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Last night was MLBN's "showcase" game, which I knew wasn't going to go very well when Yonder Alonso mixed up Dylan "My Career Is About To" Cease's W-L record (3-10) and ERA (4.59).
Still, I have to give props to Matt Vasgersian for basically noping out of the broadcast the moment they got news of Ryne Sandberg's passing, and putting all his energy into conducting an interview with Bob Costas about "The Sandberg Game" and everything it meant to Bob to call it, and his enduring friendship with Ryno because of it.
Honestly, Costas seemed more interested in calling the action (including Blastin' Brett Baty's sac fly that gave us the early lead) than Matty Vas did. Old habits die hard.
(I hate calling Costas old…he still has a hint of youth, even in his 70s.)
No "Showcase" tonight, so I was hoping for GKR…but I have to settle for Don Orsillo and Mudcat Mark Grant instead. They're probably my #3 favorite NL crew, though (Kruk and Kuip being the obvious #2), so it's not so bad.
Except for the Mets falling behind early, that is.
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