How did baseball broadcasts get like this? Over 40 camera angles, shots change every couple of seconds, pitch speeds, exit velocity, spin rate, launch angle, and ads everywhere you look. I went back through the archives of Major League Baseball to see how we got here, starting with the very first World Series in 1903.

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Timecode chapters

0:00 How did we get here?

0:38 1903: The first World Series

1:21 The megaphone man

1:51 The Playograph

2:39 1921: Radio, baby!

3:36 1939: The first televised MLB game

5:07 1947: The first televised World Series

5:40 1951: Baseball in color

5:57 The center field camera

6:17 The first instant replay

6:56 The 1990s and the Fox Box

7:54 Today: The modern super broadcast

9:11 Is it too much?

9:55 Bring back the local booths

10:54 Why I love this game

Video credits

Host: Dillon Lopez

Scripted by: Dillon Lopez

Producer: Dillon Lopez

Camera: Dillon Lopez

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