Awkward in-game interviews strike in World Series Game 7
"Say that again, Tom?"
"Say that again, Tom?"
"Kirk Gibson's dramatic game-winning homer gave us iconic calls from two broadcasting legends."
"I just felt like I was not giving what I could give, and what other people could do, like a Kenny Rosenthal."
"We spoke after the game. We're all good. Everything worked out fine."
"The ever-observant A.J. Pierzynski joked afterward that I looked like Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston"
"Too many cases in sports media where the on-air talent think they are the prize."
Two shows under the Foul Territory Network banner will air on NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California, and NBC Sports Philadelphia.
"The goal of this sport should be to be the last team standing. I don't know that enough teams look at it that way."
"Really is disgusting they continue to let you in the dugout during these games."
"If he's so miserable, boy, he plays out pretty well when he's pretty down and out."
"It is a logical thing to do."
"If you don't try, you're not going to get the good ones."
"I'm glad it didn't in many ways. I have so many friends there still, and I miss those people, but the relationship was not good."
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"What I have a really hard time seeing is why you would take a $12.1 billion industry and take it down"
"I had trouble kind of putting my head around what had just happened âŠ"
"And frankly it was not a great look, effectively conceding postseason games. But should they hold on, the end will justify the means."
"Are we live?" "We're live."
It's unclear if there's any connection to the Rosenthal-Padres dustup, but the Verducci move means we may see less Rosenthal interactions with San Diego players.
"The immediacy gave many of us more exposure and advanced our careers. Woj was the extreme example of that."
"It's probably better to focus on a specific sport â the way I do â than talk about things you don't have any knowledge of."
"George would roll over in his grave right now."
"It's Juan Soto, he's going to be 26 next season as a free agent going into the market, he is going to do really well."
After another string of umpiring controversies, Ken Rosenthal questioned how MLB could possibly ignore Angel Hernandez any longer.