re: #238 garrick

Actually I never really brought up gender except to say that no woman(in modern history)has ever played(or coached)at the professional level so they have no personal experiences or insight to pass on to the viewer.

Baseball is arguably the hardest sport to broadcast because pitchers and hitters often act as if they’re being paid by the hour. It is the job of the color commentator to keep the casual viewers interested in the game. If they can’t do that then viewers change the channel. And this why the major networks don’t broadcast the sport anymore except the weekly game on fox and the world series(also on fox).

They’re using her as a guest color commentator. I really don’t see what the deal is. You’re right, no woman has ever played professional baseball but don’t you think she may have some insights involving what it’s like to be on a team in a pennant race like situation since after all you pointed out that she was on a gold medal winning team.