On August 11, 1951, WCBS-TV in New York City televised the first-ever color broadcast of a baseball game. The Boston Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field. Red Barber and Connie Desmond of Brooklyn provided the play-by-play commentary.
Newspaper headline following the game, although the story does not mention the color broadcast (Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers)
