Tag: World Series
Monte Moore, first A’s voice in Oakland began with team in KC in 1962; Did three Series on NBC TV
Monte Moore (left) called three straight World Series on NBC joining an institutional national […]
Rays’ broadcasters Andy Freed and Dave Wills are on site at WS; Dodgers and ESPN Radio do call remotely
The Tampa Bay Rays are doing something different. They’re broadcasting the World Series live […]
World Series on Fox: For students of pitching and hitting, John Smoltz is for you; Buck’s a solid partner
It’s no secret that baseball’s television ratings have suffered for years. The game is […]
Media responds to Covid implications as the Big Ten kicks off and while the World Series is played
This week marks two major milestones for the return of sports in 2020, the start […]
On MLB’s All-Star Tuesday: A collection of all-time riveting play-by-play calls, position-by-position
Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game recognizes the best players in the game by position. While […]
How did MLB, then dominant on TV, respond to the eruption of the NFL in the 1960s?
It seems like another planet now, but at one point in the early 1960s […]
Curt Smith, baseball broadcast historian: MLB hasn’t yet reclaimed September as Bud Selig vowed
What if you gave a party, the old joke goes, and nobody came? What if […]
1968 World Series: Jose Feliciano sings anthem off-key and Tigers Voice Ernie Harwell fears for his job
By David J. Halberstam 10/26/2018 1
Fifty years ago, times weren’t really different. The country was as divided then as […]