A Kay-Rod broadcast review

The first week of baseball has officially ended, with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees finishing the week off in their usual four-plus hour playtime on Sunday Night Baseball. The game provided for some back and forth scoring, but the ultimate takeaway was not the game itself, but the Kay-Rod broadcast.

Now, ESPN, and baseball more so, have embarked on a journey to make baseball younger and “hipper”. Sometimes, not caring at what cost. Broadcasting games on Apple TV and Peacock, really? But regardless of there being more ways to consume the games, the commentators must still be worth listening to. ESPN struck gold when they began the Manningcast, a simulcast where both Eli and Peyton…