This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball is a weekly television program showing highlights of the previous week's Major League Baseball action.

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Television program - Major League Baseball

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TWIB (the acronym is often familiarly used by viewers) debuted in 1977. Veteran sportscaster Mel Allen hosted and narrated the show from its inception until his death in 1996 (although Warner Fusselle filled-in for Allen when needed); he was succeeded for a time by former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith.

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1977 - Mel Allen - 1996 - Warner Fusselle - St. Louis Cardinals - Ozzie Smith

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While TWIB was originally syndicated to various stations around the country, the Fox network relaunched the series in 2000 as a pregame show for its Saturday afternoon MLB telecasts. Buzz Brainard is the current host of TWIB while a current Major League player is profiled each week.

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Syndicated - Fox - Buzz Brainard

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The opening theme music to TWIB is called "Jet Set" composed by Mike Vickers, a former member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band. "Jet Set" was also the theme for the game show Jackpot. The closing theme is called "Gathering Crowds" composed by Patrick J. O'Hara Scott, a pseudonym for Mike Vickers.

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Mike Vickers - Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Jackpot - Pseudonym

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