 2011, the top two play-by-play men for The Baseball Network (who called the World Series for their respective networks 16 years prior), Al Michaels and Bob Costas teamed up (with the two announcers alternating between play-by-play and color commentary) to call a game between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants on MLB Network.[200] It was Michaels' first appearance as a primary announcer on a baseball telecast since Game 5 of the 1995 World Series on ABC. (as previously mentioned, Michaels had called Games 1[201], 4 and 5 of that series with Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver, while Costas called Games 2, 3 and 6 with Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker[202] for NBC.) Michaels and Costas also made appearances on SportsNet New York and Comcast SportsNet Bay Area during the game's middle innings, since the MLB Network broadcast was blacked out in the Mets' and Giants' respective home markets. Announcers{{main article|The Baseball Network announcers}}As previously mentioned announcers who represented each of the teams playing in the respective games were typically paired with each other during games[203] on regular season Baseball Night in America telecasts. Also as previously mentioned, ABC used Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver and Lesley Visser as the lead broadcasting team (Brent Musburger,[204][205][206][207] CBS alumnus Jim Kaat, and Jack Arute became the secondary team for ABC). Meanwhile, NBC used Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, Bob Uecker and Jim Gray as their lead broadcasting team. John Saunders[208][209] was the studio host for ABC's Baseball Night in America coverage. Hannah Storm hosted NBC's studio show for the lone season in which the network was able to participate in The Baseball Network; Greg Gumbel[210] was NBC's studio host for its coverage of the 1994 All-Star Game (as previously mentioned). In 1995, Gumbel became the secondary play-by-play announcer for NBC (working with Joe Morgan on the National League Championship Series) behind Bob Costas. Dick Enberg[211] was supposed to be the secondary play-by-play announcer in 1994 for NBC, but by the following season, his other commitments for NBC such as golf and football rendered him unavailable to broadcast baseball.[212]
Notable calls1995 American League Division Series:{{quote|Oh man, oh man, Tony Peña on 3 and 0! Sends everybody home! Tony Peña spells good night! And this team that won 27 games in its final at-bat, that had 48 come-from-behind wins, that was 13–0 in extra inning games...did all those things...when Tony Peña connected.|Bob Costas, calling the walk-off home run by Tony Peña in Game 1, Cleveland vs. Boston.}}{{quote|(before the pitch) The fans want a dinger out of him...This one by Mattingly, OH HANG ON TO THE ROOF...GOODBYE, HOME RUN! DON MATTINGLY!!!|Gary Thorne after Don Mattingly's first and only playoff home run in his last game at Yankee Stadium.}}{{quote|Oh yeah, tie game, Paul O'Neill, GOODBYE into the night of New York!!!!|Gary Thorne calling Paul O'Neill's game-tying home run off Norm Charlton in Game 2 vs. Mariners.}}{{quote|Line drive, we are tied! Griffey is coming around! In the corner is Bernie! He's going to try and score! Here's the division championship! Mariners win it, Mariners win it!!!|Brent Musburger calling the series winning hit by Edgar Martínez.}} 1995 National League Division Series:{{quote|The Braves a strike away from advancing..a half swing and they'll go to Cincinnati for the National League Championship Series.|Al Michaels, calling the final out, Atlanta vs. Colorado.}} 1995 American League Championship Series:{{quote|The Cleveland Indians, after a 41 year wait, are in the World Series.|Bob Costas}} 1995 National League Championship Series:{{quote|Wohlers looks...and the strike two pitch to Sanders...a swing and a miss! And the Atlanta Braves have won the {{baseball year|1995}} National League pennant! And as you can imagine the celebration begins, down on the natural surface of this ballpark...|NBC's Greg Gumbel.}} 1995 World Series:{{quote|Back to Georgia!|Al Michaels calling the final out of Game 5 as the Cleveland Indians took it.}}{{quote|Dave Justice, all is forgiven in Atlanta.|Bob Costas after Justice's Game 6 home run which would prove the deciding run.}}{{quote|Left-center field...Grissom, on the run...the team of the '90s has its World Championship!|Bob Costas calling the final out in Game 6.[241]}} RatingsAll-Star Game
1995 World Series{{details|World Series television ratings}}
See also
References1. ^{{YouTube|title=Baseball Network Theme 1994 1995 (Various Cuts)|id=XNwe5F-zsnY}} 2. ^{{YouTube|title=1994 MLB All Star Game Three Rivers, PA|id=WABo44AEns8}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Major League Baseball Strikes Unique Deal with NBC, ABC|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/289457/MAJOR-LEAGUE-BASEBALL-STRIKES-UNIQUE-DEAL-WITH-NBC-ABC.html?pg=all|author=John Nelson|newspaper=Deseret News|date=May 9, 1993}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Shea|first=Stuart|date= |title=Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5QcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&dq=Calling+the+Game:+Baseball+Broadcasting+from+1920+to+the+Present&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjv5urTwYPWAhXhjFQKHUvRBWEQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=ABC&f=false|location= |publisher=SABR, Inc.|page=360|isbn= |author-link= }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Sports Graphics Packages, Historically: MLB on ABC, 1994-1995|url=http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/93118-sports-graphics-packages-historically/page-4#entry2117800|website=SportsLogos.net|date=November 10, 2013}} 6. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 28.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 5)|id=rVlMs-xgItY}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Total Sportscasting: Performance, Production, and Career Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qTcAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT54&dq=Major+League+Baseball+on+CBS&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBjhGahUKEwiY4detpoDJAhWWNIgKHQkhDXY#v=onepage&q=The%20Baseball%20Network&f=false|author=Marc Zumoff|author2=Max Negin|publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.afootinthebox.com/peter/the-baseball-network-1994-1995|title=The Baseball Network (1994-1995) — A Foot In The Box|last=Elliott|first=Peter|date=September 24, 2017|website=A Foot In The Box|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 9. ^{{cite book|title=Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kPQhpS-X8YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Center+Field+Shot:+A+History+of+Baseball+on+Television&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GyN-UdfsNan3igL5yoBQ&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=The%20Baseball%20Network&f=false|author=James Robert Walker|author2=Robert Bellamy, Jr.|publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=155}} 10. ^{{cite news |last=Silverman|first=Robert|date=February 15, 1994|title=Primetime baseball hits NBC, ABC weak nights|url=https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/primetime-baseball-hits-nbc-abc-weak-nights-118371/|work=Variety|location= |access-date= }} 11. ^{{cite news |last=Martzke|first=Rudy|date=17 July 1995|title=THE GOOD AND BAD OF BASEBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1995/07/17/Sports-Media/THE-GOOD-AND-BAD-OF-BASEBALL-NIGHT-IN-AMERICA.aspx?hl=ABC&sc=0|newspaper=Sports Business Daily|location= |access-date= }} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Primetime baseball hits NBC, ABC weak nights|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR118371?categoryid=1011&cs=1|author=Robert Silverman|newspaper=Variety|date=February 15, 1994|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 13. ^{{cite news |last=Kent|first=Milton|date=17 July 1995|title=Void grows on Saturday afternoon|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-07-17/sports/1995198007_1_baseball-network-afternoon-baseball-grand-old-game|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|location= |access-date= }} 14. ^{{cite news|title=No More Baseball On Afternoon TV -- `Baseball Night' Will Start In July|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940403&slug=1903562|author=Michael Martinez|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=April 3, 1994}} 15. ^{{cite news|title='Baseball Night in America' will focus on regionalized fan appeal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19940717&id=coJKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zpMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1345,3484132|author=John Nelson|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=July 17, 1994}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; Account Running Dry For Baseball Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/02/sports/tv-sports-account-running-dry-for-baseball-network.html|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 2, 1994}} 17. ^{{cite news|title=The Baseball Network Adds Up To Bad Reception|url=http://articles.courant.com/1995-10-26/sports/9510260433_1_baseball-network-bob-costas-coverage|author=Jerry Trecker|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=October 26, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 18. ^{{cite news|title=Nitwits Running Baseball Network|url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Nitwits-Running-Baseball-Network-3022121.php|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 7, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 19. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball Network ruining hardball's comeback|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu:8080/archive/1995/10/10-05-95tdc/10-05-95dsports-column.asp|author=Kevin Gorman|newspaper=The Daily Collegian|date=October 5, 1995|accessdate=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620071949/http://www.collegian.psu.edu:8080/archive/1995/10/10-05-95tdc/10-05-95dsports-column.asp|archive-date=20 June 2013|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 20. ^{{cite web|title=The Baseball Network: R.I.P. (And Don't Come Back!)|url=http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/95-3TV.htm|author=Doug Pappas|website=roadsidephotos.sabr.org|date=}} 21. ^{{cite web|title=Baseball Night In America: The Worst Idea Ever|url=http://stholeary.blogspot.com/2011/07/baseball-night-in-america-worst-idea.html|author=Sean O'Leary|website=Scribblings|date=July 12, 2011}} 22. ^{{cite news |last=Nelson|first=John|date=October 10, 1995|title=Baseball, networks should be ashamed|url=http://journaltimes.com/news/national/baseball-networks-should-be-ashamed/article_4858ba87-37fb-5938-8af1-b945a1da3220.html|newspaper=The Journal Times|location= |access-date= }} 23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thisgreatgame.com/baseball-lists-ten-worst-promotions.html|title=The 10 Worst Promotional Ideas in Baseball History|last= |first= |date= |website=This Great Game|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1995-baseball-history.html|title=1995 Thanks to Cal, Hideo—& Sonia, Too|last= |first= |date= |website=This Great Game|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 25. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball On TV -- FOX Bid Helps Put Baseball Back On Track |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960327&slug=2321309|author=Bob Sherwin|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=March 27, 1996}} 26. ^{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; The Baseball Network Says the Players' Analyst Struck Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/26/sports/tv-sports-the-baseball-network-says-the-players-analyst-struck-out.html|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 26, 1994|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 27. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball Network Plans to Bring on the Night New TV Deal Makes Saturday Afternoon Games a Thing of the Past|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB71CC84CEA49AA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 3, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 28. ^{{cite book |last= Walker, Bellamy|first=James R., Robert V.|date= |title=Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6kPQhpS-X8YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Center+Field+Shot:+A+History+of+Baseball+on+Television&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB-fHOvLPXAhWJ7CYKHbXpAK4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Baseball%20Network&f=false|location= |publisher= U of Nebraska Press|page=156|isbn= |author-link= }} 29. ^{{cite news |last=Shea|first=Jim|date=October 6, 1995|title=Baseball Network A Turnoff, But Ch. 30 Did A Good Job|url=http://articles.courant.com/1995-10-06/sports/9510060419_1_baseball-network-abc-and-nbc-cable-or-network-television|work=Hartford Courant|location= |access-date= }} 30. ^{{cite book|title=Stee-Rike Four!: What's Wrong With the Business of Baseball?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4fBTgkTMKYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=The%20Baseball%20Network&f=false|page=57|publisher= |isbn=|year= }} 31. ^{{cite news|title=McCarver prefers all 4 games|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/72750573.html?dids=72750573:72750573&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06%2C+1995&author=Rudy+Martzke&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=McCarver+prefers+all+4+games&pqatl=google|author=Rudy Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 6, 1995}} 32. ^{{cite news |last=Stewart|first=Larry|date=14 May 1993|title=CBS Makes a Late Pitch to Keep Baseball in Its Picture|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-14/sports/sp-35233_1_abc-and-nbc|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date= }} 33. ^{{cite news |last=McClellan|first=Steve|date=17 May 1993|title=Two ways to go on baseball – CBS vs. ABC-NBC. (Major League Baseball joint venture preempted by CBS revenue-sharing deal)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13768400.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329183825/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13768400.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=29 March 2015|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|location= |access-date= }} 34. ^{{cite book |last=Wise and Meyer|first=Aaron N. and Bruce S.|date= |title=International Sports Law and Business, Volume 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSix-O4CmvMC&pg=PA1701&lpg=PA1701&dq=the+baseball+network+cbs+major+league+baseball+1994&source=bl&ots=4LPhUOnH9I&sig=EWr4SKGx7BQkCIpPJ92mgaxmRv8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DNHqVK2KB8bloASDhYHoDg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=the%20baseball%20network%20cbs%20major%20league%20baseball%201994&f=false|location= |publisher= |page=1701|isbn= |access-date= }} 35. ^{{cite news|title=With Baseball Back, Nbc Pulls Out Its Own All-star Lineup|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-11/sports/9407110170_1_bob-costas-andy-rosenberg-all-star-lineup|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 11, 1994|accessdate=February 10, 2015}} 36. ^{{cite news|title=Mulholland Ought to Grow Up, Graf Pay Up|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFECD95B5E280D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|author=Rick Rupprecht|newspaper=Press Democrat|date=August 5, 1995|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 37. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcsports.com/our-history#decade_7|title=NBC enters joint venture with ABC and MLB to form The Baseball Network|last= |first= |date= |website=NBC Sports History Page|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 38. ^{{cite news|title=Name chosen for baseball's joint TV venture|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1993_1149392/name-chosen-for-baseball-s-joint-tv-venture.html|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=August 25, 1993|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 39. ^{{cite journal|title=For Sale: The National Pastime|url=http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Baseball+worked+out+a+risky+new+TV+deal+with+ABC+and+NBC+-+05.17.93+-+SI+Vault&expire=&urlID=432445957&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1138205%2Findex.htm&partnerID=289881|author=William Oscar Johnson|journal=Sports Illustrated|date=May 17, 1993}} 40. ^{{cite book |last=Wise, Meyer|first=Aaron N., Bruce S.|date= |title=International Sports Law and Business, Volume 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSix-O4CmvMC&pg=PA1702&lpg=PA1702&dq=the+baseball+network+1994+nbc&source=bl&ots=4MPjQOrO8M&sig=uQN405cS0CBHz_Fd8QGiTiuK6mM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_rvmfy4TbAhUCoYMKHSP9Dyk4HhDoAQhlMA4#v=onepage&q=the%20baseball%20network%201994%20nbc&f=false|location= |publisher= Kluwer Law International|page=1701|isbn= |author-link= }} 41. ^{{cite news|title=MEDIA NHL Steals The Show And Ratings|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101864421.html?dids=101864421:101864421&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17%2C+1994&author=Steve+Zipay&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=MEDIA+NHL+Steals+The+Show+And+Ratings&pqatl=google|author=Steve Zipay|newspaper=Newsday|date=June 17, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 42. ^{{cite book |last=Bartkowiak, Kiuchi|first=Mathew J., Yuya|date= |title=Packaging Baseball: How Marketing Embellishes the Cultural Experience|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwbFSRZVMf4C&pg=PA82&dq=The+Baseball+Network+1994&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBjgUahUKEwjeq8vxqYDJAhVV4WMKHTXCAu8#v=onepage&q=The%20Baseball%20Network%201994&f=false|location= |publisher= |page=82|isbn=}} 43. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball tries for comeback, but it swings and misses.|url=http://business.highbeam.com/137540/article-1G1-17493415/baseball-tries-comeback-but-swings-and-misses|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204144018/http://business.highbeam.com/137540/article-1G1-17493415/baseball-tries-comeback-but-swings-and-misses|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 4, 2014|author=Chad Rubel|newspaper=Marketing News|date=September 11, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 44. ^{{cite news|title=Firms May Take a Walk On Baseball Promotions|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0307/07082.html|author=Shelley Donald Coolidge|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=March 7, 1995}} 45. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball Network Fails to Wow Advertisers|url=http://adage.com/article/news/baseball-network-fails-wow-advertisers/88293/|author=Joe Mandese|newspaper=Advertising Age|date=February 28, 1994|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 46. ^{{cite news |last=Shaprio|first=Leonard|date=September 18, 1993|title=Untangling Baseball Network's Intricacies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19930918&id=lgocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YXsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6968,2958950&hl=en|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|location= |access-date= }} 47. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball on Disney? It's fantasy land|author=Jack Craig|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/21306329.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+06%2C+1995&author=Jack+Craig%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Baseball+on+Disney%3F+It's+fantasy+land&pqatl=google|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=August 5, 1995|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 48. ^{{cite news|title=The Baseball Network's firing of executive adds to confusion|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1995_1284608/the-baseball-network-s-firing-of-executive-adds-to.html|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=July 7, 2012|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 49. ^{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; Account Running Dry For Baseball Network|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/02/sports/tv-sports-account-running-dry-for-baseball-network.html|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 2, 1994|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 50. ^{{cite news |last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=June 20, 1995 |title=TV SPORTS; Baseball Network Faces a Full Count|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/20/sports/tv-sports-baseball-network-faces-a-full-count.html|work=The New York Times|location= |access-date= }} 51. ^{{cite news|title=The Baseball Network Gears Up For First Year|url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-04-04/sports/25865072_1_abc-and-nbc-younger-viewers-bob-costas/2|author=Bill Fleischman|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=April 4, 1994|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 52. ^{{cite news |last=Stewart|first=Larry|date=October 5, 1995|title=BASEBALL PLAYOFFS : A Network That Doesn't Work at All|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-05/sports/sp-53407_1_baseball-network|work=Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date= }} 53. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/424249/BASEBALL-BRIEF.html|title=BASEBALL BRIEF|last= |first= |date=June 23, 1995|website=Deseret News|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 54. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcuniversal.com/content/jon-litner|title=Jon Litner|last1=Simpson|first1=Gabrielle|last2=|first2=|date=3 December 2014|website=NBC Universal|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131759/http://www.nbcuniversal.com/content/jon-litner|archive-date=2 April 2015|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 55. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=July 16, 1994|title='Baseball Night in America' hopes to be a hit on Mondays|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19940716&id=1c0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4746,4461857&hl=en|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|location= |access-date= }} 56. ^{{cite news|title=Madden slips across border|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/19374114.html?dids=19374114:19374114&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+11%2C+1995&author=Rudy+Martzke&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Madden+slips+across+border&pqatl=google|author=Rudy Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|date=August 11, 1995|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 57. ^{{cite news|title=Untangling Baseball Network's Intricacies|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-965330.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329154922/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-965330.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 29, 2015|author=Leonard Shaprio|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 17, 1993|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 58. ^{{cite news|title=TV Exex Say Baseball Scabs Don't Rate|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/tv-exex-say-baseball-scabs-don-t-rate-99124807/|newspaper=Variety|date=February 12, 1995|accessdate=December 11, 2014}} 59. ^{{cite news|title=ABCs (and NBCs) of TBN's MLB plan|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D4C4865105C1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|author=Barry Horn|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=July 6, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 60. ^{{YouTube|title=1994 All-Star Game Open|id=2v3pmoh8fLY}} 61. ^{{cite news 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Network|url=http://archives.dailyegyptian.com/imported-20111018201841/1995/7/26/more-tales-of-the-baseball-network-abc-lost-the-1994-world-s.html|newspaper=SIU Daily Egyptian|date=July 26, 1995|accessdate=February 12, 2015|quote=ABC lost the 1994 World Series; this was supposed to be NBC's year. Instead, they split the spoils. Who got the better of the deal? Let's see. The networks each get 6 percent of the advertising revenues; baseball gets 88 percent. 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Deardorff|page=33|year= |publisher= |isbn= }} 181. ^{{YouTube|title=ESPN Sports Reporters with Dick Schaap - October 20, 1995 from Fulton County Stadium|id=AhhTi4yIoDA&t=665s}} 182. ^{{cite news|title=The World Series may come down to Kenny Lofton vs. Deion Sanders|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1995/PM-BBO-Postseason-TV/id-dcf842fbd021dcbcd0aed088eac0e86a|author=Ben Walker|agency=Associated Press|date=July 21, 1995|accessdate=February 12, 2015}} 183. ^{{cite news|title=Abc, Nbc To Share World Series Coverage|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-07-21/sports/9507210351_1_turner-sports-baseball-network-nbc-spokesman|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 21, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 184. ^{{cite news|title=Enjoy It While You Can; Free Boxing Won't Last|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AS&p_theme=as&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F78FB0E0DFB6A2F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|author=Beth Bragg|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|date=September 15, 1995|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 185. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 NBC Promo (Game 2 -- World Series).wmv|id=Uczr4D3Tlhg}} 186. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 24.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 3)|id=cGosHR89i6w}} 187. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 WS Intro|id=Puyrx0wTz_o}} 188. ^{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; Baseball Network Faces a Full Count|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/20/sports/tv-sports-baseball-network-faces-a-full-count.html|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 20, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 189. ^{{cite news|title=Abc, Nbc Pull Plug On Baseball |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-06-24/news/9506240075_1_postseason-coverage-baseball-owners-abc-sports|author=Leonard Shapiro|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 24, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 190. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball Broadcasting Faces Uncertain Future|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/baseball-broadcasting-faces-uncertain-future/337690.html|newspaper=The Moscow Times|date=June 28, 1995}} 191. ^{{cite news|title=ABC, NBC Quit Baseball Network : Television: Rights probably will be offered to CBS or Fox after this season.|author=Steve Nidetz|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-23/sports/sp-16313_1_baseball-network|agency=Associated Press|date=June 23, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 192. ^{{cite news|title=BASEBALL; ABC Issues Warning to Turner and Fox|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/13/sports/baseball-abc-issues-warning-to-turner-and-fox.html?pagewanted=print|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 13, 1995}} 193. ^{{cite news |last=Gaffney|first=Jim|date=19 October 1997|title=Bob Costas finally takes his World Series cuts|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19971019&id=9z9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OY4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4148,1255583&hl=en|newspaper=Boca Raton News|location= |access-date= }} 194. ^{{cite news |last=Blum|first=Ronald|date=7 November 1995|title=IT'S OFFICIAL, Baseball gets lucrative TV deal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19951107&id=KKspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JewDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6779,4313383&hl=en|newspaper=The Deseret News|location= |access-date= }} 195. ^{{cite news |last= |first= |date=18 October 1995|title=Baseball may return to its TV roots|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19951018&id=y0lWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2697,4310832&hl=en|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location= |access-date= }} 196. ^{{cite news|title=MLB sews up deal with Fox, NBC. (Major League Baseball, National Broadcasting Co., Fox Broadcasting Co.)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181645/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17515226.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 29, 2015|author=Jim McConville|work=Broadcasting & Cable|via=HighBeam Research|date=November 6, 1995|accessdate=February 20, 2015}} 197. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball's new TV rights contract.(Major League Baseball contract)(Brief Article)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329181638/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17609490.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 29, 2015|author=James McConville|work=Broadcasting & Cable|via=HighBeam Research|date=November 13, 1995|accessdate=February 20, 2015}} 198. ^{{cite news|title=BASEBALL;ABC Auditing Baseball Venture|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/22/sports/baseball-abc-auditing-baseball-venture.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 22, 1995|accessdate=July 2, 2012}} 199. ^{{cite web|title=FOX Hearkens Back to The Baseball Network With ‘Baseball Night in America’|url=http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012/04/fox-hearkens-back-to-the-baseball-network-with-baseball-night-in-america/|work=Sports Media Watch|date=April 10, 2012|accessdate=April 9, 2012}} 200. ^{{cite web|url=http://fangsbites.com/2011/06/al-michaels-bob-costas-to-call-game-for-mlb-network-in-july/ |title=Al Michaels & Bob Costas To Call Game For MLB Network in July |author=Fang, Ken |date=June 29, 2011 |work=Fangsbites.com |publisher=Wordpress |accessdate=July 3, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704072147/http://fangsbites.com/2011/06/al-michaels-bob-costas-to-call-game-for-mlb-network-in-july/ |archivedate=July 4, 2011 }} 201. ^{{cite news |last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=October 24, 1995|title=TV SPORTS;A Game of Finding Baseball on TV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/24/sports/tv-sports-a-game-of-finding-baseball-on-tv.html?mcubz=1|work=New York Times|location= |access-date= }} 202. ^{{cite news |last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=October 15, 1995|title=SIGNOFF;World Series, as Told by Bob Uecker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/15/tv/signoff-world-series-as-told-by-bob-uecker.html?mcubz=1|work=New York Times|location= |access-date= }} 203. ^{{cite news|title=MEDIA NBC: No Cutting Layoff|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101821218.html?dids=101821218:101821218&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+21%2C+1994&author=Steve+Zipay&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=MEDIA+NBC%3A+No+Cutting+Layoff&pqatl=google|author=Steve Zipay|newspaper=Newsday|date=June 21, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 204. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/au/mlb/news/brent-musburger-baseball-announcer-retiring-video-mariners-yankees-1995-alds/14arlwzwhwtlg1mhrb8osn2bos|title=Remember when Brent Musburger called baseball games?|last=Foster|first=Jason|date=January 25, 2017|website=Sporting News|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 205. ^{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/brent-musburgers-greatest-baseball-call-was-one-for-the-ages-021440813.html|title=Brent Musburger's greatest baseball call was one for the ages|last=Townsend|first=Mark|date=January 25, 2017|website=Big League Stew|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 206. ^{{cite news |last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=October 10, 1995|title=PLAYOFFS 95: TV SPORTS;The Wrong Man in the Baseball Booth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/10/sports/playoffs-95-tv-sports-the-wrong-man-in-the-baseball-booth.html|newspaper=The New York Times|location= |access-date= }} 207. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.baseballessential.com/news/2015/10/07/revisiting-the-1995-division-series/|title=Revisiting the 1995 Division Series|last=Rabinowitz|first=Gershon|date=October 7, 2015|website=Baseball Essential|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 208. ^{{cite news|title=Baseball's Back on Network TV, But It's Too Late|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB71D4E416C7B51&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=July 8, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 209. ^{{cite news|title=Bulls-Knicks TV Viewers Get Tasty Coverage Regardless of the Server|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24164524.html?dids=24164524:24164524&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+16%2C+1994&author=Steve+Nidetz.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=BULLS-KNICKS+TV+VIEWERS+GET+TASTY+COVERAGE+REGARDLESS+OF+THE+SERVER&pqatl=google|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=May 16, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 210. ^{{cite news|title=TV SPORTS; New Age Begins: Baseball by the Shuttle System|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/15/sports/tv-sports-new-age-begins-baseball-by-the-shuttle-system.html|author=Richard Sandomir|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 15, 1994|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} 211. ^{{cite news |last=Nelson|first=John|date=March 26, 1994|title=Networks try to convince baseball fans that less is more|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19940326&id=yOYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,4771671&hl=en|newspaper=The Free Lance-Star|location= |access-date= }} 212. ^{{cite news|title=ABC's All-Star Telecast Is Beginning Of End For Tbn -- But Baseball Wants New Pact By November 1|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950709&slug=2130531|author=John Nelson|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=July 9, 1995}} 213. ^{{YouTube|title=1994 MLB All-Star Game Open|id=2v3pmoh8fLY}} 214. ^{{cite news|title=Abc ‘Settles’ For All-Stars|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/may/03/abc-settles-for-all-stars/|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=|date=May 3, 1995}} 215. ^{{cite news|title=With Baseball Back, NBC Pulls Out Its Own All-Star Lineup|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|page=4|date=July 11, 1994}} 216. ^{{cite news|title=ABC Makes a Deal with America Online|author=Tom Hopkins|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|page=9B|date=July 11, 1994}} 217. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 ABC MLB All-Star Game commercial|id=lVrJcbDXklo}} 218. ^{{cite news |last=Kent |first=Milton|date=12 July 1995|title=No improvement, thanks to ABC|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19950712&id=jWJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840,411821&hl=en|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location= |access-date= }} 219. ^{{cite web|title=1995 Texas Rangers All Star Game Press Pin Brooche The Baseball Network Hat|url=http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1995-texas-rangers-all-star-game-244247978|website=WorthPoint|date=}} 220. ^{{cite news|title=McEnroe sees a plus in all the fuss|author=Michael Hiestand|newspaper=USA Today|page=2C|date=July 7, 1995}} 221. ^{{cite news|title=ABC All-Stars shrug off uncertainty of future|author=Rudy Martzke|newspaper=USA Today|page=2C|date=July 11, 1995}} 222. ^{{cite web|title=1995 ALDS – Game 2|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_95alds_gm2_seanyy|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=October 10, 2010}} 223. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 10 06 1995 ALDS Game 3 New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners|id=v8_WsIYvKb0}} 224. ^{{cite web|title=1995 ALDS – Game 5|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_95alds_gm5_nyysea|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=October 10, 2010}} 225. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 10 04 1995 ALDS Game 2 Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees|id=GlGOqHMYmd4}} 226. ^1 {{YouTube|title=1995 MLB on NBC Promo (Divisional Playoffs).wmv |id=qJA0wVUnUTw}} 227. ^{{cite web|title=1995 NLDS Game 1|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_95nlds_gm1_atlcol|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=October 10, 2010}} 228. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 10 04 1995 NLDS Game 2 Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers|id=4ZUgm5g9m_4}} 229. ^{{cite news|title=The Pick: Indians vs. Mariners|author=Jim Shea|newspaper=Hartford Courant|page=C5|date=October 10, 1995}} 230. ^{{cite news|title=So Far, Musberger is Off His Game|author=Jim Shea|newspaper=Hartford Courant|page=C4|date=October 13, 1995}} 231. ^{{YouTube|title=1995プレーオフ キングドーム |id=TJQ797wQUQM}} 232. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 NBC Sports Promo (1995 American League Championship Series Game 6)|id=7p6b9N4cD_o}} 233. ^{{cite news|title=CBS' 'CPW' Getting Nowhere on Road to Nielsen Ratings |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/10/13/1995-10-13_cbs___cpw__getting_nowhere_o.html?print=1&viewall=1 |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=October 13, 1995 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 234. ^{{cite news|title=BASEBALL PLAYOFFS; A Network That Doesn't Work at All|author=Larry Stewart|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|page=1|date=October 5, 1995}} 235. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 21.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 1)|id=nEW4FnKBrKE}} 236. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 21.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 4)|id=1jLN1lMIIac}} 237. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 21.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 5)|id=rVlMs-xgItY}} 238. ^{{YouTube|title=1995 MLB on NBC Promo (World Series--Game 2).wmv|id=1OUb5wCIrBY}} 239. ^{{YouTube|title=MLB World Series 21.10.1995 Cleveland Indians VS Atlanta Braves (Game 2)|id=Ih-Ei8U7YgY}} 240. ^{{cite web|title=1995 World Series – Game 6|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_95ws_gm6_cleatl|publisher=MLB.com|accessdate=October 10, 2010}} 241. ^{{YouTube|title=Final out in 1995 World Series (Braves vs. Indians)|id=W0DvWtLVqos}} 242. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wstv.shtml|title=World Series Television Ratings (1968-2017)|last= |first= |date= |website=Baseball Almanac|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} 243. ^{{cite news|title=ABC Pledges All-Star Effort Despite TBN Woes|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/20681676.html?dids=20681676:20681676&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+10%2C+1995&author=Steve+Nidetz.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ABC+PLEDGES+ALL-STAR+EFFORT+DESPITE+TBN+WOES&pqatl=google|author=Steve Nidetz|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=July 10, 1995|accessdate=May 31, 2011}} External links
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