Braves TBS Baseball

Braves TBS Baseball
Also known asBraves Baseball on TBS
Presented bySkip Caray
Pete Van Wieren
Joe Simpson
Don Sutton
Ernie Johnson
Chip Caray
(for other commentators and announcers, see below)
Theme music composerEdd Kalehoff
Opening theme"Checkmate"[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium and Turner Field (Atlanta Braves home games)
Various MLB venues (when the Braves played on the road)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time180 minutes (varies depending on game length)
Production companyTurner Sports
Original release
NetworkTBS
ReleaseApril 1973 (1973-04) –
September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30)
(occasional broadcasts as part of leaguewide package since)
Related
MLB on TBS
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Braves TBS Baseball (or Braves Baseball on TBS) was an American presentation of regular season Major League Baseball (MLB) game telecasts featuring the Atlanta Braves National League franchise that aired on the American cable and satellite network TBS. The games were produced by Turner Sports, the sports division of the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, TBS's corporate parent. The program, which debuted in 1973, ended national broadcasts in 2007.

TBS phased out its national coverage of Braves baseball after it was awarded an MLB-wide national broadcast contract effective in 2008. WPCH-TV, the rebranded former originating signal of the TBS superstation feed, retained Atlanta-market rights to a partial schedule of Braves games through 2013, but primary rights moved to cable regional sports networks, eventually settling with Fox Sports South (now Bally Sports South). TBS may select Braves games for national broadcast on equal grounds with other MLB clubs, but their national broadcast would be blacked out in the Braves' MLB-designated territory if the regional rights-holder carries the game as well.

  1. ^ "Checkmate". Kalehoff Original Library & Music.