Monthly Archives for August 2012


August 26: First Televised Baseball Game

On 26 August 1939, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds played the first televised baseball games; a double header which was broadcast on WXBS in New York. The play by play for the game was given by Red Barber. The Reds won the opening game with a score of 5-2. The Dodgers won the second […]