On this day in history, August 26, 1939, baseball broadcast on TV for first time
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The first Major League Baseball game was broadcast on August 26,1939, as the Cincinnati Reds visited the Brooklyn Dodgers and split a doubleheader at Ebbets Field.
The 1939 New York World's Fair was attended by as many as 50 million people. In 1978 Red Barber joined Mel Allen as the first broadcasters honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame for contributions to the game. Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"I had to watch to see which one’s red light was on, then guess its direction."
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