With 162 games in a season for each team, a fan watching an entire year’s worth of games on television will spend 19 days, 19 hours and 12 minutes in front of a rectangle showing baseball. This is a lot of time, and it is only natural — especially in today’s world — that there will be distractions.
So, how do broadcasters bring you into the game? This year, Sporting News is grading announcers on how they grab your attention. This time, it’s the Diamondbacks on Fox Sports Arizona with Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly.
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The most impactful home run of the Diamondbacks season was hit on Sunday, with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, when Paul Goldschmidt cranked his second dinger of the game to forge an 8-8 tie.