rumors about the end of "major league baseball on fox" were laid to rest on july 11, 2006 when the network announced they would still air the world series through the 2013 season. it was announced on october 17, 2006 that fox would retain the all-star game and world series, except they would air the regular season beginning with the first saturday of the regular season, and postseason coverage beyond the world series was limited to one league championship series a year, alternating one for the other with tbs each year, airing the other lcs.