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August 27, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, NY, August 27, 1939
* Television makes debut in MLB baseball
* Historic report
This 100+ page newspaper has a Various baseball news in the sport's section with much on the game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds with photos.
This game was the very 1st Major League baseball game that was televised on what was called at the time, radio camera.
Page 4 of the sports section contains one column headlines: "Games Are Televised" and "Major League Baseball Makes Its Radio Camera Debut'
An historic report at the very beginning of T.V. sports in which every professional sport is now televised these days.
Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: On August 26 of the same year, the first ever Major League Baseball game was televised (once again on W2XBS). With Red Barber announcing, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds played a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. The Reds won the first, 5-2 while the Dodgers won the second, 6-1. Barber called the game without the benefit of a monitor and with only two cameras capturing the game. One camera was on Barber and the other was behind the plate. Barber had to guess from which light was on and where it pointed.
Category: The 20th Century
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