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York Mets broadcast booth in 1983 and would soon receive national recognition as an insightful analyst.
Just days before the 1985 World Series, ABC red Howard Cosell and McCarver was invited to share the booth with Al Michaels and Jim Palmer. He was an instant success on the national stage. In an October 19, 2003 Boston Globe article McCarver said, “I was nervous, very nervous. Broadcasting a World Series was not even close to playing in one. As a player, you have a chance to do something about the outcome... From a player’s standpoint you think you know about 85 percent of the game. en you go upstairs and nd out you’re wrong about that.”
If that is the case, then McCarver has certainly proved that he has learned about the game. Opinionated, studious, and witty, McCarver has survived in the booth for longer than he was a player. He broadcast the Mets from 1983-1998, the Yankees from 1999-2001, and the Giants in 2002, and hosted a weekly syndicated
television interview with over 90 million viewers. As a testament to his longevity as the top analyst in the sport, McCarver has now done more World Series telecasts than any other announcer in baseball history.
e minor league Blues Stadium in Memphis was renamed Tim McCarver Stadium for the 1978-1999 seasons, before it was replaced. McCarver won four Telly awards and six national Emmys as Best Sportscaster/Analyst; he has authored six books on baseball.
Sources
Baseball Hall of Fame player archive
e Boston Globe
e Sporting News
e St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York Times
2005 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
e Baseball Encyclopedia, tenth edition