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
2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season series 4-2 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season The 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 61st season since the NPB was reorganized in . "Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie." Yomiuri Giants win series 2-0 "Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage" Chunichi Dragons win series 4-1. Chiba Lotte Marines win series 2-0 "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have one-win advantage" Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4-3. Chiba Lotte