Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis is getting ready to call his first World Series. Joe Buck was FOX’s leading man for over two decades, but when he jumped to ESPN, Davis was the obvious and deserving replacement.
As Bill Shaikin writes in the Los Angeles Times, one of the negatives of being on the national stage is that many fans will think you’re biased against their team.
The charge of bias almost certainly will be leveled against Davis, no matter what he actually says on the air. …
The perception of announcer bias is not a new phenomenon, but the megaphone of social media is.