Talk:Major League Baseball on ABC

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Regular Season
1976 regular season
 * N.Y. Yankees at Detroit — Mark Fidrych wows Tiger Stadium crowd, Monday Night Baseball audience (ABC/very good)
 * Los Angeles at Pittsburgh — John Candelaria no-hits the Dodgers (ABC/good or ABC; KDKA radio audio/good)
 * Kansas City at Baltimore — Reggie Jackson in his only year as an Oriole (ABC/good)

1978 regular season
 * Philadelphia at Cincinnati — Perhaps the worst start (2+ IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 3 K) of Seaver’s career (ABC/good)
 * Seattle at Minnesota — Rod Carew goes 4-for-5 with two RBI in Twins' 10-2 triumph (WTCN/very good)
 * N.Y. Yankees at Boston (AL East playoff) — Bucky Dent continues Bambino Curse (ABC/good or ABC; WPIX/good)

1979 regular season
 * N.Y. Yankees at California — Jackson breaks up Nolan Ryan’s no-hit bid in ninth inning (ABC/very good)
 * Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees — Bobby Murcer: Munson eulogy in morning, five RBI at night (ABC/good)

1980 regular season
 * Houston at Los Angeles (NL West playoff) — Art Howe (3-for-5, HR, four RBI) helps Astros move on (ABC/excellent)

1982 regular season
 * Milwaukee at Baltimore — AL East at stake on the season’s final day; Sutton vs. Jim Palmer (ABC/very good)

1983 regular season
 * Kansas City at Toronto — Jim Clancy tosses a five-hitter to lead Blue Jays over Royals (ABC/good)

1985 regular season
 * Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets — Gary Carter homers; Ron Darling tosses a five-hit shutout as Mets win (ABC/good)
 * N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati — Keith Hernandez: 4-for-5 with three RBI, comes within triple of hitting for cycle (ABC/fair)

1986 regular season
 * N.Y. Mets at St. Louis — The next day, Tim Teufel's two-run HR provides Mets with 5-3 win (ABC; WOR/very good)
 * San Francisco at N.Y. Mets — Dan Gladden goes 3-for-4 with two RBI in Giants' victory (ABC/excellent)
 * Oakland at Boston — Tony La Russa's first game as A's manager; Dave Stewart vs. Roger Clemens (ABC/very good)

1987 regular season
 * Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees — With a five-hit shutout, Frank Viola outpitches Ron Guidry (ABC/excellent)
 * N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota — Mark Salas’ three-run homer in seventh inning lifts Yankees (ABC/excellent)
 * Toronto at Detroit — On final day of year, Frank Tanana pitches Tigers to AL East title (WDIV/excellent or ABC/good)

1988 regular season
 * N.Y. Yankees at Oakland — Dave Henderson leads off 14th inning with game-winning HR for A's (ABC/very good)
 * St. Louis at N.Y. Mets — David Cone pitches 10 innings; Mazzilli's RBI single in 12th gives Mets win (ABC/very good)
 * Los Angeles at San Francisco — Kevin Mitchell's two-run homer propels Giants over rival (ABC/excellent)

1989 regular season
 * Chicago Cubs at San Francisco — Seven-run second inning paves way to Giants' 12-2 rout (ABC/excellent)
 * Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets — Little Luis Quinones packs some power: two home runs for Reds (ABC/very good)
 * Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees — Andy Hawkins fires three-hit shutout as Yanks defeat Royals (ABC/very good)

Postseason

 * 1976 NLCS — Philadelphia at Cincinnati, Game 3 (ABC/good)
 * 1976 ALCS — Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 5 (ABC/very good)
 * 1977 NLCS — Los Angeles at Philadelphia, Game 4 (NBC/good)
 * 1978 ALCS — Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 3 (ABC/good)
 * 1978 ALCS — Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 4 (ABC/good)
 * 1978 NLCS — Philadelphia at Los Angeles, Game 4 (ABC/good)
 * 1980 ALCS — N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, Game 2 (ABC/excellent)
 * 1980 ALCS — Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, Game 3 (WPIX; ABC/good)
 * 1981 ALDS — Kansas City at Oakland, Game 3 (ABC/good)
 * 1981 ALDS — Milwaukee at N.Y. Yankees, Game 5 (ABC/excellent)
 * 1982 NLCS — Atlanta at St. Louis, Game 1 (ABC/good)
 * 1982 NLCS — Atlanta at St. Louis, Game 2 (ABC/good)


 * 1979 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles
 * Game 1 at Baltimore — Doug DeCinces hits two-run homer; Mike Flanagan tosses complete game for O's (ABC/good)
 * Game 2 at Baltimore — Manny Sanguillen's pinch-hit RBI single in ninth inning enables Pirates to win (ABC/good)
 * Game 3 at Pittsburgh — Kiko Garcia collects four hits and four RBI as Orioles earn 8-4 triumph (ABC/good)
 * Game 4 at Pittsburgh — Pirates in peril: O's erase late three-run deficit to win, take 3-1 series lead (ABC/good)
 * Game 5 at Pittsburgh — Bill Madlock goes 4-for-4, Tim Foli has three RBI as Bucs stave off elimination (ABC/good)
 * Game 6 at Baltimore — Candelaria, Kent Tekulve silence Orioles' bats as Pirates knot series (ABC/good)
 * Game 7 at Baltimore — We Are Family! Willie Stargell's go-ahead home run helps give Pirates crown (ABC/good)

All-Star Game

 * 1976 — Mark Fidrych starts for American League, but NL rolls to 7-1 victory (ABC/very good)
 * 1978 — NL scores four runs in eighth to win; includes pregame and postgame (ABC/good)
 * 1980 — Home run by MVP Ken Griffey gets National League started in 4-2 triumph (ABC/excellent)
 * 1982 — First All-Star Game played outside the United States; Dave Concepcion homers, wins MVP for NL (ABC/good)
 * 1984 — Dwight Gooden and Fernando Valenzuela combine to strike out six straight AL hitters (ABC/very good)
 * 1988 — Terry Steinbach responsible for both American League runs in 2-1 triumph (ABC/very good)
 * 1995 — NL victorious as all of its hits are home runs; Florida's Jeff Conine delivers biggest blow (ABC/very good)

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Should the name of the article emphasize the ESPN branding?
There are no known official press releases and the like that clearly states the name of the coverage is ESPN Major League Baseball on ABC.

ABC doesn't as of now, have a full-fledged network contract with Major League Baseball, such as a slate regular season games or the marquee events like the All-Star Game, League Championship Series, or World Series. Since the year 2020, there's only been a handful of MLB games to air on ABC. Specifically, ABC broadcast about three-four Wild Card Round games in-between 2020 and 2022 and only one exclusive Sunday Night Baseball game in August 2021. They therefore, seem more like simply being special editions of ESPN Major League Baseball that just so happen to air on ABC.

Had the early playoff round (where there's a Wild Card series instead of a single Wild Card game for each league, thus ESPN had a lot more on their proverbial plate coverage wise) not been expanded in 2020 due in no small part to the COVID-19 pandemic, then what are the chances exactly, that ABC would've broadcast any baseball games?

ESPN and ABC are technically, still separate legal entities that just so happen to be subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Company. Prior to the 2006 rebranding from "ABC Sports" to "ESPN on ABC", ABC Sports unlike ESPN, was unionized. ESPN essentially purchases for airtime on ABC like brokered programming or an infomerical. Simply put, the contracts that ESPN signed with the various sports leagues like the NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB etc. have a provision in which ESPN could request permission from said league to license their broadcasts to ABC for its airing on a case basis. This would also presumably mean that if Disney hypothetically sold ABC off, ESPN would by default, keep their broadcast rights with ABC out of the picture until the next round of negotiations. BornonJune8 (talk) 08:36, October 2023 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: Moved  &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 13:38, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

– I am basically repeating what User:BornonJune8 posted above about including the ESPN branding in these article titles. ESPN really does not use these exact "ESPN [insert sports league or property] on ABC" branding name on-air, in its press releases on its espnpressroom.com website, much less reliable sources. When doing Google search, I tend to primarily get Wikipedia or mirror sites. The recent broadcasts are more like just editions of ESPN [insert sports league or property] (specifically ESPN Major League Baseball, ESPN College Football, ESPN College Basketball) that air on ABC. ABC really does not have a full-fledged network contract. ESPN essentially purchases for airtime on ABC like brokered programming. Furthermore, these articles also include histories and content prior to the 2006 rebranding from "ABC Sports" to "ESPN on ABC", and should therefore be more consistent with NBA on ABC and NHL on ABC. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * ESPN Major League Baseball on ABC → Major League Baseball on ABC
 * ESPN College Football on ABC → College Football on ABC
 * ESPN College Basketball on ABC → College Basketball on ABC
 * Support moves. "ESPN" is unnecessary in these titles.  O.N.R.  (talk) 10:05, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * To me I agree on this, if ESPN is purchasing airtime on ABC, it’s just like other properties that would have to pay to air, (like other studio companies picking up airtime) as ABC currently doesn’t have a sports division at the moment outside of ESPN (however we need to emphasize instead is ESPN is producing the broadcasts and not make it sound like ABC Sports is producing it) Hoopstercat (talk) 00:01, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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