In N.Y., Mollie Walker notes YES Network's Jack Curry revealed in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday that he "missed the first two rounds of the 2020 MLB playoffs due to contracting the coronavirus." The 55-year-old Curry, who works the club's pregame and postgame shows, "has been with YES Network since 2010" (N.Y. POST, 10/12).
ADVICE FOR TURNER: In Boston, Peter Abraham had one suggestion for TBS now that it has a long-term deal with MLB: "Let the game breathe a little." Abraham: "Its announcers seem bent on explaining basic aspects of the game as though the audience is new to the sport" (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/11). Meanwhile, in S.F., Scott Ostler wrote, "I wish I could get as excited about anything as the A's-Astros telecast announcer got about the TV camera inserted inside first base. Close-up shots of shoes. Wake me up when you put a camera inside a baseball" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/11).
LET'S STAY TOGETHER: In Boston, Chad Finn wrote he hopes NESN "has the good sense to keep" Dave O'Brien, Jerry Remy, and Dennis Eckersley in the Red Sox booth together for the "vast majority of the games next season, assuming there is something resembling a normal season." Listening to them "talk candidly and with humor about the Sox' issues was pretty much the only redeeming aspect of watching this team this season." O'Brien "expertly navigated calling the game while also giving Remy and Eckersley room to riff" (BOSTON GLOBE, 10/11).
