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The following is a list of the national
television and
radio networks and announcers who have covered the
Major League Baseball wild card games throughout the years. It does not include any announcers who may have appeared on local radio broadcasts produced by the participating teams.
Television
2020s
Wild card series
Wild card game
2020 wild card series
Notes
ABC was scheduled to air at least four of the 24 possible daytime games in the
2020 season 's one-time only
expanded eight-series wild card round , that
the networks of ESPN will air. Not only did this mean that ABC would be airing Major League Baseball games of any kind since Game 5 of the
1995 World Series ,
[2] but it would mark the first time since
NBC 's final game in
2000 , that a Major League Baseball game had aired on any broadcast network other than
Fox . The first game to definitely air on ABC on September 29, would be the #6 seed
Houston Astros against the #3
Minnesota Twins from
Target Field in
Minneapolis .
[3]
[4] The following day, ABC would air the #6
Miami Marlins against the #3
Chicago Cubs from
Wrigley Field in
Chicago .
Karl Ravech provided play-by-play commentary for the Houston-Minnesota game with analysts
Eduardo Pérez and
Tim Kurkjian .
[5] Meanwhile,
Jon Sciambi ,
Chipper Jones , and Jesse Rogers called the Miami-Chicago Cubs game on September 30. ESPN also planned on utilizing ABC afternoon window
[6] on Friday (October 2).
[7] On October 2, ABC cut away from their broadcast Miami-Chicago Cubs game during the top of the 9th inning to deliver a
special report on
U.S. president
Donald Trump being taken to
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for
COVID-19 treatment. The conclusion of the game was shifted to
ESPN .
[8]
Beginning with the 2022 postseason, MLB allowed
Sportsnet , the home network of the
Toronto Blue Jays , to produce their own broadcasts of the team's games in
Canada rather than a mere simulcast of the American network feed or an
MLB International -produced broadcast.
[9]
2010s
Radio
2020s
Wild card series
Wild card game
2020 wild card series
2010s
References
^ Lucia, Joe (October 4, 2021).
"Your 2021 MLB Wild Card announcing schedule" . Retrieved October 5, 2021 .
^ Fisher, Eric (September 28, 2020).
"MLB to be seen on ABC for first time since 1995" . SportsBusiness .
^ Kalibat, Natalie (September 28, 2020).
"Game 1 of Astros-Twins to lead off MLB playoff coverage on ABC" . WRIC .
^ Brown, Maury (September 28, 2020).
"MLB Postseason Games Returning To ABC For First Time In 25 Years" . Forbes .
^
"ESPN and ABC to Exclusively Televise 7 of 8 MLB Wild Card Series" . Laughing Place Disney Newsdesk . September 28, 2020.
^ McMillan, Ken (September 27, 2020).
"Live from WKEN sports broadcasting blog, Sept. 28" . Times Herald-Record .
^ Campbell, Hope (September 28, 2020).
"General Hospital Pre-Empted This Week For Major League Baseball" . Soap Hub .
^ Bucholtz, Andrew (October 2, 2020).
"ABC punted Marlins-Cubs to ESPN in the middle of the ninth for coverage of President Trump being taken to hospital" . Awful Announcing .
^
a
b Laskaris, Adam (October 3, 2022).
"Buck Martinez to lead Sportsnet's Blue Jays' playoff broadcasts" .
Daily Hive . Retrieved October 4, 2022 .
^ Hughes, Katie (September 26, 2019).
"ESPN Provides Exclusive Coverage of the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook Tire October 2" . ESPN Press Room. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
^ Bucholtz, Andrew (October 3, 2018).
"ESPN2's NL Wild Card game Statcast broadcast drew rave reviews, especially compared to ESPN's regular telecast" . awfulannouncing.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018 .
^ Cafardo, Ben (September 11, 2014).
"ESPN to Exclusively Televise MLB NL Wild Card Game Oct. 1" . espnmediazone.com.
^
"TBS Announces Commentator Assignments for 2013 MLB Wild Card Games" . thefutoncritic.com. September 30, 2013.
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