George Brett TBS interview with Jon Morosi TBS interviewed George Brett during Wednesday night’s Yankees-Royals game, and fans and media alike blasted it for interfering with the game. Photo Credit: TBS
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Sports media pros and fans roasted TBS for its lengthy interview with Kansas City Royals legend George Brett during Wednesday night’s ALDS Game 3.

As the Royals batted in the bottom of the third against the New York Yankees, TBS devoted the entire half inning to reporter Jon Morosi’s interview with Brett.

Brett shared tales of his own playing days against the Yankees, including a great flashback (accompanied by video) of his clutch upper-deck home run against Yankees closer Goose Gossage in the 1980 ALCS.

These types of in-game interviews with sports legends can be fun, provided they’re brief. This was not a brief interview. Everyone generally agreed it went on much too long, and came at the expense of action on the field.


FS1’s Nick Wright, a Royals fan, called the interview “pretty ridiculous.”


In the Yankees radio booth, analyst Suzyn Waldman used the opportunity to share a conversation she’d had with a friend complaining about all the coverage Brett has received.

“A friend of mine today said to me about George Brett, ‘George Brett is getting more TV time than Taylor Swift did when she started going to Chiefs games. Every time I look up, George Brett is on television.'”


Other sports media were equally baffled and/or irritated by TBS’ Brett interview.


Nothing against Brett, or Morosi for that matter, because someone at TBS green-lighted this interview to last the entire half inning. But as the saying goes, sometimes less is more.

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