Claim: Al Helfer and Rex Barney called the games for New York's WOR-TV; however, due to competition with games at Yankee Stadium, Phillies (finished the season in last place in the league) games were not able to match the audience for Yankee broadcasts.
Evidence: That same year he also teamed with Al Helfer to call several Philadelphia Phillies games on New York station WOR-TV, helping to fill that city's void of National League baseball following the departure of the Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast. However, due to competition with games at Yankee Stadium, Phillies games were not able to match the audience for Yankee broadcasts, and thus, they stopped broadcasting games in the New York television market in the 1959 season. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League.