List of Major League Baseball on TBS broadcasters

Main article: Major League Baseball on TBS

2000s

2007 personalities

TBS disclosed its initial roster of postseason announcers on September 21, 2007.^[1]

Play-by-play

Chip Caray:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] #1 Play-by-play
Dick Stockton
Ted Robinson
Don Orsillo^[7]

Color commentators

Tony Gwynn:^[5]^[8]^[9] #1 color commentator
Bob Brenly^[5]^[8]
Ron Darling^[5]^[8]
Steve Stone^[2]^[7]
Joe Simpson
Buck Martinez

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Ernie Johnson, Jr.

Studio analysts

2007 playoffs

On January 28, 2007, TBS' executive producer Jeff Behnke^[9] said that Chip Caray "is definitely going to be TBS' lead play-by-play announcer for division series and LCS games."^[10] Indeed, TBS announced in April 2007 that Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who has experience in broadcasting with ESPN and the San Diego Padres, would join Caray in the booth.^[11]

Veteran Braves play-by-play man Skip Caray, Chip's father was vocal about not being part of the coverage in comments he made to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.^[12]

TBS' studio team was Inside the NBA host Ernie Johnson, Jr. along with the other member of the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame class, Cal Ripken, Jr.^[11] On September 24, it was announced that the studio show would also include Frank Thomas, who played for the Toronto Blue Jays during the season. Thomas and other active players such as Curtis Granderson and John Smoltz made guest appearances during the playoffs. The studio coverage is titled Inside MLB.

2008 personalities

In the 2008 season, Chip Caray has been joined by Ron Darling and Buck Martinez as the lead broadcast crew for Sunday games on TBS.^[13] Darling and Martinez have taken turns as analysts.

Marc Fein, who was the last TBS Braves Baseball studio host, has the same duties here, providing updates throughout the day from other MLB games. Johnson also hosts from time-to-time.

TBS disclosed its initial roster of postseason announcers on September 18, 2008.^[14]

Play-by-play

Chip Caray^[14]
Dick Stockton^[14]
Don Orsillo^[14]
Brian Anderson^[14] (first time an announcer broadcast games for the team he was affiliated - the Milwaukee Brewers)

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Ernie Johnson, Jr.^[14]

Studio analysts

2009 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Ernie Johnson, Jr.

Studio analysts

2010s

2010 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Matt Winer

Studio analysts

2011 personalities

Play-by-play

Brian Anderson
Dick Stockton
Don Orsillo (Playoffs)
Victor Rojas (Playoffs)
Ernie Johnson, Jr. - Because of Johnson stepping aside for the 2011 playoffs to care for his son Michael (who suffers from Muscular dystrophy and was placed in intensive care around the same time as the playoffs), Brian Anderson would instead call the 2011 National League Championship Series for TBS, which only by coincidence has the Brewers against the Cardinals; his role was announced before the playoff seedings for the NLDS were fully set.^[15]
Matt Vasgersian
Steve Physioc

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Matt Winer

Studio analysts

2012 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Matt Winer

Studio analysts

2013 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Keith Olbermann

Studio analysts

2014 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Casey Stern

Studio analysts

2015 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Casey Stern

Studio analysts

2016 personalities

Play-by-play

Color commentators

Field reporters

Studio anchors

Casey Stern

Studio analysts

Announcing teams

**Major League Baseball on TBS** announcing teams^[5]^[16]^[17]
Season	Event	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Field reporter(s)	LDS	LCS
2007	2007 MLB Playoffs	Chip Caray	Tony Gwynn and Bob Brenly	Craig Sager	Cleveland vs. New York	NLCS: Arizona vs. Colorado
		Dick Stockton	Ron Darling	Marc Fein	Arizona vs. Chicago	n/a
		Ted Robinson	Steve Stone	José Mota	Boston vs. Los Angeles	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Joe Simpson	David Aldridge	Philadelphia vs. Colorado	n/a
2008	2008 MLB Playoffs	Chip Caray	Buck Martinez (Entire series and ALCS)	Craig Sager	Los Angeles vs. Boston	ALCS: Tampa Bay vs. Boston
		Chip Caray	Ron Darling (Game 4 and entire ALCS)	Craig Sager	Los Angeles vs. Boston	ALCS: Tampa Bay vs. Boston
		Dick Stockton	Ron Darling and Tony Gwynn	Tom Verducci	Chicago vs. Los Angeles	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Harold Reynolds	Marc Fein	Tampa Bay vs. Chicago	n/a
		Brian Anderson	Joe Simpson and John Smoltz	David Aldridge	Philadelphia vs. Milwaukee	n/a
2009	2009 MLB Playoffs	Chip Caray	Ron Darling (Entire series and NLCS)	Craig Sager	New York vs. Minnesota	NLCS: Los Angeles vs. Philadelphia
		Chip Caray	Buck Martinez (Entire NLCS)	Craig Sager	New York vs. Minnesota	NLCS: Los Angeles vs. Philadelphia
		Don Orsillo	Buck Martinez	Marc Fein	Los Angeles vs. Boston	n/a
		Dick Stockton	Bob Brenly	Tom Verducci	Los Angeles vs. St. Louis	n/a
		Brian Anderson	Joe Simpson	David Aldridge	Philadelphia vs. Colorado	n/a
2010	2010 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and John Smoltz	Craig Sager	Minnesota vs. New York	ALCS: Texas vs. New York
		Brian Anderson	Joe Simpson	David Aldridge	Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati	n/a
		Dick Stockton	Bob Brenly	Tom Verducci	San Francisco vs. Atlanta	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Buck Martinez (Entire Series)	Marc Fein	Tampa Bay vs. Texas	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Ron Darling (Game 5)	Marc Fein	Tampa Bay vs. Texas	n/a
2011	2011 MLB Playoffs	Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and John Smoltz	Tom Verducci (ALDS)	New York vs. Detroit	NLCS: Milwaukee vs. St. Louis
		Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and John Smoltz	Craig Sager (NLCS)	New York vs. Detroit	NLCS: Milwaukee vs. St. Louis
		Dick Stockton	Bob Brenly (Game 1-4)	Craig Sager	Philadelphia vs. St. Louis	n/a
		Dick Stockton	Ron Darling and John Smoltz (Game 5)	Craig Sager	Philadelphia vs. St. Louis	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Buck Martinez	Jaime Maggio	Texas vs. Tampa Bay	n/a
		Victor Rojas	Joe Simpson	Sam Ryan	Milwaukee vs. Arizona	n/a
2012	2012 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	John Smoltz and Cal Ripken Jr. (Wild Card Game and ALDS)	Craig Sager	New York vs. Baltimore	ALCS: New York vs. Detroit
		Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and John Smoltz (ALCS)	Craig Sager	New York vs. Baltimore	ALCS: New York vs. Detroit
		Brian Anderson	Ron Darling and Joe Simpson	Tom Verducci	Cincinnati vs. San Francisco	n/a
		Dick Stockton	Bob Brenly	David Aldridge	Washington vs. St. Louis	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Buck Martinez	Jaime Maggio	Oakland vs. Detroit	n/a
2013	2013 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr.	Craig Sager	Atlanta vs. Los Angeles	NLCS: St. Louis vs. Los Angeles
		Brian Anderson	John Smoltz and Joe Simpson	Rachel Nichols	Boston vs. Tampa Bay	n/a
		Dick Stockton	Bob Brenly	Matt Winer	St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh	n/a
		Don Orsillo	Dennis Eckersley and Buck Martinez	David Aldridge	Oakland vs. Detroit	n/a
2014	2014 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr.	Matt Winer	Los Angeles vs. Kansas City	ALCS: Baltimore vs. Kansas City
2014	2014 MLB Playoffs	Brian Anderson	Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson	Jaime Maggio	Baltimore vs. Detroit	n/a
2015	2015 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr.	Matt Winer (Wild Card Game and NLCS)	Los Angeles vs. New York	NLCS: New York vs. Chicago
		Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr.	Sam Ryan (NLDS and NLCS)	Los Angeles vs. New York	NLCS: New York vs. Chicago
		Brian Anderson	Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson	Matt Winer	St. Louis vs. Chicago	n/a
2016	2016 MLB Playoffs	Ernie Johnson Jr.	Ron Darling and Cal Ripken Jr.	Sam Ryan	Cleveland vs. Boston	ALCS: Cleveland vs. Toronto
2016	2016 MLB Playoffs	Brian Anderson	Dennis Eckersley and Joe Simpson	Matt Winer	Texas vs. Toronto	n/a

In 2007, Don Orsillo and Joe Simpson called the one game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres to decide the National League wild card.^[18] In 2008, Dick Stockton called the American Central tiebreaker game between the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins with Ron Darling, Harold Reynolds and field reporter Marc Fein. In 2009, Chip Caray, Ron Darling and field reporter Craig Sager called the one game playoff between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers for the American League Central title.

References

↑ Hiestand, Michael (2007-09-21). "TBS getting its postseason roster in order". USA Today.
1 2 Mushnick, Phil (2007-10-08). "Forget What You See, Believe What You're Told". New York Post.
1 2 Sandomir, Richard (2007-10-09). "An Error-Plagued Game, but From the Broadcast Booth". New York Times.
↑ Sandomir, Richard (2007-10-10). "Yes, There Is Crying in Baseball (and It's O.K.)". The New York Times.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Deitsch, Richard (2007-10-11). "TBS takes its shots". Sports Illustrated.
↑ Hiestand, Michael (2007-10-11). "Sports talk thrives in many fashions". USA Today.
1 2 3 Zulgad, Judd (2007-10-05). "Broadcast sports:TBS doing solid job in first at-bat". Star Tribune.
1 2 3 4 5 Jackson, Barry (2007-10-12). "TBS Baseball Coverage Has Produced Mixed Results". The Miami Herald. p. D9.
1 2 3 4 Sandomir, Richard (2007-10-05). "TBS Tries to Cover the Bases, but It Has Holes in the Lineup". The New York Times.
↑ "THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS:Braves unveiling TV cast". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2007-01-28. p. E2.
1 2 "Ripken, Gwynn to broadcast for TBS". Yahoo! Sports. 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
↑ "'Hurt' Caray off postseason team". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2007-09-27. p. D1.
↑ Cooper, Jon (2008-03-27). "Darling, Martinez join TBS team". MLB.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Molony, Jim (2008-09-18). "TBS unveils announcers for postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
↑ Heistand, Michael (27 September 2011). "Family situation keeps TBS' Ernie Johnson from MLB playoffs". USA Today. Gannett Company. pp. C3. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
↑ "TBS Names Booth Partners For MLB Division Series". Multichannel News. 2007-09-24.
↑ Hiestand, Michael (2007-10-01). "TBS juggles broadcast teams after Mets disappear". USA Today.
↑ http://www.ajc.com/wireless/content/sports/braves/stories/2006/12/20/1221bravestv.html

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