Miller: SABR Media database of network TV broadcasts updated
From SABR member Tony Miller at SABRMedia.org on June 3, 2015:
The database of network television broadcasts has been updated through the end of May and now includes 10,465 games. The list of most common announcers is up to date as well.
The year’s first national-TV rainout struck Saturday night in Chicago, wiping out the Royals-Cubs tilt until Monday, Sept. 28. That deprived Cubs TV voice Len Kasper of his third chance to work on Fox and C.J. Nitkowski of his 13th.
Dave O’Brien became the seventh man to handle 450 national telecasts when he did the Yankees-Orioles game for ESPN. He’s the third person to hit that milestone on play-by-play, following Jon Miller and Joe Buck.
The next active play-by-play man on that list is Dan Shulman of ESPN with 374 games. Shulman will be off next week, however, as he coaches his son’s baseball team. Karl Ravech steps in for that game, and Mark Mulder will replace Curt Schilling, who’s headed to Oklahoma City to analyze the Women’s College World Series.
Read the full article here: http://sabrmedia.org/2015/06/03/around-the-dial-database-update-obrien-crosses-450/
Originally published: June 4, 2015. Last Updated: June 4, 2015.