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+ACcountryFan Matt Vasgersian should be the lead voice of NBC's baseball broadcasts if NBC does get baseball back. 

If baseball coverage ever returned to NBC it probably would include other personalities. I don't think MLB network would grant Bob permission to call BASEBALL games on another network presuming he has an exclusive contract for baseball play-by-play with MLB network. If no such contract exists then more than likely a future NBC baseball package would include Bob Costas somehow. But, usually, the MLB network and FOX baseball broadcasters are the ones that interchange because on many of the FOX baseball telecasts the color commentators come directly from MLB network. Joe Buck's recent on-air partner for baseball games, Harold Reynolds, is one of the faces of MLB network as is Sean Casey, Billy Ripkin, Chris Rose, Kevin Millar, and others that have become personalities on FOX along side their usual roles on MLB network.

+Walt Gekko  Even though I hate CBS for ruining MLB baseball, I think your idea is good. BTW I think NBC should also use announcers from their Comcast SportsNet regional cable sports networks for their MLB baseball broadcasts. 

+Walt Gekko If NBC, CBS, and/or ABC get MLB rights back for 2016 (not possible unless FOX gets put out of business due to unforeseen circumstances within the next few months, and that's not going to happen), here's the first two announce crews (PBP is play-by play, CC is color commentator) for NBC, CBS, and ABC:NBC1 - Bob Costas or Mike Emrick/Harold Reynolds2 - Al Michaels or Dan Hicks or Tom Hammond or Rick Allen or home team PBP/John Smoltz or visiting team CCThe NBC #2 would probably have several different announcers. This is due to Michaels having NFL duties late in the MLB season, Hicks having college football and golf duties throughout the MLB season, and Allen having NASCAR duties late in the MLB season. Allen would probably only be used if Michaels, Hicks, and Hammond were all unavailable, and Allen was available, as I've never known him to announce anything other than auto racing. Additionally, 2016 is a Summer Olympic year, so NBC would have MLB (as well as NASCAR) overlapping with the Olympics, possibly resulting in home team PBP/visiting team CC pairings needed for both MLB crews.CBS1 - Jim Nantz or Verne Lundquist or Ernie Johnson, Jr./Cal Ripken Jr.2 - Greg Gumbel or Ian Eagle or Brian Anderson/Dennis EckersleyBoth CBS crews would probably have rotating announcers, possibly with the need for home team PBP/visiting team CC pairings for both crews for a few games, as CBS airs a lot of golf during the MLB season, as well as NFL and college football. Anderson, and possibly Nantz, would only be used in the postseason. Since CBS has a partnership with Turner Sports (TBS/TNT/TruTV) for college basketball (March Madness) and golf (PGA Championship), Turner announcers would probably appear on CBS for MLB telecasts (especially in regards to color commentators), and TBS would probably air some CBS-produced games.ABC1 - Dan Shulman/John Kruk2 - Dave O'Brien or Sean McDonough or Chris Berman or John Sciambi/Jessica MendozaSince sporting events televised on ABC are produced by ESPN, ABC's #1 team would be the current ESPN Sunday Night Baseball team minus Mendoza, who would move down to the #2 team and become the first woman to be a sole color commentator for a national over-the-air television pairing. For the #2 team, O'Brien would announce most games, with McDonough, Berman, and Sciambi announcing 1-2 games per year each.

+Walt Gekko I know, dude. But I still want to include Vin Scully on the NBC MLB broadcast crew as the #3 play-by-play announcer. Dick Enberg should be the #4 play-by-play announcer. As for the "Major League Baseball: An Inside Look" studio show, I want Bryant Gumbel to host NBC's Major League Baseball pregame show just like he did in the early '80s. 

+William Feus The A's were a dynasty, as we now know. Gene Tenance, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Reggie, Dick the dick Williams, Charles Finley...

Actually, no.Although the DH came into the American League for the 1973 season (mainly to allow older stars to continue playing following a rash of retirements that had included Mickey Mantle before the 1969 season), the pitcher still hit in the World Series for three more years.  Then from 1976-'85 you had the DH in even numbered years and the pitcher hitting in odd numbered years before they went to the current format for the World Series (DH in AL parks, pitcher hitting in NL parks) for the 1986 World Series and also for interleague play that began with the 1997 season.

In Gary Redus' first year in pro ball in 1978, he looked like a future superstar: in 325 at-bats, .462 avg., 1.346 OPS, 17 HRs, 100 runs, 42 stolen bases. Granted, it was only rookie ball, but Reds fans still had to be salivating.

It looked really good after the changes they made before they killed it. The grass, flowers, old time scoreboard, retired numbers, exc. I thought it looked better than the one they play in now. see the 2004 busch stadium.

They had a crowd of over 35,000 that day and drew 2.637 million for the year - lofty figures for that or any other era. The Cardinals started drawing well in 1982 and have never really stopped.

Sooo many memories of both the Reds/Cards lineups. I had all their baseball cards. Those were the days & I appreciate all the old classic videos on posted. I've watched several games...in full.

Redus stole a base in the first and the Kubek says the Reds have had a problem throwing someone out stealing since Bench left but the Reds stole the base on the Cardinals.

I miss the old Busch Stadium!! Wow, time sure flies! The Cards made the World Series that year. 3 years previously they won the WS vs Brewers in '82. #CardsNation

Cards were only 24-21 going into this game but their run differential was an MLB-best plus 53, a good indication that more successful days were to come

For the younger crowd these teams were in diffrent divisions from 69-93. Hard to believe now. This may be the best rivalry in baseball.

Atleast I know I can watch re-runs of alot of games during the off season...LOL!!! MLB Network wouldn't show this stuff...

Sir... Im pretty sure I have the same stuff, but what other Cards games do you have from '84-'87?

Old NBC joke... What's the fastest way to empty a crowded room? Have Costas walk into it...

As a sidebar, WLWT and KSDK aired at that time Reds and Cardinals games, respectively.

Does anyone else think that Tony Kubek sounds like Gordon Jump from WKRP?

Small crowd at Busch here. I guess they haven't taken off yet in 1985.

Coleman "listed" at 6' 0", how small a man is Bobby Costas?

How I wish the Reds would go back to these road uniforms.

Please keep the Costas/Kubek games coming!

5' 7'' I believe

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