{"id":501992,"date":"2022-10-19T04:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bob-costas-tedious-effort-calling-alds-went-out-on-high-note\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T04:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:11:56","slug":"bob-costas-tedious-effort-calling-alds-went-out-on-high-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bob-costas-tedious-effort-calling-alds-went-out-on-high-note\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bob Costas&#8217; tedious effort calling ALDS went out on high note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291bf9d534f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291bf9d534f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bob-costas-tedious-effort-calling-alds-went-out-on-high-note\/#%E2%80%9CBob_Costas_tedious_effort_calling_ALDS_went_out_on_high_note%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Bob Costas&#8217; tedious effort calling ALDS went out on high note&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBob_Costas_tedious_effort_calling_ALDS_went_out_on_high_note%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Bob Costas&#8217; tedious effort calling ALDS went out on high note&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Andrew Marchand\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/21318-andrew-marchand-nyp-headshot.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A baseball broadcast is supposed to be like sitting next to someone you really enjoy watching a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> with.<\/p>\n<p>If Bob Costas were seated next to you during the Yankees-Guardians\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, you might like hearing him offer his nuanced views and tidbits about the game.<\/p>\n<p>Or you might turn to him and say: Will you please quiet down?<\/p>\n<p>That was the Bob Costas Experience on TBS during the ALDS between the Yankees and Guardians. You fully knew Costas was doing the series \u2014 at times, it was tedious.<\/p>\n<p>During Game 5, Tuesday afternoon, it was much improved, as Costas dialed down the Costas, mostly going with a less-is-more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach and made the focus even more about the game. It was a welcomed change.<\/p>\n<p>To start the postseason though, Costas sounded like a play-by-player who had not called a full playoff series in two decades.<\/p>\n<p>For Game 1, Costas was like a too-hyped ace, getting knocked out after 1 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings. The ultra-prepared Costas talked and talked, sounding like a podcast on 1.5 speed. At times, you wondered if his partner Ron Darling\u2019s mic was turned on. It set a tone for the series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/1422676089.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"TBS\" class=\"wp-image-24310838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/1422676089.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/1422676089.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/1422676089.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bob Costas<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be clear, Costas, 70, has not lost his fastball. However, he didn\u2019t seem to know how to fully use it again until Game 5. He mostly had a good game Tuesday, though, he got mixed up late about when the Yankees last won the World Series. He corrected himself after a commercial break and before the internet blew up.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>What Costas did get right in Game 5 \u2014 it is about the broadcasting battery. Costas, finally, really involved Darling on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, Costas noted that Darling started Game 7 for the Mets in the 1986 World Series as a prelude to assess the Guardians\u2019 Aaron Civale, who had already been knocked out.<\/p>\n<p>Costas left plenty of room throughout with Darling only taking advantage when he had something to say. The natural sound of a Yankee Stadium Game 5 crowd was appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the division series round, TBS\u2019 whole setup was kind of strange. Play-by-player Don Orsillo, after doing a fine job in recent years, was kicked to the curb for Costas.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Anderson and Darling, who have been a part of TBS\u2019 No. 1 team for six years, were not paired together. For the division series, Anderson was put on what would be considered the TV undercard, the Astros-Mariners. Meanwhile, Darling rode shotgun with Costas on the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>For the ALCS between the Yankees and Astros, Costas will shift to the studio, hosting TBS\u2019 pre- and postgame shows as Ernie Johnson is off to do the NBA. Anderson, Darling and Jeff Francoeur will call the LCS.<\/p>\n<p>The Costas Experience was uneven. After the tough opening night, Costas let the game breathe a little more in Game 2. It was not enough. It was still too much Costas.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly every nook and cranny of a baseball game doesn\u2019t need Aaron Judge\u2019s 62 homers put into perspective or Gerrit Cole\u2019s Hall of Fame status brought up or the Boone family lineage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/101822Yankees129CW.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yankees\" class=\"wp-image-24310884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/101822Yankees129CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/101822Yankees129CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/101822Yankees129CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Yankees celebrate reaching the ALCS.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Po<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the top of the ninth of a tight Game 3, Costas played the Catskills with a joke about the Will Ferrell movies that were bumped from the air because Astros-Mariners went 18 innings and moved the Yankees from TBS to TNT. (That\u2019s a fifth-inning joke and, even worse for Costas, I made a similar one on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Despite his denials to the contrary, Costas cares. He can protest, but he hears catcalls. And, even as a septuagenarian with one of the best r\u00e9sum\u00e9s in sportscasting history, he wants approval. National baseball broadcasting is not the place to find it.<\/p>\n<p>Baseball fans <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly like the comfort of their local broadcasters, whom they have been with nightly for around seven months. Costas\u2019 intellect, fame and longevity make him particularly divisive.<\/p>\n<p>The Costas play-by-play experience is memorable. Some cherish it. Others will be happy it won\u2019t advance to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Former head of Turner Sports, Jeff Zucker, was instrumental in bringing Costas in last year to host. This year, Costas added the top division series play-by-play assignment. The TBS Costas Experience is in full stride. Next up is back to the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Costas should take his Game 5 approach there, where the crew will be on site. He will now be sitting in with Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Rollins and Curtis Granderson. He should become part of the team, not the center of it.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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