During Sunday night’s Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game, it’s a safe bet ESPN’s Álex Rodríguez and Matt Vasgersian will speak reverentially about Wrigley Field. They all do.
They will talk about how great it is that the ballpark is packed with Cubs and Cardinals fans now that state and city authorities have approved 100% capacity.
Baseball fans, the ones being urged to pack ballparks, the ones who pay for cable, satellite or streaming subscriptions to watch these games, deserve better.
None of it makes up for the absence of announcers in press boxes describing what’s happening in front of them rather than off TV monitors.