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First televised Major League baseball game | August 26, 1939 | HISTORY

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On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

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SP5 Dennis Loberger

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I wasn't around then but I remember Red Barber doing the Yankee games

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I wonder how many of those 400 sets actually tuned in to the game?

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SSgt Richard Kensinger

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Who is the umpire?
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