Baseball telecasts technology (English Wikipedia)

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In 1975 baseball announced a new kind of TV deal. Coverage of the World Series, playoffs, and All-Star Games would alternate between NBC and ABC. The networks saw the advantages: postseason baseball play was the perfect time to begin promoting the new fall TV season. Dual network coverage also brought an element of competition without economic overtones-quality of coverage. Then came October 21, 1975. The Boston Red Sox, unable to win a World Series since 1918, were on their way to a loss in six games to Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine". But a three-run pinch-hit homer by Bernie Carbo tied the game in the eighth, and in the twelfth (by then it was 12:34 a.m.) Carlton Fisk hit a solo shot over the "Green Monster" to win the game. Sixty-two million people saw it, and television couldn't have planned it better, because as Fisk hit his homer, the camera in the left field scoreboard followed him, not the ball, and on replay the audience saw Fisk furiously trying to wave the ball fair. It was the first-ever home run reaction shot. The next night, 75,890,000 people watched the seventh game, and baseball was definitely back. In 1976 baseball received revenue from radio and television approaching $51 million. Lou Harris said in 1977, "For the first time since 1968, more sports fans in the country follow baseball than football." Ten years later baseball received $350 million.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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"Take a look at the latest in technology, as the NBC Tracer tracks a curveball (from the 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game)". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2006-09-11.

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Jul 7, 1992 - For two years, CBS' baseball telecasts have been criticized for missing steals of second base. No longer. Meet Basecam. MLB officials have approved producer Ric LaCivita's request to install Basecam, a lipstick-size camera, inside first base in the July 14 All-Star Game in San Diego. ...

awfulannouncing.com

Bucholtz, Andrew (October 4, 2017). "A year after their giant score bug, TBS now has a tiny one, and is still getting complaints". AwfulAnnouncing.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

bleacherreport.com

Imber, Gil (20 October 2011). "Fox Celebrates New Technology at Expense of Texas Rangers". bleacherreport.com.

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James R. Walker; Robert V. Bellamy (2008). Center field shot: a history of baseball on television. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 279–296. ISBN 978-0803248250.

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"Technological Innovations in Sports Broadcasting". Engineering and Technology History Wiki. 28 September 2015.

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Fang, Ken (30 September 2011). "Turner Sports Unveils Coverage Plans & Announcing Teams for MLB Postseason". Fangsbites.com. Worldpress.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14.

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Moore, Jack (13 October 2015). "What's Wrong With TV Baseball? Learning From Red Barber and MLB Classics". The Hardball Times.

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Turn Back the Clock (2000) home page at Hollywood.com

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"70 years ago today, the Dodgers made TV history". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
"As Bob Costas mentions on the MLB Network show, the great part about watching this game now is there's no center field camera, no replays, no different angles, very few graphics (except to put the players names in all caps with white letters), the announcers work alone, there's maybe something missing without any close-ups of the players and no bullpen shots. For a black-and-white telecast, it's pretty stark". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
"Spying on TBS' Dodgers-Phillies NLCS". Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
Hoffarth, Tom (19 October 2011). "FoxTrax vs. TBS' PitchTrax vs. ESPN's K-zone, and why the network covering the World Series won't be confusing viewers with a live fake strike zone graphic". Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles Newspaper group. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2012.

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"Harry Coyle revolutionizes MLB broadcasts". NBC Sports History Page. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
"NBC gains television and radio rights to World Series". NBC Sports History Page.

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Jul 8, 1992 - At baseball's All Star Game on Tuesday night CBS will introduce the basecam a lipstick size camera planted in first base The camera will give ... live CBS asked for live microphones but major league baseball turned the network down insisting on editorial control of the managers comments ...

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Major League Baseball made TV debut 70 years ago today

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"THE RIGHT CALL". New York Post. 2007-10-21.

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Jul 12, 1992 - CBS television's coverage of Tuesday night's All-Star baseball game will offer a new viewing perspective -- a camera implanted in first base. ... runners taking their leads and breaking for second base,` said Ric LaCivita, lead producer for CBS Sports coverage of Major League baseball. ...^{[dead link‍]}

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But thinking about the current state of video-computer trickery, I'm reminded of a Patton Oswalt routine: just because science can do something doesn't mean it should. ("We've made cancer airborne and contagious--you're welcome!") Fox Sports' baseball coverage is almost unwatchable, with all the stupid exploding graphics, robotic pitchers and talking baseballs. Not to mention the endless shots of fans in the stands, which some idiot in Fox's production department thinks the viewer at home loves to look at. If I wanna see some maniac in face paint, I'll go to the Ren Fair.

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Verducci, Tom (October 21, 2015). "Game Changer: How Carlton Fisk's home run altered baseball and TV". Sports Illustrated.
David, David (17 November 1997). "A Particular Point of View Courtesy of Catcher Cam, Couch Potatoes See the Pitch as Clearly as the Batter". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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Romo, Christian (29 May 2014). "The Top 5 Broadcasting Tech Milestones During Vin Scully's Career". SportTechie.

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thedartmouth.com Archived March 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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Hecken, Phil (August 25, 2016). "Broadcast Throwbacks". Uni Watch.

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Nagelhout, Ryan (July 25, 2020). "Fox Put 'Virtual Fans' In The Seats For Cubs-Brewers And It Was Extremely Weird". UPROXX.

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Walker said Red Barber was among the announcers to handle the play-by-play duties of the games in Boston and critics complained the cameras often didn't show the part of the action he was describing. A regular-season game typically used two or three cameras, Walker said, but that would increase to four for special events such as the Series. (Fox is using 26 cameras this year.)
TBS juggles broadcast teams after Mets disappear
"He'll be standing at a home plate with a bat," Behnke says. "Balls will come in just like at the games. It will be very real." In a vaguely hallucinatory way.
Hiestand, Michael (September 30, 2009). "TBS ready to roll out postseason MLB coverage". USA Today.
ESPN taking a cut at virtual pitches
Fox to fly cameras over NLCS and World Series
Hiestand, Michael (30 September 2011). "Fox to use infra-red technology in World Series coverage". USAToday.com. Gannett Co. Inc.
Hiestand, Michael (10 October 2012). "Hiestand: Costas' 12-year MLB playoff absence ends". USA Today. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

variety.com

Steinberg, Brian (July 23, 2020). "Fox Will Fill Empty Baseball Stadiums With Virtual Fans". Variety.

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"70 years ago today, the Dodgers made TV history". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
"Harry Coyle revolutionizes MLB broadcasts". NBC Sports History Page. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
"As Bob Costas mentions on the MLB Network show, the great part about watching this game now is there's no center field camera, no replays, no different angles, very few graphics (except to put the players names in all caps with white letters), the announcers work alone, there's maybe something missing without any close-ups of the players and no bullpen shots. For a black-and-white telecast, it's pretty stark". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
"Take a look at the latest in technology, as the NBC Tracer tracks a curveball (from the 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game)". Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2006-09-11.
thedartmouth.com Archived March 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
Where TBS deserves plenty of credit is allowing the games to be the star. Unlike Fox, TBS did not bludgeon the audience with an overabundance of crowd shots or fan interviews. Much of the camera work was exceptional. The close-ups of insects feasting on the neck of Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain were so creepy that they could have been filmed by Wes Craven. For the most part, TBS did a nice job of letting the pictures work for them. Some of the graphics proved problematic, though. As SI's Tom Verducci pointed out, the Leadoff Line, the nine-foot arrow that measured the lead a runner gets off first base, overtly gimmicky and intrusive. Some SI.com readers complained that the graphic at the top of the screen showing how many runners were on base was too small. (To its credit, Behnke said that TBS adjusted it prior to the final game of the Indians-Yankees series by deepening the border and edgings.) Look for the same graphics to return for the LCS -- the Leadoff Line is sponsored by Travelers, not that most fans would know -- including the addition of microphones placed in the bases. "It's always a work in progress and we are our own worst critics," said Behnke, who averaged four hours of sleep during the Division Series. "We have this package for many years but I would say this: We are overwhelmingly deeply proud of what we have done through the divisional series and I can assure you that it will only be better when we done through the divisional series and I can assure you that it will only be better when we crank it up on Thursday."
"Spying on TBS' Dodgers-Phillies NLCS". Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
Fang, Ken (30 September 2011). "Turner Sports Unveils Coverage Plans & Announcing Teams for MLB Postseason". Fangsbites.com. Worldpress.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14.
Hoffarth, Tom (19 October 2011). "FoxTrax vs. TBS' PitchTrax vs. ESPN's K-zone, and why the network covering the World Series won't be confusing viewers with a live fake strike zone graphic". Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles Newspaper group. Archived from the original on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2012.