This Week In Baseball History
This Week In Baseball History
Mike Bates and Bill Parker
Episode 415 - Radio Killed the Telegraph Stars
1 hour 20 minutes Posted Aug 7, 2026 at 1:07 am.
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Today, you can follow baseball on the radio, tv, laptops and phones. But that wasn't the case until 105 years ago this week, when the Pirates and Phillies game was sent out over the airwaves to the greater Pittsburgh area. It was the start of a surprisingly slow process that brought us to where we are today due to the owners' intransigence. In honor of this anniversary, Mike and Bill look back at the various ways that baseball broadcasting has changed over the years, from the telegraph to streaming.

Plus, happy birthday to Dolf Luque and Red Ames!

And farewell to Al Closter, Al Worthington, Ossie Blanco and Derrell Griffith.