The MLB Network broadcast (and Rockies scoreboard) struggled with some Brewers names and facts Sunday night
Many fans were not pleased that Game 3 of the NLDS was broadcast on the MLB Network, a channel not everyone gets in their homes. But hey, at least Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Costas was going to be on the call, right?
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Now, let's get this out there: Bob Costas is a dang legend. Put him in ALL the Halls of Fame. But ... uh, he and color commentator Jim Kaat had a rough time with the Brewers names and facts on Sunday.
The Brewers won, 6-0, so it's all water under the bridge, and no NLCS games will be on MLB Network. But let's review:
Travis Shaw has not, in fact, committed double-digit errors since picking up playing time at second base around the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline. He's committed one in 39 games.
It's not Jesus Aguilera, but all the jokes about Genie in a Bottle (Jesus in a Bottle) are very good.
Craig Counsell was not drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers, as the broadcast said a couple times. It's actually a cooler note that he was drafted by the other team involved in the broadcast, the Rockies.
In fact, Counsell was taken in the 11th round in 1992 -- the first year the expansion franchise selected players. Counsell essentially became one of the organization's first employees.
The broadcast had some trouble with starter Wade Miley's biography, too. He didn't actually start the season at Double-A (though he was on a rehab start, so you can perhaps understand the confusion?). And while he's been on a few teams so far in his career, the Rockies haven't been one of them.
Also, Orlando Arcia, who has had some pretty good moments in the postseason thus far (counting Game 163), was given the unusual pronunciation of "arr-SAY-uh." It's "ARR-see-uh." As in "That pitch Orlando hit in the ninth over the wall Sunday was a pretty great moment; see ya later."
The Coors Field scoreboard also had a rough night, for what it's worth.
It's, uh, Moustakas
It's former Brewers reliever Boone Logan, though.