
1. When NBC was airing Thursday Night Football several years ago, the network wanted to use Mike Tirico for play-by-play. Roger Goodell and the NFL stepped in and said no. The league told NBC it needed to use Al Michaels because they wanted the No. 1 voice calling those games.
It would be nice if Rob Manfred cared about his postseason telecasts half as much as Goodell cared about Thursday Night Football, because TBS and Bob Costas are a complete mess when it comes to the Yankees-Royals ALDS.