That's what network broadcasters root for. And you'd like the last game to go to the last pitch somehow, to the bottom of the ninth or extra innings, because that sets the stage for more memorable games and therefore should be a better broadcast. "If the series is for five, you'd like it to go five because that's more dramatic. "Here's a newsflash for most fans. There may be a handful of exceptions somewhere but, by and large, here's what network announcers root for: good games and good events," Costas continued. "When you're doing a game nationally, first of all one of the things you have to do early in a series, is to familiarize the casual fan of people outside - in this case Cleveland and New York - with the basic storylines of the series, and in this case the contrasts. He can call a game the way he calls a game, and it's the way he should call the game."Ĭostas elaborated that network broadcasters and local market broadcasters take a different approach during games. He's the radio announcer for the Guardians. He should someday be in the broadcaster's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. "It only comes from people who are themselves partisans - whose idea of objectivity is Tom Hamilton's call," Costas said of the Guardians' beloved hometown broadcaster. "Tom Hamilton is great. Do the game."Ĭostas defended his call of the game and continued to reject the idea of bias toward the Yankees. We don’t need a history lesson every two seconds. Everybody’s a Yankees fan. “He thinks, I guess, that every word is golden because he just will not shut up. “Costas, who will not be quiet no matter what,” Francesa said after Game 3 on his podcast. "There are people in New York who think we're somehow being unfair to the Yankees."Ĭostas, who joined MLB on TBS during last year's postseason, received criticism from fans on his play calling throughout the ALDS, most notably from popular New York-based radio personality Mike Francesa. "I don't want to be harsh - I understand where it comes from - but to be concise, it's idiocy," the veteran play-by-play announcer said. Watch Video: Yordan Alvarez and Dusty Baker have guided new era of Astros dynastyīob Costas, who called the New York Yankees-Cleveland Guardians American League Division Series on TBS, joined Cleveland-area sports talk show "The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima" on Audacy's "The Fan" to discuss the series and respond to accusations of his perceived bias toward the Yankees during the coverage.
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