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MLB on TBS is a broadcasting agreement between Major League Baseball and the Turner Broadcasting System to broadcast baseball via cable television nationwide, beginning as early as the 2006 playoffs. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... TBS also stands for Tokyo Broadcasting System, a Japanese television network. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...

The Agreement

Under an agreement signed on July 11, 2006, TBS earned exclusive rights to all Division Series playoff games, a national Sunday afternoon baseball package, as well as rights to the All-Star Selection Show held in late June or early July, beginning in 2007. July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2006 throughout the world. ... TBS also stands for Tokyo Broadcasting System, a Japanese television network. ... In baseball, the Division Series is the official name for the first round of the Major League Baseball playoffs. ... The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the Midsummer Classic or Midsummer Night Classic, is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the manager for pitchers and...

TBS will also be able to air any tiebreaker games for divisional or wild card championships, beginning in the 2006 playoffs. Should multiple tiebreaking games be played, those additional games would air on TBS’ sister station, TNT. In North American professional sports leagues, the term wild card refers to a team that qualifies for championship playoffs without winning their specific subdivision (usually called a conference or division) outright. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is a cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and launched with a showing of his favorite film, Gone with the Wind, on October 3, 1988. ...

TBS currently airs baseball nationwide as a broadcast partner of the Atlanta Braves, which they have been since 1977. TBS will continue to air Atlanta Braves games through the 2007 season nationally, where their current local television deal with the Braves and the national television deal with Major League Baseball will co-exist. TBS will also air local Atlanta Braves telecasts for the Atlanta baseball market through the 2013 season, with several of those broadcasts eligible for the Sunday national package. Major league affiliations National League (1876–present) East Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,21,35,41,42,44 Name Atlanta Braves (1966–present) Ballpark Turner Field (1997–present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1914 â€¢ 1957 â€¢ 1995 NL Pennants (9) 1914 â€¢ 1948 â€¢ 1957 â€¢ 1958 1991 â€¢ 1992... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January-March January 4 - Mary Shane is hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman TV play-by-play announcer. ... See also:2006 in sports, 2008 in sports, list of years in sports. Scheduled Events For scheduled events of football (soccer), see: 2007 in football (soccer) January 17-January 27 - The 2007 Winter Universiade, also known as the World Student Games, will take place in Turin, Italy January 24: 2007... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

TBS joins FOX and ESPN as national broadcast partners of Major League Baseball. It was also announced that if the would have to be a play in game in 2006, that it would be called by Chip Caray, Joe Simpson and Don Sutton, all Braves broadcasters. The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States and Canada. ... ESPN (formerly an initialism for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Chip Caray Harry Christopher Chip Caray III (born 1965) is a television broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves of the National League, but is best known as an announcer for Chicago Cubs games from 1998 to 2004. ... Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945 in Clio, Alabama) is a former Major League Baseball player and current television sportscaster. ...

See also

• MLB on FOX
• ESPN Major League Baseball

MLB on FOX is the Fox Broadcasting Companys de facto brand name for their coverage of Major League Baseball. ... ESPN Major League Baseball is a promotion of Major League Baseball on ESPN or ESPN2, with simulcasts on ESPNHD or ESPN2HD. The title is derived from the fact that it may come on a night when ESPN doesnt have a scheduled game (i. ...

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