![]() ![]() As a result, TBS scrambled to try to fill nearly an hour of now-open airtime. However, the derby and a skills competition were canceled due to rain. ![]() The Gala coverage also had some pre-taped features such as highlights from previous All-Star Games, a segment on Cincinnati's baseball history, a video recap of the 1988 season's first half and, a slow-motion highlight montage set to "This Is the Time" by Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung. ![]() The broadcast's big draw would have been the Home Run Derby, which TBS intended on taping during the afternoon, and later airing it in prime time during the Gala coverage. Larry King hosted the broadcast with Craig Sager and Pete Van Wieren handling interviews. On July 11, 1988, the day before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Cincinnati, TBS televised the annual All-Star Gala from the Cincinnati Zoo. When TBS tried to petition for the right to do a "local" Braves broadcast of the 1982 NLCS, Major League Baseball got a Philadelphia federal court to ban them on the grounds that as a cable superstation, TBS's telecast would compete with the national broadcast on ABC. ![]() In 1982, Major League Baseball recognized a problem with this due to the emergence of cable superstations such as WTBS in Atlanta and WGN-TV in Chicago. ġ983 marked the last time that local telecasts of League Championship Series games were allowed. Along with Chicago-based WGN-TV and New York-based WWOR-TV, WTBS was one of the few television stations that broadcast local sporting events to a national audience, with some even giving the Braves the title " America's Team". See also: Braves TBS Baseball, List of Atlanta Braves broadcasters, and Major League Baseball on superstationsĪtlanta Braves baseball games had been a local staple on Atlanta independent station WTBS (channel 17, now WPCH-TV which, like TBS, was owned by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System) since Turner acquired the team's broadcast rights in 1973, and subsequently gained national prominence when the station was uplinked to satellite in December 1976, becoming one of America's first superstations. History Pre-2007: relationship with the Braves Discovery Sports (formerly known as Turner Sports). 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. Turner Studios, Atlanta, Georgia (studio segments, pregame and postgame shows)ġ80 minutes (varies depending on game length) Philadelphia Phillies vs.(for other commentators and announcers, see below) *if necessary Completed rounds American League Championship Series Game 7*: Phillies at Astros, Saturday, Nov. Game 6*: Phillies at Astros, Friday, Nov. Game 5*: Astros at Phillies, Wednesday, Nov. Game 4: Astros at Phillies, Tuesday, Nov. Game 2: Phillies at Astros, Saturday, Oct. Your guide to this October's top aces | Rookies World Series Our predictions for every round of the 2022 MLB playoffsĮverything you need to know for the 2022 MLB playoffs Six trends that have rocked the playoffs - and what they mean for the rest of October World Series roundtable: What Astros, Phillies need to do to win Tim Warner/Getty Images Latest news and analysis From the first pitch of the wild-card games to the last out of the World Series, we've got you covered with the postseason bracket, schedules, results and how to watch every postseason game in October and November. This postseason marks the debut of Major League Baseball's new 12-team playoff format that boasts an additional wild-card spot in both the American League and National League. Philly won to move on to play on baseball's biggest stage. The San Diego Padres followed a wild-card round upset of the Mets by knocking out the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers and setting up an NL Championship Series matchup with Philadelphia. In the National League, the Phillies swept the Cardinals and then went on to defeat the reigning World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the NL Division Series. There, the Astros won four in a row for another sweep, advancing to the Fall Classic. 1-seeded Astros - and got swept, sending Houston to the AL Championship Series to meet New York. Cleveland moved on to play the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series, where the Guardians lost in five games. In the American League, the Cleveland Guardians knocked out the Tampa Bay Rays, while the Seattle Mariners stunned the Toronto Blue Jays to start their first postseason in 21 years. The 2022 World Series is set, with an AL powerhouse on one side and a sixth-seeded NL squad on the other: the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. ![]()
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