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Apr
stored in: Red Sox and tagged: Austin, Baseball, blackout rules, Boston, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinatti Reds, DircTV, Don Orsillo, Ebbets Field, ESPN, Extra Innings, Fox, Fox Sports, Jerry Remy, Joe Morgan, Jon Miller, Kansas City, KTBC, Major League Baseball, MLB, MLB.TV, NBC, NESN, New England, New York, Red Sox, Sports Pack, Texas
On August 26, 1939 the first Major League Baseball game (the first game of a doubleheader between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinatti Reds from Ebbets Field) was broadcast on television (W2XBS, an experiemental NBC station out of New York). Ever since then, MLB has been trying to figure out that darn picture tube thingamabob. [...]
