64 years ago today, the 1st MLB game was broadcast in color
Baseball has undergone so much overhaul in recent decades, it's become hard to keep track. But one of the biggest advancements in the game's history took place on this day in 1951.
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color. WCBS-TV in New York City broadcast the Boston Braves beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by an 8-1 score.
Click through the gallery above to find a history of baseball broadcasting advancements, and see the slideshow below for a recent collection of historical events.
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