at 1 a.m. BST. Most recently, Johnny Gould and Josh Chetwynd presented MLB on Five on that station. The channel covered baseball beginning on its opening night in 1997, but for financial reasons, the decision was made not to pick up MLB for the 2009 season. BT Sport ESPN show live and recorded games several times a week—it is available with BT Sport and (on a subscriber-basis) Virgin Media in the UK. ESPN America televised many games in the UK and dozens of other countries; in May 2013, ESPN announced that it would shut down the channel on July 31, 2013. In Australia, MLB games are regularly shown on ESPN Australia (subscription). In the Middle East, North Africa and France, MLB games are broadcast on beIN Sports channels. In Germany MLB games will be broadcast from 2022 exclusively on Sport1 until 2026. In Hungary, MLB games are broadcast on Sport1 as of 2020. See also Australian Baseball League Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) Baseball in Canada Baseball in the United States Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball List of all-time Major League Baseball win–loss records List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises List of current Major League Baseball stadiums List of former Major League Baseball stadiums List of Major League Baseball awards List of Major League Baseball managers List of Major League Baseball retired numbers List of Major League Baseball spring training ballparks List of professional sports leagues List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada Major League Baseball attendance records Major League Baseball draft MLB Industry Growth Fund Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities References Explanatory notes Citations Further reading Banner, Stuart. The Baseball Trust: A History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Bouton, Jim. Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Major Leagues. World Publishing Company, 1970. Buchanan, Lamont, The World Series and Highlights of Baseball, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1951. Cohen, Richard M., Neft, David, Johnson, Roland T., Deutsch, Jordan A., The World Series, 1976, Dial Press. Deutsch, Jordan A., Cohen, Richard M., Neft, David, Johnson, Roland T., The Scrapbook History of Baseball, Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. King, Corretta. Jackie Robinson. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. James, Bill. The Historical Baseball Abstract. New York: Villard, 1985 (with many subsequent editions). Lanigan,