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In our Season 2 opener, Michael and Justin along with Justin’s 7-year old son Logan, sit down with the one and only, legendary broadcaster Bob Costas. Bob shares his early passion for baseball, what it was like to meet and interview his heroes including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, as well as working the booth with Mets Hall of Famer, Tom Seaver. We also touch on some controversial topics including the concussion rate in the NFL as well as meeting with the infamous OJ Simpson when he was first incarcerated following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Twenty-eight-time Emmy Award winner and Hall of Fame award-winning broadcaster Bob Costas is a host and announcer for MLB Network, serving as host of the documentary series MLB Network Presents and the lead play-by-play announcer on MLB Network Showcase. Costas also appears on the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show MLB Tonight and MLB Network’s special event coverage throughout the year.
Regarded as one of the best interviewers in broadcasting, Costas has spoken with the biggest names in baseball and beyond for MLB Network, including Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout; Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Tony La Russa, Don Larsen, Juan Marichal, Tom Seaver and Joe Torre; Hall of Fame Award-winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell; and President Barack Obama at the 2009 All-Star Game.
In 2018, Costas was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions to baseball, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and awarded during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.
In 2011, Costas co-hosted with Tom Verducci MLB Network’s landmark series MLB’s 20 Greatest Games, which ranked the top-20 games of the previous 50 seasons. The series featured interviews with key players, managers and broadcasters from each game, including Jack Morris and John Smoltz discussing Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the No. 2-ranked game, and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, 1975 MVP and Rookie of the Year Fred Lynn, Pete Rose, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans, Pat Darcy and Denny Doyle talking about Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which was ranked by MLB Network as the No. 1 greatest game of the previous 50 seasons.
Costas also contributes to MLB Network’s breaking news coverage throughout the year. In January 2010, Costas conducted the exclusive first television interview with Mark McGwire following his admission of steroid use during his playing career. Costas also secured the first interview with Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts after she broke the news in February 2009 of Alex Rodriguez’s use of performance enhancing drugs.
Throughout his career, Costas has hosted coverage of many significant baseball events, covering the American League Championship Series in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Costas covered the NLCS in 1999, and called the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Series and the 2000 All-Star Game. From 1982 to 1989, Costas was the play-by-play announcer on NBC’s Baseball Game of the Week telecasts.
Costas is the author of Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case for Baseball, which received excellent reviews and made the New York Times Best Seller list in 2002. The book’s net proceeds were donated to B.A.T. (Baseball Assistance Team), a charity providing financial assistance to those in need in the baseball family.
Outside of MLB Network, Costas served as NBC’s primetime host for a U.S.-television record 11 Olympic Games – every Olympics on NBC since 1992, including the 2012 London Games, which is the most-watched television event in U.S. history, reaching 217 million viewers – before passing the torch to Mike Tirico in February 2017. From 2006 to 2016, Costas served as the host of the critically acclaimed and most-watched weekly studio show ...
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By Michael Czirjak and Justin MarcusIn our Season 2 opener, Michael and Justin along with Justin’s 7-year old son Logan, sit down with the one and only, legendary broadcaster Bob Costas. Bob shares his early passion for baseball, what it was like to meet and interview his heroes including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, as well as working the booth with Mets Hall of Famer, Tom Seaver. We also touch on some controversial topics including the concussion rate in the NFL as well as meeting with the infamous OJ Simpson when he was first incarcerated following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Twenty-eight-time Emmy Award winner and Hall of Fame award-winning broadcaster Bob Costas is a host and announcer for MLB Network, serving as host of the documentary series MLB Network Presents and the lead play-by-play announcer on MLB Network Showcase. Costas also appears on the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show MLB Tonight and MLB Network’s special event coverage throughout the year.
Regarded as one of the best interviewers in broadcasting, Costas has spoken with the biggest names in baseball and beyond for MLB Network, including Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout; Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Tony La Russa, Don Larsen, Juan Marichal, Tom Seaver and Joe Torre; Hall of Fame Award-winning broadcaster Ernie Harwell; and President Barack Obama at the 2009 All-Star Game.
In 2018, Costas was honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for major contributions to baseball, voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and awarded during the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.
In 2011, Costas co-hosted with Tom Verducci MLB Network’s landmark series MLB’s 20 Greatest Games, which ranked the top-20 games of the previous 50 seasons. The series featured interviews with key players, managers and broadcasters from each game, including Jack Morris and John Smoltz discussing Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, the No. 2-ranked game, and Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, 1975 MVP and Rookie of the Year Fred Lynn, Pete Rose, Bernie Carbo, Dwight Evans, Pat Darcy and Denny Doyle talking about Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, which was ranked by MLB Network as the No. 1 greatest game of the previous 50 seasons.
Costas also contributes to MLB Network’s breaking news coverage throughout the year. In January 2010, Costas conducted the exclusive first television interview with Mark McGwire following his admission of steroid use during his playing career. Costas also secured the first interview with Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts after she broke the news in February 2009 of Alex Rodriguez’s use of performance enhancing drugs.
Throughout his career, Costas has hosted coverage of many significant baseball events, covering the American League Championship Series in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Costas covered the NLCS in 1999, and called the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Series and the 2000 All-Star Game. From 1982 to 1989, Costas was the play-by-play announcer on NBC’s Baseball Game of the Week telecasts.
Costas is the author of Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case for Baseball, which received excellent reviews and made the New York Times Best Seller list in 2002. The book’s net proceeds were donated to B.A.T. (Baseball Assistance Team), a charity providing financial assistance to those in need in the baseball family.
Outside of MLB Network, Costas served as NBC’s primetime host for a U.S.-television record 11 Olympic Games – every Olympics on NBC since 1992, including the 2012 London Games, which is the most-watched television event in U.S. history, reaching 217 million viewers – before passing the torch to Mike Tirico in February 2017. From 2006 to 2016, Costas served as the host of the critically acclaimed and most-watched weekly studio show ...