On August 26th, 1939, the first ever Major League Baseball game was televised on W2XBS (now WNBC). Red Barber was announcing for the Brooklyn Dodgers (that was before they moved to LA) in a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds. The game was played at Ebbets Field in NY. The Reds won the first game 5-2 and the Dodgers won the second game 6-1. There were only two camera (now about 15) used, one on the announcer and the other behind the plate! The picture is of a TV being sold in 1939....When I was really young, my neighbor had one just like this!
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