The World Series was the third major sporting event to be broadcast by CBS in 1990; the network aired Super Bowl XXIV in January of 1990 and carried its last NBA Finals in the spring.

CBS paid about $265 million each year for the World Series, League Championship Series, All-Star Game, and the Saturday Game of the Week. It was one of the largest agreements (to date) between the sport of baseball and the business of broadcasting.

This was the first of four consecutive World Series to be televised on CBS. From 1976 to 1989, World Series telecasts alternated between ABC (in odd numbered years) and NBC (in even numbered years). Also during the 1990 World Series, Lesley Visser became the first female sportscaster to cover a World Series.

More to the point, the ratings for the 1990 World Series on CBS were significantly lower than any World Series between 1982 and 1988. Although the 1990 NLCS lasted six games, that year's ALCS and more importantly, the World Series, lasted only four [181] out of seven possible games.

2018年8月2日 · In the 1990 World Series, the Cincinnati reds surprised the heavily favorite Oakland Athletics by getting a lead in the first inning of Game 1, and completed a stunning four-game sweep for their first title since their back-to-back titles in the days of the " Big Red Machine " in 1975 and 1976.

1990年10月22日 · Like the world champion Cincinnati Reds sweeping the heavily favored Oakland Athletics, CBS' World Series telecasts did the same to the competition in the prime time ratings race.

2025年1月5日 · In was CBS, who paid Major League Baseball an amazing $1 billion over 4 years. CBS would sharply reduce the number of regular season games televised as they were mainly after the "crown jewels", the All-Star Game, the LCS and the World Series. Almost lost amid the controversial CBS deal was the new 4 year pact ESPN signed with MLB.

The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily-favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games. It is remembered for Billy Hatcher's seven consecutive hits. This also was the second World Series meeting between the two...

2024年2月4日 · The 1990 World Series matched the defending champions and heavily favored Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games. It was the fifth 4game sweep by the National League and second by the Reds after they did it in 1976, as well as the second conse

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