The playoffs are the time when each moment is heightened and mistakes are magnified. Unfortunately for Yankees' radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling, that notion applies to broadcasters as well.
In the top of the first inning of Tuesday's American League wild-card game between the Yankees and Red Sox, Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton crushed a ball to left field that seemed destined to clear the Green Monster. Stanton seemed sure he had gotten all of it, as did Sterling on the radio call. As it turns out, both were mistaken.
Instead of giving the Yankees an early 1-0 lead, Stanton settled for a long, hard-hit single.