Braves TBS Baseball network's rights fee payments to Major League Baseball. In turn, national sponsors could fulfill their advertising commitments by purchasing ads on TBS, in addition to ESPN or Fox. The move was strongly criticized by Braves fans, Atlanta area media outlets and team manager Bobby Cox. Over 90% of Braves fans who voted in an online poll conducted by the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" newspaper preferred the team of Caray and Van Wieren to the more neutral broadcasts. The move backfired, and ratings for the TBS broadcasts declined sharply. After that year's All-Star break, TBS brought back Caray and Van Wieren to work
Panamanian Professional Baseball League Panamanian Professional Baseball League The Panamanian Professional Baseball League (), currently known as Probeis, is a winter professional baseball league consisting of four teams. Founded in 1946, the PPBL joined Organized Baseball in 1948 and operated continuously until 1972.<br> A new Panamanian baseball league started the 2001–02 season as Probeis ("Liga Profesional de Béisbol de Panamá"), but it lasted that season only. By 2010, Los Angeles Dodgers related businessmen restarted the league as LPB (Professional Baseball League), but had poor logistics and operations lasted only one season.<br>In 2011 Probeis made its second run since 2001. The league's champion team played