 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - chibvumirano cheABC chakagadziridzwazve mwaka wa1980 usati wasvika, nenhepfenyuro ichiburitsa nhepfenyuro shanu chete dzeMonday Night Baseball muna June wegore iroro, ichiteverwa neSunday Afternoon Baseball muna August naSeptember. ABC yakaita mitambo yemasikati eSvondo mukupera kwemwaka kuitira kuti izadzise huwandu hwemitambo muchibvumirano uye kuti irege kukanganisa Muvhuro Husiku Nhabvu. Uyewo muna 1980, ABC naAl Michaels naBob Uecker pakufona yakatumira National League West tie-breaker mutambo pakati peHouston Astros neLos Angeles Dodgers. Musi waOctober 11, 1980, Keith Jackson akadana Oklahoma-Texas college football game yeABC masikati, akabva aenda kuHouston kunodana Game 4 yeNLCSChiGerman. Munguvayi, Don Drysdale akaita mutambo-ne-mutambo nokuda kwemitambo yokutanga kusvikira pakati pemutambo wechina. Zvichakadaro, ABC yakashandisa Steve Zabriskie semunyori wenhau panguva yeNLCS ya1980. 