The series began April 26, 1979 with a doubleheader: Cleveland at Kansas City[1] (Jim Woods/Bud Harrelson) followed by Baltimore at California[2] (Monte Moore/Maury Wills).

Once in a while, when USA did a repeat of the telecast late at night, local cities were allowed to show the rerun.

Meanwhile, Eddie Doucette (replacing Jim Woods) and Nelson Briles were assigned to call the early game.

In 1997, as part of the contract with Major League Baseball it had signed the year before, Fox Sports gained an additional outlet for its coverage.

Control of the overall contract remained with Fox, meaning they could renegotiate following the 2006 season and not allow ESPN to retain its postseason coverage.

Play-by-play announcers for the FSN/Fox Family coverage included Kenny Albert, Thom Brennaman, Chip Caray, Josh Lewin, and Steve Physioc.

Color analysts included Bob Brenly, Kevin Kennedy, Steve Lyons, and Jeff Torborg.

Occasionally, FSN would simulcast a local-team feed of a game from one of its affiliated RSNs in lieu of a dedicated national production.

ESPN Thursday Night Baseball ended after the 2006 season because the broadcast rights to the package were lost to TBS.

Fox was supposed to air another week of regional games on August 27, but they were postponed in the wake of player protest after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and instead those games got rescheduled to Saturday, where they aired as part of the Baseball Night in America package.