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ON THIS DATE
Aug. 26
1939 – The first Major League Baseball game is televised. NBC-TV broadcasts a doubleheader at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field between the Cincinnati Reds and the Dodgers.
2008 – The Washington Wild Things overcome a 9-0 deficit in the third inning to beat the Kalamazoo Kings 14-13 in a Frontier League game at Consol Energy Park. The Wild Things score the winning run in the eighth inning on Gerard Haran’s second homer of the game.