Why Fox even booked the Marlins and Phillies is beyond me. Despite the struggles, most people would have guessed that the Phillies would have clinched by then, but I guess this is what happens in a year with only 2 interesting races and you need 3 games to book. Regardless, when Fox moves their top baseball PbP guys to football coverage, baseball coverage is given the cold shoulder and Fox literally finds whomever they can get their hands on to call the regional games in September. Well, this week is no different, as not only is Bert Blyleven doing the Twins game, but the Phillies game has quite a familiar PbP guy.......Tom McCarthy!
I know he did some Fox games last year (I don't recall if they did Phillies games or not), but it seems odd that Fox (and TBS for that matter) elects to use homer announcers on non-local broadcasts. McCarthy will be paired with Mark Grace for this Saturday game that starts at 4:10.
Your final regular season MLB announcing schedule (Awful Announcing)
Tommy Mac did the clincher last season vs. Washington.
ReplyDeletei think Fox looks to use FSN announcers whenever possible in order to save some $
ReplyDelete100% correct, kt. Plus, there's the added bonus of not having Chris Rose on play-by-play.
ReplyDeletewell, they've managed to put a worse game on in Baltimore. we're getting Natinals/Braves instead of the Royals(Grienke)/Twins showdown.
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