ed. note: I thought this was instructive
TBS, carrying all first-round MLB playoff games, filled out its announcer lineup card Sunday. And despite the mediagenic Chicago Cubs playing the Los Angeles Dodgers, TBS figures the Boston Red Sox-Los Angeles Angels series is the TV star and will send its top on-air team — Chip Caray and Buck Martinez — to cover it.
With Caray and Martinez traveling to call the Red Sox-Angels opener Wednesday, TBS’ Dick Stockton, Ron Darling and Harold Reynolds — for his American League familiarity — would call that tiebreaker. Then, TBS will have 3½ hour TV windows for each game.
On Wednesday (all times ET):
•Milwaukee-Philadelphia (3 p.m.) gets Brewers local announcer Brian Anderson and longtime Atlanta announcer Joe Simpson helping break in TV rookie and longtime Braves pitcher John Smoltz in a three-man booth.
•Dodgers-Cubs (6:30 p.m.) gets Stockton, Darling and Tony Gwynn.
•Red Sox-Angels (10 p.m.) gets Caray and Martinez. Expect lower worker productivity in Boston on Thursday morning.
On Thursday, Minnesota/White Sox at Tampa Bay (2:30 p.m.) will get Red Sox local announcer Don Orsillo and Reynolds. Then, the on-air crews will remain intact for Brewers-Phillies (6 p.m.) and Dodgers-Cubs (9:30 p.m.).
TBS executive producer Jeff Behnke says the top crew of Caray and Martinez might “parachute in” to another series if their Red Sox-Angels series ends quickly.
::Tullycast:: 