Francisco Giants. 2009 At the end of 2008, there were rumours that, as a part of a cost-cutting measure, Five would cease its MLB coverage, and would not broadcast the 2009 MLB season, alongside proposals to cut its NFL, NBA and NHL coverage after their respective seasons ended. The cancellation of the broadcasts was confirmed in an e-mail sent by Gould to all those who were part of the BSUK fantasy baseball. Eight different team won the World Series since during the show's twelve seasons on air: Yankees (3), Marlins (2), Red Sox (2), Diamondbacks, Angels, White Sox, Cardinals and Phillies. Spin-off podcast Although not affiliated with the original Five show, The Jonny & Josh Show podcast launched in July 2020 and saw Gould and Chetwynd reunited to host along with the producer of MLB on Five, Erik Janssen, with guest appearances from previous MLB on Five reporter/analyst Lengel. The podcast is a weekly round-up of news and talking points during the Major League Baseball season, aimed primarily at a UK audience. There are additional weekly episodes focusing on fantasy baseball advice. Presenters Jonny Gould (host, 1997–2008) Pat Garrigan (analyst, 2001) Brett Barash (analyst 2001) Josh Chetwynd (analyst, 2001–2003, 2006–2008) David Lengel (analyst, 2003–2005, occasional guest analyst since 2006) Todd Macklin (analyst, 1997–2001) Mike Carlson (occasional guest analyst since 1998) Vince Garcia (occasional guest analyst since 1998) Tommy Boyd (host, 1997) Mark Webster (occasional guest host) Paul Romanuk (occasional guest host) Regular features A number of segments appear before the game or in between innings. In addition to entertaining the audience, these exist because UK broadcasting standards effectively prevent Five from running commercials every time the US broadcasters do so. MLB Roundup Almost every episode features a brief round-up of the main events and games of the last few days. In the early years of the show this was usually done in a half-hour segment at the start of the show; however, as the start of the show has been pushed back closer to the game's first pitch this changed to breaks in play. On Wednesdays, ESPN broadcast scores and highlights from the night's other games, although the entire telecast is usually on a short-delay. On the Beat Because the show generally consists of the ESPN Sunday and Wednesday Night Baseball games there are often many teams that are not shown. To compensate for this, David Lengel created the on