Canadian television series
TheMLB on TSN is a television presentation ofMajor League Baseball games on Canada'sTSN (The Sports Network). TSN has broadcast Major League Baseball games since they went on the air in 1984. Their current MLB schedule consists of simulcastingESPN 'sSunday Night Baseball broadcasts onTSN2 .[ 1] TSN had previously broadcastSunday Night Baseball from 1990 to 2000. TSN has also broadcastToronto Blue Jays (1984 -2009 ) andMontreal Expos (1985 -1999 ;2001 ) games.
Toronto Blue Jays baseball aired on TSN from September 1,1984 until September 23,2009 . WhenThe Sports Network launched in 1984, the second live sporting event to air (following aCanada Cup hockey game) was aMinnesota Twins -Toronto Blue Jays game. In1985 , TSN became the majority broadcaster ofToronto Blue Jays games, a position which they would hold until the2002 season . From1993 -2000 ,Baseball Tonight , a pregame show hosted by former Blue JayPat Tabler preceded the game, withTSN Sportsdesk following it. The last game aired on September 23, 2009, asRogers Sportsnet acquired the complete rights for the2010 season .
Blue Jays broadcasts were sponsored byLabatt from1984 -2000 and byRogers from2001 -2009 . Labatt also sponsored TSN's Expos broadcasts for a number of years.
Fergie Olver (play-by-play, 1984–1989)Jim Hughson (play-by-play, 1990–1994)Dan Shulman (play-by-play, 1995–2001)Rod Black (play-by-play, 2002–2009)Ken Singleton (analyst, 1984–1986)Tony Kubek (analyst, 1985–1986)Buck Martinez (analyst, 1987–2000)Paul Romanuk (studio host, 1992–1995, 1998)Vic Rauter (studio host, 1996–1997)Mike Toth (studio host, 1997)Rod Smith (studio host, 1998)Dave Hodge (studio host, 1999–2000)Pat Tabler (studio analyst, 1993–2000) (analyst, 2001–2009)Tommy Hutton (play-by-play, 1985–1986)Jim Hughson (play-by-play, 1987–1989)Dave Van Horne (play-by-play, 1990–1999)Vic Rauter (studio host, 1996–1997, play-by-play, 2001)Ken Singleton (analyst, 1986–1996)Mike Stenhouse (analyst, 1996)Gary Carter (analyst, 1997–1999)Warren Sawkiw (analyst, 2001)Paul Romanuk (studio host, 1992–1995, 1998)Mike Toth (studio host, 1997)Rod Smith (studio host, 1998)Dave Hodge (studio host, 1999)
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