Major League Baseball Productions

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Logo captures and descriptions by Gilblitz112



1st Logo
(1977-1980)
<img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Film Production (1977)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/e25ec3816237f22d3caf6be5dce8a807/GW274H206" title="Major League Baseball Film Production (1977)" width="274"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1978)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/59355861d56a8503fbc34e5639d8c77e/GW274H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1978)" width="274"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1979)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/4a9b90e5e1272661cfa3846b04522ebc/GW274H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1979)" width="274"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1980)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/aa49b6a7cc5bf1ae607855cd46c52248/GW266H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1980)" width="266"/>

Logo: On a black background, the Major League Baseball logo zooms out. Then the text

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
FILM PRODUCTION

fades in below the logo.

Variant: Sometimes, the text below the logo will look like this

©MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PRODUCTIONS [YEAR]

FX/SFX: The zoom out and the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the program (in the case of This Week in Baseball, it's "Gathering Crowds", composed by Mike Vickers).

Availability: Seen on MLB programs at the time, including early episodes of the original version of This Week in Baseball.



2nd Logo
(1981-1993?)
<img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1981)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/1fd93b3ae5bcab0bc0000976fe2bc7a4/GW267H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1981)" width="267"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1982)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/b19f66a0617dee01bd6d20571c1602a4/GW274H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1982)" width="274"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1984)" height="207" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/0ae65a9ade77a11804dd66f3c948fa6c/GW271H207" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1984)" width="271"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1985)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/8376947529c532d9b8e8e6b089c0cbe1/GW267H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1985)" width="267"/><img align="bottom" alt="Major League Baseball Productions (1988)" height="206" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/e626451acf83adf4f0a6c55a6e82b0ad/GW262H206" title="Major League Baseball Productions (1988)" width="262"/>
Logo: On a black background, the outline of the Major League Baseball logo zooms in while leaving a limited ray of trails and then a white dot zooms into the bottom left corner of the logo also leaving a trail. Afterward, the colors fade into the logo and the red text

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PRODUCTIONS

vertically wipes in below the logo.

Variant: Sometimes, the text below the logo will look like this
©MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PRODUCTIONS [YEAR]

or

©[YEAR] MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PRODUCTIONS

FX/SFX: The zooming in of the logo and the text vertically wiping in.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the program.

Availability: Seen on later episodes of This Week in Baseball.