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. The game was announced by Bill Stern 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 doubleheader at Ebbets Field. taken from Wikipedia
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1939, May 17th. Columbia VS Princeton baseball game from Baker Field in Northern Manhattan.
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In New York, the game was broadcasted on channel 9.
baseball on may 17, 1939. between Princeton and Columbia. broadcast by nbc