There is a tell-tale rhythm to broadcasting a baseball game. The downtimes between pitches and at-bats are opportunities to opine, inform, or tell stories, as the greats have done.
A baseball broadcast is metronomic. It’s sometimes therapeutic. It’s nearly a podcast: Just a couple of guys in the booth, talking baseball or whatever else comes to mind, and sporadically calling the “action” on the diamond, too.
I’ve long considered the radio — or, to be more apt for 2023, the audio broadcast — to be the superior way to take in the game. You can pop in an earbud and do dishes, walk the dog, do yard work, or run errands. You’d know everything you needed to know about the game and you could get other stuff done in the process.
