cbs sports franchise baseball is a sports talk show that is all about the game of baseball. The show is hosted by cbs sports franchise baseball play-by-play announcer and MLB Network commentator Michael Kay. Sports like baseball, golf, and football are the most popular topics discussed in the show.
The show is also heavily reliant on baseball stats. Each week there are dozens of guest commentators, with a wide range of experience. But for every baseball stat there are a dozen stats about the game that are just plain hilarious.
The show is hosted by a guy who is probably one of the most highly respected baseball broadcasters in the game. While the show is primarily about the game, there are a lot of stories surrounding it. One in particular stands out in my mind.
We went over this the other night in the episode preview. During the first inning of tonight’s game, the umpires decided to hand out a warning to the fans while the players were in the field. Since there are some people on here who don’t know baseball, I thought I’d share this.
On the first pitch, the guy on the mound, John Sterling, had a chance to save the game for the Yankees. Unfortunately for him, he fouled off a couple of fastballs and couldn’t get them to land. The pitcher, Mike Mussina, ran back to the mound to make sure he was all right, and when he got there, the umpires were ready to hand out the warning.
This was the second time in the season that a pitcher had to leave the game after being hit by a pitch. The first time was in 2008 when Michael Bowden was hit by a pitch in the top of the 9th inning and was out of the game. The second time was in 2009 when the Yankees were down 9-6 in the 9th inning of a game against the Phillies.
That second game, Mussina was called out on a balk (or at least, he thought he was called out by the umpire). Mussina had run out of the box and was standing off to the side of the plate when the umpire turned to tell him “you’re out” and then pointed toward the mound. “Oh,” Mussina said, “that was the balk.
Michael Bowden had his chance too. The first time was in 2010 when the Yankees were down 7-7 in the 9th inning of a game against the Phillies. Bowden had thrown his bat at the plate, but hit a ball. Bowden was able to grab the ball near the catcher in the second inning, and then he was able to grab the ball in the third inning.
The game is a little tricky with more baseball players on the pitch than you’d expect. The first pitch in the ninth inning was in the third inning of the first game, and then the first pitch in the second inning was in the second inning of the second game. This is where the three games in the game are where we see the most difficulty in playing the game, especially when the pitch it’s on is a high-pitch pitch.
The idea of a baseball game with the pitcher having to take a high pitch is a little off-putting. But this is what the game is all about. It’s another way to play baseball where we’re trying to use the baseball, the ball, to hit other players.
