No announcers or brightly-colored anythings or disgraced former ballplayers intruded on that, which was nice. But, the fact they were really close to being able to should be taken into account by Netflix. This is the first year of a three-year contract to broadcast the event.
I remember racing home to see the 1968 game and watching Don Drysdale pitch three innings of one-hit baseball. The Great Juan Marichal followed that up with two innings of high-leg-kick mastery. And 1976, during his unforgettable Cinderella season, Mark “The Bird” Fidrych earned the start for the American League All-Stars—a moment that captured the rise of a pitcher unlike anything baseball had seen before or since. It felt real. It was real.
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