List of Major League Baseball Wild Card Game broadcasters
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
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,[1] 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.[2][3] The following day, ABC would air the #6 Miami Marlins against the #3 Chicago Cubs from Wrigley Field in Chicago. Karl Ravech would provide play-by-play commentary for the Houston-Minnesota game with analysts Eduardo Pérez and Tim Kurkjian.[4] Meanwhile, Jon Sciambi, Chipper Jones and Jesse Rogers would call the Miami-Chicago Cubs game on September 30. ESPN also planned on utilizing ABC afternoon windows[5] on Thursday (October 1) and Friday (October 2).[6] 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.[7]
2010s
Notes
- For the 2018 NL game, ESPN2 aired an alternate "Statcast Edition" broadcast featuring Jason Benetti on play-by-play and analysis from Eduardo Pérez and MLB.com writer Mike Petriello.[10]
- For the 2019 AL game, ESPN2 aired an alternate "Statcast Edition" broadcast featuring Jason Benetti on play-by-play and analysis from Eduardo Pérez and MLB.com writer Mike Petriello.[11]
Radio
2020 Wild Card Series
2010s
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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