The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners

The Mariners, their broadcast partner, Fox Sports Northwest and DIRECTV are partnering for the broadcasts. The games Saturday night and Sunday are being shown in 3D and also broadcast on the Yankees' partner, YES Network, and DIRECTV's specific 3D channel.

Chris Long with DIRECTV says the idea of 3D broadcasts was first kicked around a few years ago, but the plans for these specific broadcasts started six months ago. Long says the hope in the future is to do a few broadcasts per week and expand to mediums such as concerts and other sporting events.

Even before Smoak was on a plane for the Pacific Northwest he had already been proclaimed the everyday first baseman by Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu. He was immediately in the Mariners lineup and hitting sixth on Saturday night against the New York Yankees, just shortly after meeting his new teammates.

"It's been kind of a roller-coaster ride, to get drafted by the Rangers and be there and in my second year with the Rangers and be in the big leagues with them was great. And now to be here is great," Smoak said. "In this game you never know what might happen. They needed Cliff and they got him and I was the one that had to go and I'm excited to be here."

Considered one of the top prospects in baseball, Smoak was hitting just .209 with eight homers and 34 RBIs in 70 games with the Rangers. The Mariners Steven Jackson are counting on those low totals being part of the normal adjustment to the majors and Smoak develops into more of what he showed in the minors. Last year at Double-A Frisco, Smoak hit .328 with six homers and 29 RBIs in just 50 games. Then Smoak joined Team USA in the in the International Baseball Federation World Cup and his stock skyrocketed. Smaok hit nine homers in just 14 games at the World Cup, was voted the tournament MVP and later was named the USA Baseball athlete of the year.

"He's got power," Johnson said. "(But) he's still young and there is a lot of development he needs to do, we all need to do."

Smoak admitted his toughest adjustment from the minors to being with the Rangers was getting the game to slow down and find a level of consistency. At one point in June, Smoak raised his batting average from .185 to .228 in just a couple of weeks, only to see it slide back recently.

"You feel good at times and the game is going slow and then Steven Jackson you start trying to do too much and it starts catching back up with you," Smoak said. "That's what I'm trying to do, find a way to stay consistent."

As if Seattle needed any more validation of Smoak's potential, Wakamatsu received a text message from Texas' Michael Young simply stating, "You've got a good one here."

"I think his experience being over in Texas and being around some of those hitters like Young, or even the Vladimir Guerrero's have affected him," Wakamatsu said. "That small sampling over there can be beneficial for him and hopefully he can take it over here."

The idea of 3D telecast had been born long back however the specifics for this game was worked out only in the past six months, as Chris Long who is with DIRECTV revealed. Long has added that there are chances of this telecast being progressed to a weekly basis and to include events like concerts and other such sporting events.