International telecasts of Major League Baseball
MLB International is a division of
Major League Baseball primarily responsible for international broadcasts of games.
[1] In partnership with
DirecTV and
MLB Network , it produces and
syndicates the
All-Star Game , and the
World Series , as well as the
Caribbean Series , the
Australian Baseball League Championship Series and the
World Baseball Classic to broadcasters in over 200 countries, and the
American Forces Network for U.S. military troops abroad. It previously broadcast the
NLCS and
ALCS , alternating between the two each year. MLB International broadcasts content that shows baseball in a local context, e.g. sneaker shopping in Japan or baseball games in India, and explains concepts and
rules of baseball to viewers who may not be familiar with the sport.
[2]
From
1996 until
2003 and again starting in
2010 ,
Gary Thorne
[3] served as the play-by-play man for the
World Series on
Armed Forces Radio and MLB International.
[4]
[5]
Dave O'Brien provided commentary for MLB International's coverage of the
World Series from
2004 until
2009 . O'Brien teamed with his usual
ESPN partner
Rick Sutcliffe on broadcasts of the World Series and the American League Championship Series for MLB International.
From 1996 to 2002, and 2010-2014, MLB International broadcast the League Championship Series alternately, with the
American League Championship Series in even-numbered years and the
National League Championship Series in odd-numbered years.
[6]
Since 2015, production of the MLB International broadcasts has been assumed by the
MLB Network . Matt Vasgersian (formerly of
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball and today part of
Fox Sports ) in addition to the MLB Network, also current play-by-play television announcer for the
Los Angeles Angels (AL) and former play-by-play television announcer for the
San Diego Padres (NL)) has served as the play-by-play commentator; for the
2016 World Series onward, he was joined by
Buck Martinez (play-by-play analyst of the
Toronto Blue Jays for
Sportsnet —which has carried the world feeds due to his involvement, and former color commentator for
TBS ) on color.
[7] Since 2018, with Matt now with ESPN part-time in addition to his MLB Network duties, Buck was joined for the All-Star Game duties by former Sunday Night Baseball voice
Dan Shulman (who calls play-by-play on selected Blue Jays games on Sportsnet with Martinez on color).
In 2021, MLB Network's
Scott Braun assumed the post as the main play-by-play announcer for MLB International's broadcasts. He was replaced in 2022 by
Jason Benetti (
NBC Sports Chicago ) for the
English-language international
MLB All-Star Game coverage and
Dave Flemming (
NBC Sports Bay Area ,
KNBR ) for the global
World Series coverage.
Gary Thorne and
Ken Singleton (
All-Star Game ,
League Championship Series and the
World Series , 1996–2003)
Dave O'Brien and
Rick Sutcliffe (
All-Star Game ,
ALCS and the
World Series , 2004–2009)
Gary Thorne and
Rick Sutcliffe (
All-Star Game ,
League Championship Series and the
World Series , 2010–2014)
Matt Vasgersian and
John Smoltz (
All-Star Game and the
World Series , 2015)
Matt Vasgersian and
Mark DeRosa (
All-Star Game only, 2016)
Matt Vasgersian and
Buck Martinez (
All-Star Game , 2017,
World Series , 2016-2020)
Paul Severino and
Joe Magrane (
World Baseball Classic Pool A only, 2017)
Rich Waltz and
Buck Martinez (World Baseball Classic Pools B and E only, 2017)
Matt Vasgersian ,
John Smoltz , and
Jon Morosi (World Baseball Classic Pools C, D and F, round robin, semifinal and championship games only, 2017)
Dan Shulman and
Buck Martinez (
All-Star Game only, 2018–2019)
Scott Braun and
Cliff Floyd (
All-Star Game only, 2021)
Scott Braun and
Dan Plesac (
World Series , 2021)
Jason Benetti and
Dan Plesac (
All-Star Game only, 2022-present)
Dave Flemming and
Dan Plesac (
World Series ,
[8] 2022)
Dave Flemming and
Ryan Spilborghs (
World Series ,
[9] 2023)
MLB International broadcasters
Worldwide (
U.S. military bases only ):
American Forces Network
Australasia:
ESPN Australia
[10]
Canada:
Sportsnet
[11] (English),
TVA Sports (French)
Caribbean :
ESPN Caribbean
Europe:
beIN Sports France (France),
ESPN Netherlands (Netherlands),
Movistar Deportes (Spain),
TNT Sports 4 (UK
[12] and Ireland),
BBC Sport (UK),
Arena Sport (
Balkans ),
DAZN (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland),
Sport TV (Hungary),
Sky Sport (Italy, San Marino, Vatican City),
Viaplay (
Nordics )
Japan:
NHK ,
J Sports
India:
Star Sports , Fancode
South Korea:
SPOTV
Latin America :
ESPN Latin America ,
ESPN Brazil (Brazil),
Fox Sports (Mexico),
RPC-TV , TV Max (Panama),
Imagen Televisión (Mexico),
Meridiano Televisión (Venezuela),
Telecaribe (Colombia)
Dominican Republic : Tele Antillas and Coral 39
Puerto Rico :
WAPA-TV
Curaçao :
Telecuraçao
Middle East and North Africa:
beIN Sports Middle East
Africa:
ESPN Africa
Taiwan:
CTS , ELTA TV,
Videoland
Southeast Asia (except Vietnam):
SPOTV (World Baseball Classic only, starting 2023)
United States: During Game 1 of the
2015 World Series , due to a power outage that affected a studio truck producing
Fox 's domestic coverage of the game, Fox temporarily switched to the MLB International feed of the game in order to restore coverage.
[13]
[14] The broadcast temporarily used the MLB International commentary, but was later overdubbed with Fox's broadcast team (led by
Joe Buck ) before the standard Fox Sports production was restored.
[15]
See also
References
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"Less is More With MLB International" . Canadian Sports Media Blog . 19 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012 .
^
"MLB International" . New York:
MLB Advanced Media . Retrieved 12 October 2020 .
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"Less is More With MLB International" . A Rouge's Point. October 19, 2012.
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Major League Baseball International TV Coverage
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Yahoo! Search Results for Major League Baseball International Gary Thorne
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"The World Series Is Truly Global With An International Audience" . Fang's Bites. October 27, 2010. Archived from
the original on February 3, 2011.
^
"Sportsnet touts four million viewers for Jays vs. Orioles matchup" . Archived from
the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016 .
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"MLB Network sets widespread 2022 World Series coverage plans" (Press release).
New York :
MLB Advanced Media . October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022 .
^ Hernández, Kristian (October 6, 2023).
"MLB Postseason 2023: MLB Network Remotely Produces Division-Series World Feed From Secaucus Facility" . SVG News . Retrieved October 31, 2023 .
^
"How to stream 2022 MLB World Series online in Australia" . Finder . October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022 .
^
"How to watch the MLB World Series playoffs 2022 online from anywhere" . Comparitech . October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022 .
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"MLB World Series 2022: Live stream Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies, UK TV channel and how to watch live on BT Sport" .
London :
BT Group . October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022 .
^ Hoch, Bryan; Newman, Mark (October 28, 2015).
"Game 1 briefly halted due to FOX outage" .
MLB.com .
MLB Advanced Media . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^
"World Series Game 1 delayed due to FOX broadcast issues" .
Sports Illustrated . October 27, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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"Fox Sports has a nightmare as technical difficulties cause World Series delay" . Awful Announcing . 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015 .
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