Editing Al Michaels (section)

===Memorable baseball moments===
====1972 National League Championship Series====
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Even though the events of October 17, 1989, in San Francisco are widely considered to be the most dramatic baseball-related moment of Michaels's career, he had several others that were memorable.

In the [[1972 National League Championship Series]], the defending World Series Champion [[1972 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] faced the [[1972 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]]. In Game 5, with both teams tied at two games apiece, the Pirates led 3–2 in the bottom of the ninth inning and were three outs away from advancing to the World Series. But Pirates closer [[Dave Giusti]] unraveled. He surrendered a game-tying home run to [[Johnny Bench]] before allowing back-to-back singles to [[Tony Pérez]] and [[Denis Menke]] before being relieved by [[Bob Moose]], who almost worked out of the jam by recording two outs. {{blockquote|''One and two… The wind… And the pitch to Bench… Change hit in the air to deep right field, back goes [[Roberto Clemente|Clemente…]]! At the fence…! She's gone! Johnny Bench, who hits almost every home run to left field hits one to right. The game is tied.''|}}

But with pinch-hitter [[Hal McRae]] at the plate, Moose lost his footing and uncorked a wild pitch sending [[George Foster (baseball)|George Foster]], who was pinch running for Pérez, home with the pennant-clinching run and setting off a massive celebration at [[Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)|Riverfront Stadium]].
{{blockquote|''The stretch… And the 1–1 pitch to [[Hal McRae|McRae]]… In the dirt — it's a wild pitch! Here comes [[George Foster (baseball)|Foster]]! The Reds win the pennant! [[Bob Moose]] throws a wild pitch and the Reds have won the National League Pennant!''|Al Michaels call on the series-ending play.}}

As previously mentioned, later that October, Michaels participated<ref name="Michaels">{{Cite magazine |last=Lidz |first=Franz |date=February 15, 1988 |title=This Mouth Talks Back |url=http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Al+Michaels+is+one+of+the+best+sportscasters+on+TV.+And+-+02.15.88+-+SI+Vault&expire=&urlID=432452117&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1067044%2F3%2Findex.htm&partnerID=289881 |url-status=live |magazine=Sports Illustrated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809073658/http://cnnsi.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Al+Michaels+is+one+of+the+best+sportscasters+on+TV.+And+-+02.15.88+-+SI+Vault&expire=&urlID=432452117&fb=Y&url=http:%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2Fvault%2Farticle%2Fmagazine%2FMAG1067044%2F3%2Findex.htm&partnerID=289881 |archive-date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> in his first ever [[1972 World Series|World Series]] as a broadcaster,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halberstam |first=David J. |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Al Michaels wins HOF's Ford Frick Award; Did 8 World Series on network TV, Also Voice of Reds and Giants |work=Sports Broadcast Journal |url=https://www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/al-michaels-wins-hofs-ford-frick-award-did-8-world-series-on-network-tv-also-voice-of-reds-and-giants/}}</ref> where he assisted [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]'s [[Curt Gowdy]] for Games 1–2, 6, and 7 in Cincinnati. Michaels was a product of the then broadcasting policy of [[List of World Series broadcasters|announcers]] who represented the participating teams (a process that ended following the [[1976 World Series]]) being invited to do televised network play–by–play for the World Series. As such, Games 3–5 of the 1972 World Series instead, featured [[1972 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] broadcaster [[Monte Moore]] working for NBC alongside Curt Gowdy.

====1983 World Series====
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On June 6, 1983, Michaels officially succeeded [[Keith Jackson]] as the lead play-by-play announcer for ''[[Monday Night Baseball]]''. Michaels, who spent seven seasons working backup games (initially teaming with [[Bob Gibson]] and [[Norm Cash]]), was apparently very miffed<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lidz |first=Frank |date=February 15, 1988 |title=THIS MOUTH TALKS BACK |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/02/15/this-mouth-talks-back-al-michaels-is-one-of-the-best-sportscasters-on-tv-and-dont-dare-tell-him-otherwise}}</ref> over [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]]' delay in announcing him as its top baseball announcer. Unlike Jackson, whose forte was [[college football]], Michaels as previously mentioned, had gigs with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[San Francisco Giants]] before joining ABC in 1976. ''[[TV Guide]]'' huffed about Jackson by saying "A football guy, on baseball!" Jackson was unavailable for several World Series games in {{wsy|1979}} and {{wsy|1981}} because of conflicts with his otherwise normal [[ESPN College Football on ABC|college football]] broadcasting schedule. Thus, Michaels did play-by-play for games on weekends.

====1986 American League Championship Series====
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In 1986, Michaels was also on hand for what he says was ''"the greatest of all the thousands of games I've done."''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hirst |first=Steve |date=July 23, 2021 |title=Yes, Al, We Do Believe In Miracles |work=The Analyst |url=https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/07/al-michaels-ford-frick-award-baseball-hall-of-fame/}}</ref> On October 12 at [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim|Anaheim Stadium]], Michaels along with [[Jim Palmer]] called Game 5 of the [[1986 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2008 |title=MEMORIES. YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT MEMORIES: THE FINAL OUTS OF THE 1986 ALCS |work=Surviving Grady |url=https://survivinggrady.com/2008/01/memories-youre-talkin-about-memories.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2013 |title=Screen Grabs from MLB Classics on YouTube: 1986 ALCS, Game 5 – Boston at California |url=https://fenwaypastoral.com/2013/08/12/screen-grabs-from-mlb-classics-on-youtube-1986-alcs-game-5-boston-at-california/ |website=Fenway Pastoral}}</ref> The [[1986 California Angels season|California Angels]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=DiGiovanna |first=Mike |date=October 12, 2021 |title=The most gut-wrenching game in Angels history: 35 years later, it still haunts them |work=Yahoo |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/most-gut-wrenching-game-angels-100052834.html?src=rss}}</ref> held a 3&nbsp;games to 1 lead of a best-of-seven against the [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]]. In the game, the Angels held a 5–2 lead going into the ninth inning. Boston scored two runs on a home run by [[Don Baylor]], closing the gap to 5–4.

When [[Donnie Moore]] came in to shut down the rally, there were two outs, and a runner on [[first base]], [[Rich Gedman]], who had been [[hit by pitch|hit by a pitch]]. The Angels were one out<ref>{{Cite book |last=Von Doviak |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoJDDwAAQBAJ&dq=downing+goes+back+and+it%27s+gone+unbelievable+al+michaels&pg=PT207 |title=Charlesgate Confidential |date=September 18, 2018 |publisher=Titan Books (US, CA) |isbn=9781785657184}}</ref> from their first-ever trip to the [[1986 World Series|World Series]]. But [[Dave Henderson]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Chad |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Al Michaels wins 2021 Ford Frick Award from Baseball Hall of Fame |work=Boston |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/media/2020/12/09/al-michaels-wins-2021-ford-frick-award-from-baseball-hall-of-fame/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crehan |first=Herb |date=January 1, 2016 |title=Remembering Dave "Hendu" Henderson |url=https://bostonbaseballhistory.com/new-remembering-dave-hendu-henderson/ |website=Boston Baseball History}}</ref> hit a 2–2 pitch off Moore for a home run, giving the Red Sox a 6–5 lead. The Angels were able to score a run in the bottom of the ninth, pushing the game into extra innings. Moore continued to pitch for the Angels. He was able to stifle a 10th inning Red Sox rally by getting [[Jim Rice]] to ground into a [[double play]]. Nevertheless, the Red Sox were able to score off Moore in the 11th-inning via a [[sacrifice fly]] by Henderson. The Angels could not score in the bottom of the 11th and lost the game 7–6.
{{blockquote|To left field, and deep, and [[Brian Downing|Downing]] goes back ... and it's gone! Unbelievable!!!!!
|Al Michaels' call of Dave Henderson's 9th inning home run in game 5 of the 1986 ALCS.}}

The defeat still left the Angels in a 3&nbsp;games to 2 advantage, with two more games to play at [[Fenway Park]]. The Angels were not able to recover, losing both games by wide margins, 10–4 and 8–1. Game 7 of the 1986 ALCS ended with [[Calvin Schiraldi]] striking out [[Jerry Narron]].

{{blockquote|The Red Sox can go from [[last rites]] to the World Series...and they do!
|Al Michaels' call of Calvin Schiraldi's final strikeout in Game 7 of the 1986 ALCS.}}

Despite the fact that ABC Sports and [[ESPN]] have been under the same corporate umbrella ([[The Walt Disney Company]]) since 1996, Michaels never served as a regular commentator for ''[[ESPN Major League Baseball]]''. The only time that Michaels appeared in an ESPN booth of any kind was as a guest commentator on ''[[Wednesday Night Baseball]]'' in 2003 as part of ESPN's ''Living Legends Series''. Michaels joined [[Gary Thorne]] and [[Joe Morgan]], whom he worked with on ABC's 1989 World Series coverage and served as ABC's #2 baseball team behind Michaels, Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver in 1989, for a game at [[Dodger Stadium]] between the [[2003 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[2003 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]].

====1987 World Series====
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In a February 2015 interview, Michaels alleged that the [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] pumped [[artificial crowd noise]] into the [[Metrodome]] during the [[1987 World Series]] against the [[1987 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]]. Responding to Michaels' theory, Twins President [[Dave St. Peter]] said that he did not think the Twins needed "conspiracy theories" in order to win the World Series. Instead, he argued that "appreciation and respect" should be paid to players like [[Frank Viola]], [[Gary Gaetti]], [[Kent Hrbek]], and [[Kirby Puckett]], who, he said, "came out of nowhere to win a championship."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al Michaels says Twins pumped fake noise into 1987 World Series |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/al-michaels-says-twins-pumped-fake-noise-into-1987-world-series/ar-AA95etj?srcref=rss |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925230520/http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/al-michaels-says-twins-pumped-fake-noise-into-1987-world-series/ar-AA95etj?srcref=rss |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |website=[[MSN]] }}</ref>

{{blockquote|To [[Gary Gaetti|Gaetti]]...for the first time ever, the [[1987 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] are the [[List of World Series champions|World Champions]]!|Al Michaels calling the final out of Game 7 of the [[1987 World Series]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Halsted |first=Al |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuTTCwAAQBAJ&dq=to+Gaetti++for+the+first+time+ever+the+minnesota+twins+are+the+world+champions+al+michaels&pg=PT35 |title=100 Things Twins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die |date=May 2016 |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=9781633194809}}</ref> on [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]].}}

====1989 World Series====
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On October 17, 1989, Michaels was in San Francisco, preparing to cover the third game of the [[1989 World Series]]<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Curtis |first1=Bryan |last2=Lee |first2=Patricia |date=October 30, 2013 |title=An oral history of the 1989 World Series, which was dominated by the Oakland A's – and devastated by the Loma Prieta earthquake |url=http://grantland.com/features/the-1989-world-series-earthquake-oral-history/ |website=Grantland}}</ref> between the home team, the [[1989 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]], and the visiting [[1989 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]]. ABC's network telecast began with a recap of the first two games (to the soundtrack of [[James Taylor]]'s "[[Walking Man|Hello Old Friend]]"), both won by Oakland. Soon after Michaels handed off to his broadcast partner, [[Tim McCarver]], who started assessing the Giants' chances for victory in the game, the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]] struck (at approximately 5:04&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Standard Time|local time]]). While the network feed was breaking up due to the shaking, Michaels exclaimed "I'll tell you what, we're having an earth&nbsp;—", and at that moment, the feed completely broke up before he could finish his sentence.<ref name="Magnuson2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080217055927/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958883-2,00.html "Earthquake"]. ''Time''. Monday, October 30, 1989. Ed Magnuson. p. 2. Retrieved September 5, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200810283651500 News report on MLB.COM, 1:50 minutes in]. Retrieved August 29, 2009.</ref> ABC then put up a green "World Series" telop graphic card on the screen for technical difficulties and restored audio via a telephone link 15 seconds later.&nbsp;{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Michaels quipped, "Well folks, that's the greatest open in the history of television, bar none!"<ref name="Magnuson3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080216221859/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958883-3,00.html "Earthquake"]. ''Time''. Monday, October 30, 1989. Ed Magnuson. p. 3. Retrieved September 5, 2009.</ref> Michaels then reported from the ABC Sports production truck outside [[Candlestick Park]] on the earthquake, for which he later was nominated for an Emmy Award for news broadcasting. Michaels relayed his reports to [[Ted Koppel]], who was stationed at the [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] bureau in Washington, D.C.

According to Tim McCarver, when the earthquake hit, he, Michaels and Jim Palmer immediately grabbed hold of what they perceived to be the armrests. In reality, the announcers were clutching on each other's thighs and they were each left with bruises the next day. Years later (on a 1999 ''[[SportsCenter]]'' retrospective about the 1989 World Series earthquake), Michaels would boldly admit his strong belief that had the earthquake lasted much longer than 15&nbsp;seconds, he would have been killed. Michaels added that the only time that he really had been scared during the earthquake was when he moved in a position which he perceived to be backward. The three announcers were sitting on a ledge<ref>{{Cite book |last=Palmer; Maimon |first=Jim; Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HwMuDAAAQBAJ&q=ABC |title=Jim Palmer: Nine Innings to Success: A Hall of Famer's Approach to Achieving ... |date=June 2016 |publisher=Triumph Books LLC |isbn=9781633194625}}</ref> with their backs turned and no bracing behind them.

{{blockquote|At this very moment ten days ago, we began our telecast with an aerial view of San Francisco; always a spectacular sight, and particularly so on that day because the cloudless sky of October 17 was ice blue, and the reflections of the late-day sun sparkled like a thousand jewels.

That picture was very much a mirror of the feel and the mood that had enveloped the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] and indeed most of [[Northern California]]. Their baseball teams, the [[1989 San Francisco Giants season|Giants]] and the [[1989 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]], had won pennants, and the people of this region were still basking in the afterglow of each team's success. And this great American sporting classic, the World Series, was, for the time being, exclusively theirs.

Then, of course, that feeling of pure radiance was transformed into horror and grief and despair in fifteen seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marquez |first=Donald |date=October 17, 2009 |title=Series, Interrupted |url=http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/10/17/1088907/series-interrupted |website=SBNation.com}}</ref> And now on October 27, like a fighter who's taken a vicious blow to the stomach and has groggily arisen, this region moves on and moves ahead.

And one part of that scenario is the resumption of the World Series. No one in [[Candlestick Park|this ballpark]] tonight- no player, no vendor, no fan, no writer, no announcer, in fact, no one in this area period- can forget the images. The column of smoke in the [[Marina District, San Francisco|Marina]]. The severed [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge|bridge]]. The grotesque [[Cypress Street Viaduct|tangle of concrete]] in [[Oakland]]. The pictures are embedded in our minds.

And while the mourning and the agonizing and the aftereffects continue, in about thirty minutes the plate umpire, [[Vic Voltaggio]] will say 'Play Ball', and the players will play, the vendors will sell, the crowd will exhort, the announcers will announce. And for many of the six million people in this region, it will be like revisiting [[Fantasyland]].

But Fantasyland is where baseball comes from anyway, and maybe, right about now, that's the perfect place for a three-hour rest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marquez |first=Donald |date=November 9, 2009 |title=Scrapbook Memories: 1989 World Series, Game 3, Part 2 |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2009/11/9/1122749/scrapbook-memories-1989-world |website=SBNation.com}}</ref>|Al Michaels at the beginning of [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC's]] telecast of the resumption of Game 3 of the [[1989 World Series]].}}

There was later speculation that if Michaels<ref>{{Cite news |last=Asher |first=Mark |date=June 7, 1990 |title=ABC SIGNS MICHAELS TO RECORD DEAL |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1990/06/07/abc-signs-michaels-to-record-deal/70321133-6c5f-4a5e-8735-cdadbcf6b539/}}</ref> won an [[arbitration]] case involving ABC, he would join [[CBS Sports]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=December 30, 1988 |title=Show Time Started Early for Two Brothers |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-30-sp-919-story.html}}</ref> as its lead baseball announcer. ABC following the 1989 World Series, had lost its baseball package to [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]] for the next four years. Michaels had been feuding<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nidetz |first=Steve |date=May 3, 1990 |title=ABC SPORTS TUNES IN TO MUSBURGER |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-05-03-9002070404-story.html}}</ref> with ABC over an alleged violation of company policy. Michaels' contract with ABC was originally set to expire in late 1992. Ultimately however, ABC announced a contract extension that sources said would keep Michaels at ABC through at least the end of 1995 and would pay him at least $2.2 million annually with the potential to earn more. That would make Michaels the highest-paid sports announcer in television.

====The Baseball Network (1994–1995)====
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In [[1994 Major League Baseball season|1994]], ABC resumed their relationship with Major League Baseball for the first time since [[1989 Major League Baseball season|1989]] with a broadcasting joint-venture with NBC dubbed [[The Baseball Network]]. Michaels was once again paired with Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver, for whom he had broadcast three World Series (1985, 1987, and 1989), two All-Star Games ([[1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1986]] and [[1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1988]]), and the [[1988 National League Championship Series]] with. On the subject of Michaels returning to baseball for the first time since the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]] interrupted the World Series, Jim Palmer said, "Here Al is, having done five games since 1989, and steps right in. It's hard to comprehend how one guy could so amaze."

{{blockquote|Hi everyone, and welcome to ''Baseball Night in America'', I'm Al Michaels. And those of us at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] are delighted to be back in the business of broadcasting [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] for the first time since the [[1989 World Series]]. And it's a brand new concept, we'll have six [[1994 Major League Baseball season|regular season]] games on ABC, including tonight and again on [[Monday Night Baseball|Monday night]]. Then, we'll bring you the [[Division Series|Division playoffs]] in October, part of baseball's new expanded playoff format, and the [[1994 World Series|World Series]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bode |first=Gus |date=July 25, 1995 |title=More tales of The Baseball Network. ABC lost the 1994 World Series; this was supposed to be NBC's year. Instead, they split the spoils. Who got the better of the deal? Let's see. The networks each get 6 percent of the advertising revenues; baseball gets 88 percent. Call it a draw. |work=The Daily Egyptian |url=https://dailyegyptian.com/51805/archives/more-tales-of-the-baseball-network-abc-lost-the-1994-world-series-this-was-supposed-to-be-nbcs-year-instead-they-split-the-spoils-who-got-the-better-of-the-deal-lets-see-the-networks-each-get/}}</ref> in late October. ''Baseball Night in America'', a regionalized<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frager |first=Ray |date=December 17, 1993 |title=Enterprising Costas stays at NBC for next generation of baseball |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1993-12-17-1993351049-story.html}}</ref> concept, you'll see a game in your region that's important to those of you in those particular areas. It also gives us the capability of updating games as never before. So sit back, relax and enjoy the premiere of ''Baseball Night in America'' as we take you out to the [[List of Major League Baseball stadiums|ballgames]].|Al Michaels on site at [[1994 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]]'s [[Kingdome]] on the premiere broadcast of ''Baseball Night in America'' on July 16, 1994.}}

A [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|player's strike]] in August 1994 would however, force the cancellation of that season's postseason, including the World Series. Then in June 1995, both ABC and NBC announced they would be dissolving The Baseball Network at the end of the [[1995 Major League Baseball season|1995 season]]. The following month, Michaels along with Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver, called the [[1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] from [[Arlington, Texas]]. Come that October, Michaels, Palmer, and McCarver would call Games 1–2 of the [[1995 National League Division Series|National League Division Series]] between the [[1995 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] and [[1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]], Game 4 of the NLDS between the [[1995 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] and [[1995 Colorado Rockies season|Colorado Rockies]], Games 1–2 of the [[1995 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] between Atlanta and Cincinnati, and Games 1, 4–5 of the [[1995 World Series|World Series]] between Atlanta and the [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]].

In what would be the final out he would ever call for a baseball broadcast on ABC, Michaels yelled "Back to [[Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium|Georgia]]!" following the strikeout of Atlanta second baseman [[Mark Lemke]] by Cleveland closer [[José Mesa]]. ABC was in-line to televise a possible seventh game (since NBC was already scheduled to broadcast Game 6), however the Braves wound up clinching the world title two nights later. Game 5 of the 1995 World Series would not only prove to be the final Major League Baseball game Michaels would call (not counting a one shot appearance on [[MLB Network Showcase|MLB Network]] for a game between the [[2011 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] and [[2011 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] on July 8, 2011), but it would also prove to be the last time a Major League Baseball game would be broadcast on ABC until the [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020]] [[Major League Baseball Wild Card Game|Wild Card series]].

Michaels would later write in his 2014 autobiography ''You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Michaels, Wertheim |first=Al, L. Jon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlaYAwAAQBAJ&q=You+Can%27t+Make+This+Up |title=You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of |date=November 18, 2014 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=9780062314987 |page=202}}</ref> that the competition between the two networks could be so juvenile that neither ABC nor NBC wanted to promote each other's telecasts during the 1995 World Series.<ref>{{YouTube|title=1995 World Series Video Highlights|id=tAK9SgHZVxQ}}</ref> To give you a better idea, in the middle of Game 1, Michaels was handed a promo that read "Join us here on [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] for Game 4 in [[Progressive Field|Cleveland]] on Wednesday night and for Game 5 if necessary, Thursday." Michaels however, would soon follow this up by saying "By the way, if you're wondering about Games 2 and 3, I can't tell you exactly where you can see them, but here's a hint: Last night, [[Bob Costas]], [[Bob Uecker]], and [[Joe Morgan]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pergament |first=Alan |date=October 27, 1995 |title=NBC'S MORGAN EMERGES AS SERIES STAR IN BOOTH |work=The Buffalo News |url=https://buffalonews.com/1995/10/28/nbcs-morgan-emerges-as-series-star-in-booth/ |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216181026/https://buffalonews.com/1995/10/28/nbcs-morgan-emerges-as-series-star-in-booth/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [NBC's broadcast crew] were spotted in [[Underground Atlanta]]."