FYI almost 45 years later (as of October 2024) in terms of viewership, still the most matched MLB game of all time (at least in the United States) with an estimated 50 Million plus Viewers. What no doubt increased the viewership 1)The Phillies after this game becoming the last of the original 1900/1903 MLB team to win a World Series. 2) Three of among the most popular athletes in America with Mr Schmidt, Mr Brett and Mr Rose in the same game. 3) MLB was going through a renaissance (the first in the television era)that started with the legendary 1975 World Series.
Both NBC and ABC did some pretty creative things with their sports departments' logos way back when, for not just championship baseball (and all baseball), but other sports as well (NBC here with the 1979 bird, and ABC also finding myriad ways to impress).
