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Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio is exclusive play-by-play broadcast of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio throughout the season. The official name is MLB on ESPN Radio presented by United States Postal Service. The program began in 1998 when ESPN succeeded CBS Radio as the official, national radio broadcaster for Major League Baseball. The games include Opening Day, Sunday Night Baseball which is also seen on ESPN television, Saturday games, Holiday games and September pennant race games. All of the playoffs are heard exclusively on ESPN Radio also including the Division Series, League Championship Series and the World Series. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is also heard on ESPN Radio as part of MLB on ESPN Radio.
As of 2006, MLB on ESPN Radio is heard on over 321 stations across the United States. The commentators for the regular season games are Dan Shulman on play-by-play and Dave Campbell with game analysis. Shulman and Campbell have been the lead Major League Baseball ESPN Radio broadcast team since 2002. Shulman successed Charley Steiner on play-by-play in 2002 and Campbell replaced Kevin Kennedy as analyst in 2000. The Baseball Tonight studio host for all of the games since its debut has been Joe D'Ambrosio.
The broadcast team for the World Series is Jon Miller with play-by-play and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan with game analysis and has been since its debut on ESPN Radio. Miller and Morgan are the Sunday Night Baseball on television crew during the regular season. During all of the games there is also the ESPN Radio SportsCenter every twenty minutes with live cut ins during the games.
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