MLB Network’s ‘Remembering the Game for New York’ a touching look back at baseball’s role in recovering from 9/11
The documentary features the six New York-area natives who played at Shea Stadium 10 days after 9/11.
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Chip Caray’s “first and only major leaguer whose last name ends in x” line sparked a lot of blowback
There have been lots of players with names ending in X, including Greg Maddux and Jimmie Foxx.
Chip Caray said Marcell Ozuna was in “injury limbo,” and took a lot of criticism for that description
"Injury limbo" wasn't a good description of Ozuna's current situation.
Remembering the calls of Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run, 47 years later
"A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol."
Famed MLB player and broadcaster Don Sutton passes away at 75
Sutton had a legendary career both on the mound and in the booth.
Mark Melancon, Walker Buehler face bad questions in NLCS postgame press conferences
"I think that's a terrible question. I'm not even going to answer it."
MLB Network’s “Speed Cam” returns for Wednesday’s Braves-Marlins NLDS Game 2 telecast
"The dynamic part of this camera is that it can really get up to a good speed up and down the dugout," says MLB Network producer Chris Pfeiffer.
Braves analyst Jeff Francoeur tests positive for COVID-19, will miss games while he quarantines
"I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am asymptomatic and feel fine, but I will be in self-quarantine until I’m cleared to get back to the broadcast booth with Chip and Tom."
John Smoltz on Jeff Francoeur’s 2007 golf meltdown: “Each and every shot, you could see him getting angrier and angrier.”
“This time, he’s trying to hit it so far right that he pull-hooks it out of bounds. So now he’s hitting seven off the tee. I’m foaming at the mouth. He hits his next drive and it hits land before going in the water.”
Mic’d-up Freddie Freeman makes fun of his own speed, then narrates himself scoring from first on a single
"Oh, watch this! There's the wind, boys, there's the wind!"
Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU displays racist graphic in Atlanta’s loss to Cardinals (updated)
This reminded people of the time KTVU read obviously fake and racist Asian names of pilots in a deadly plane crash.
Atlanta sports pundit Terence Moore blasts low crowd “25 minutes before Game 2” with photo showing 51 minutes until Game 2
When crowd photos go very wrong.
Pirates’ announcer Steve Blass keeps up the dog-whistling with jewelry comments about Ronald Acuña Jr.
Steve Blass called out Ronald Acuña Jr.'s jewelry after a hit-by-pitch.
