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Walter William (Billy) Pierce (born April 2, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1945 through 1964, Pierce played for the Detroit Tigers (1945, 1948), Chicago White Sox (1949-61) and San Francisco Giants (1962-64). A diminutive left handed listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 160 pounds (73 kg), Pierce has been considered one of the greatest pitchers in Chicago White Sox history. Billy Pierce - Career. Having never thrown a pitch in the minor leagues, Pier ...

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Having never thrown a pitch in the minor leagues, Pierce made his majors debut with the Detroit Tigers in 1945, just a few weeks after his 18th birthday. He was traded to the White Sox before the 1949 season. In 13 seasons with the Sox uniform, Pierce threw four one-hitters; pitched 51 consecutive scoreless innings and led the league in shutouts (7) and in strikeouts (186) in 1953; led the league in ERA (1.97) and in wins (20, along with Jim Bunning) in 1955; tied for the league lead in complete games between 1956 and 1958, and ...

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Major League Baseball television contracts - 1930s. The first-ever televised baseball game was on May 17, 1939 between Princeton and Columbia; Princeton beat Columbia 2-1 at Columbia's Baker Field. The contest was aired on W2XBS, an experimental station in New York City which would ultimately become WNBC-TV. On August 26 of the same year, the first ever Major League Baseball game was televised (once again on W2XBS). With Red Barber announcing, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds played a doublehea ...

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Long spent six seasons in minor leagues playing for five different organizations before he debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951, ending the season with the St. Louis Browns. After three and a half more seasons in the minors, Pittsburgh gave Long another chance to play in the majors. He hit a solid .291 average with 79 RBI, collecting double figures in extra bases with 19 doubles, 13 triples and 16 home runs. In 1956, Long posted career-highs in home runs (27) and RBI (91) and also made the National League All-Star team, but he ...

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Despite of the failure of The Baseball Network, NBC decided to stay on with Major League Baseball but on a far more restricted basis. Under the five year deal (from 1996-2000) for a total of approximately $400 million, NBC didn't televise any regular season games. Instead, NBC only handled the All-Star Game, three Division Series games, and the American League Championship Series in even numbered years and the World Series, three Division Series games, and National League Championship Series in odd numbered years. Also around this par ...

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After the fall-out from CBS' financial problems from their four year long television contract with Major League Baseball, MLB decided to go into the business of producing the telecasts themselves. After a four year hiatus, ABC and NBC returned to Major League Baseball under the umbrella of a revenue sharing venture called The Baseball Network. The slogan for The Baseball Network was "Welcome to the Show" while the fast-paced, bombastic, fanfare sounding theme music was composed by Scott Schreer from the New York recordin ...

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In 1966, NBC took over the rights to the Game of the Week with Curt Gowdy as the star announcer from 1966-1975. NBC, replacing CBS traded a circus for a seminar. Pee Wee Reese said "Curt Gowdy was its guy, and didn't want [Dizzy] Dean - too overpowering. Curt was nice, but worried about mistakes. Diz and I just laughed." Flatstaff Brewery hyped Dean as Gowdy in return said "I said, 'I can't do "Wasbash Cannonball." Our styles clash'"-then came Pee Wee Reese. Gowdy added by saying about the pairing betwe ...

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On October 19, 1966, NBC signed a three year contract with Major League Baseball. The year before, NBC lost the rights to the Saturday-Sunday Game of the Week. In addition, the previous deal limited CBS to covering only 12 weekends when its new subsidiary, the New York Yankees, played at home. Under the new deal, NBC paid roughly $6 million per year for the 25 Games of the Week, $6.1 million for the 1967 World Series and 1967 All-Star Game, and $6.5 million for the 1968 World Series and 1968 All-Star Game. This brought the total valu ...

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On December 14, 1988, CBS (under the guidance of Commissioner Peter Ueberroth) paid approximately $1.2 billion for exclusive television rights for over four years (beginning in 1990). CBS paid about $265 million each year for the World Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the Saturday Game of the Week. It was one of the largest agreements (to date) between the sport of baseball and the business of broadcasting. The deal with CBS was also suppose to pay each team $10 million a year. A separate deal with cable T ...

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