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ESPN and MLB Feud Over Playoff Promos
sports.aol.com - 9/25/2007
ESPN and MLB Feud Over Playoff Promos
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Filed under: MLB Media Watch , MLB Playoffs , Breaking News , The Word Earlier this summer, ESPN angered Major League Baseball by revealing the All-Star rosters on the air just minutes after MLB officially announced them during an "exclusive" show on TBS. As punishment, MLB limited ESPN's access at the All-Star game , specifically not allowing them to put a "Baseball Tonight" set on ...

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John Clifford Ness:  FanHouse: Tue AM 'NASCAR Fans Attack ESPN on ABC' Edition

Deadspin:  MLB Playoffs: MLB And ESPN Are No Longer BFF

Sons of Steve Garvey:  ESPN Holds Ground on Sanity: Dane Cook Must Be Stopped

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FanHouse: Tue AM 'NASCAR Fans Attack ESPN on ABC' Edition
John Clifford Ness — ... ESPN and MLB Feud Over Playoff Promos: ESPN will not be airing MLB playoff games this year, and they're not all that interested in advertising for the stations that will be. If ESPN doesn't relent, MLB will once again lay down the law by limiting access. ...

MLB Playoffs: MLB And ESPN Are No Longer BFF
Deadspin — ... -- which was launched when ESPN announced the All-Star team minutes before MLB was about to, "exclusively" -- has graduated from the All-Star Game to the postseason. ESPN isn't covering any postseason games, and now, it looks like, they don't even want to promote them. ...

ESPN Holds Ground on Sanity: Dane Cook Must Be Stopped
Sons of Steve Garvey — According to the AOL Fanhouse, ESPN will not show MLB playoffs commercials this postseason: ...

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