MLB on 5 Live is the banner title for all live Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 commentary broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. The show began on July 4, 2010 and was originally hosted by Jonny Gould and Josh Chetwynd

Josh Chetwynd

Joshua Stephen Chetwynd is a journalist, broadcaster, author and former baseball player.-Journalism:Chetwynd has worked as a staff reporter for USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter and U.S. News & World Report...

, with Nat Coombs

Nat Coombs

Nathaniel 'Nat' Coombs is a British television & radio presenter & writer.-Education:Coombs was educated at the boys' independent school Dulwich College in Dulwich, South London, and at University College London.-Television and Radio:...

 hosting when Gould was unavailable. For the 2011 season, Coombs took over hosting duties from Gould on a full time basis.

The show typically goes out live at 18:00 on a Sunday evening, unless there is a clash with 5 Live Sport Extra's other live commentary commitments. MLB on 5 Live broadcast special commentary of the 2010 MLB All Star Game, as well as live coverage of every game of the 2010 World Series

2010 World Series

The 2010 World Series was the 106th occurrence of Major League Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff, played between the American League champion Texas Rangers and the National League champion San Francisco Giants, began on Wednesday, , and ended on Monday, , with the Giants...

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Coverage is also available to listen to on demand for a period of seven days after the original broadcast courtesy of BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer, commonly shortened to iPlayer, is an internet television and radio service, developed by the BBC to extend its former RealPlayer-based and other streamed video clip content to include whole TV shows....

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