This Week in Baseball
American baseball television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This Week in Baseball (abbreviated as TWiB, pronounced phonetically) is an American television series that focuses on Major League Baseball highlights. Broadcast weekly during baseball season (and in its second incarnation, prior to marquee MLB games and during rain-delays) the program featured highlights of recent games, interviews with players, and other regular features. The popularity of the program, best known for its original host, New York Yankees play-by-play commentator Mel Allen, also helped influence the creation of other sports highlight programs, including ESPN's SportsCenter.
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Also known as | TWIB |
Genre | Sports highlights |
Created by | Joe Reichler |
Written by | Mark Durand James Rogal Jeff Scott |
Presented by | Mel Allen Warner Fusselle Ozzie Smith Cam Brainard Jennie Finch |
Theme music composer | Mike Vickers |
Opening theme | "Jet Set" |
Ending theme | "Gathering Crowds" |
Composer | Matthew Cang |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers | Larry Parker Geoff Belinfante |
Cinematography | Savas Alatis Richard Wilmot |
Editors | Tony Tocci Michael Kostel Marco Lagana |
Running time | 30 minutes |
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Release | April 1, 1977 (1977-04-01) – September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) April 8, 2000 (2000-04-08) – September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24) |
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