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In the 40-minute podcast, legendary Fox Sports’ World Series producer Pete Macheska discusses his 22-year run on the Fall Classic. Macheska — who is retiring from MLB, but not the NFL — tells tremendous stories about John Madden, Tim McCarver, Joe Buck and more, while explaining what it takes to produce at the highest level.

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The Rundown ….

* Working under John Madden with Lance Barrow, Mike Arnold, Michael Frank, Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo

* How broadcast assistants did everything back when he started at CBS, including booking the right hotel room for Madden

* Madden tested Macheska with a crazy Sean Landeta punting question

* How Ed Goren brought Macheska over from CBS to Fox

* Macheska’s modest answer about becoming a legendary producer

* How he loved being a runner, starting at ABC, making $35 a day

* How Macheska got his first big break …

* How David Hill came up with the idea for Macheska to do both MLB and NFL

* Why he was “crazy” not to take top MLB producer job

* Macheska explains what the job of producing entails

* Macheska does his Tim McCarver impersonation and what conversations were like with him

* How a producer’s job is to know what not to do

* How in 2015, Macheska had to make a decision on life and death during the World Series and how he communicated with the Royals’ Mike Swanson about it

* Remembering the Red Sox 2003 comeback against the Yankees

* The McCarver-Jim Leyland confrontation

* Why patience is important as a producer

* How a Bryce Harper postseason moment worked so well

* What was Macheska’s reaction when Joe Buck left Fox for ESPN

* What is Kevin Burkhardt like to work with

* How it takes a whole team to put a broadcast together, not just the booth or a producer

* How producing the World Series different than June … or is it

* Why success starts with Macheska’s Fox Sports bosses

* Why Macheska is giving up MLB, but not the NFL, after this October

* Why he thinks Fox will be just fine on MLB after him

* The Joe Buck scouting report on the Macheska Main Event

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