Introduction: A game in words and sound -- Part 1. The Formative Years, 1920-36. Early World Series coverage -- The local game begins -- Inventing a new craft -- The baseball-radio war -- The World Series triggers a national obsession -- Advertisers expand baseball coverage -- Part 2. The Age of Acceptance, 1937-60. Re-creating baseball -- Baseball reluctantly embraces radio -- An explosion in national coverage -- Part 3. The Television Years, 1961-present. Radio in the age of television -- The modern baseball announcer -- Baseball broadcasts in the digital era -- Epilogue.
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