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
Bobby Etheridge (baseball) Bobby Etheridge (baseball) Bobby Lamar Etheridge (November 25, 1941 – September 17, 2015) was a professional baseball third baseman. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Etheridge played baseball at Mississippi State University for two seasons before signing with the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in . After three seasons in the Giants' farm system, he made his major league debut on July 16, in the first game of a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Candlestick Park as a late inning defensive replacement. The next day, he made