MLB on 5 Live is the banner title for all live

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

commentary broadcast on

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a national digital radio station in the United Kingdom, operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage. It is a sister station to BBC Radio 5 Live an ...

. The show began on July 4, 2010 and was originally hosted by

Jonny Gould Jonny Gould is a British media presenter, sports journalist, and political commentator. He has formerly broadcast on Sky News, Smooth Radio (2010), Smooth Radio, and Talksport among others. Gould has commented on antisemitism, conservative pol ...

and

Josh Chetwynd Joshua Stephen Chetwynd (born September 11, 1971) is a British-born American journalist, broadcaster, author, sports agent and former baseball player. He has also competed in the sport of curling. Journalism Chetwynd has worked as a staff repor ...

, with

Nat Coombs Nathaniel George Terence Coombs (born August 1977) is a British television and radio presenter, and writer. Education Coombs was educated at the boys' independent school Dulwich College in Dulwich, South London, and at University College Londo ...

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

Simon Brotherton Simon Charles Brotherton is a sports commentator for the BBC, appearing on Match of the Day and BBC Radio Five Live, as well as BT Sport television. Brotherton was still at school when he began his career with BBC Local Radio and developed furth ...

in turn covering when Coombs is unavailable. For the 2010 and 2011 Major League Baseball seasons, the show was typically aired live from 18:00 or 19:00 on a Sunday evening. unless there was a clash with 5 Live Sport Extra's other live commentary commitments. For 2012, this moved to Thursdays at 18:00 with Coombs & Chetwynd once again the presenting duo. MLB on 5 Live also broadcast special live commentary of Opening Day (2012–present), the All-Star Game (2010–present), as well as live coverage of every game of the World Series (2010–present). Coverage is also available to listen to on demand for a period of seven days after the original broadcast courtesy of

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{{Reflist British sports radio programmes BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra