![]() It is finally here and upon us, but before we get into that, lots to discuss around the football that was played this past Saturday in Notre Dame Stadium.īy now, those of you who follow me, you know the drill. It is the game we have all been looking forward to since Sam Hartman announced his commitment to Notre Dame. With the victory, the Irish moved to 4-0 on the year setting up an epic matchup with Ohio State University this upcoming weekend. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.It was not pretty in any form, and that includes the broadcast through Peacock, but on a mid-September afternoon in South Bend, the University of Notre Dame beat Central Michigan University by a final score of 41-17. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. And who knows whether there will ever be Taiwan baseball in English after this strange year? It may only last one season, Wang says, but it sure was a memorable one. The future of MLB broadcasts in Taiwan is up in the air. HSU: As the seasons here and there draw to a close, Wang has no idea what's next. Now, in addition to calling the Taiwan games in English, he was back to calling MLB games for Fox Sports Taiwan. And life for Richard Wang got really crazy. HSU: By July, of course, there was finally baseball in the U.S. But if they can tune into a show that they like, it's definitely a good draw. It's just that it gets repetitive - and like more variety. YATES: That's no knock on any of the players. HSU: Clinton Yates says for American viewers, the draw wasn't the quality of the games or the number of teams. WANG: So you have a juicy pig blood rice cake kind of thing. A lot of the times, they don't even sit on the seats. WANG: It's a rock concert kind of atmosphere here. Yates love taking in Taiwan's baseball culture through the commentators, their descriptions of the ballpark. HSU: ESPN radio host Clinton Yates would tune in from Los Angeles, often at 2 or 3 in the morning.ĬLINTON YATES: The sun was never up when I was watching. WANG: And the first batter for him to face will be Li Zong-xian (ph). The first five games garnered 5 million views. HSU: The game streamed live on Eleven Sports' Twitter feed to baseball fans starved for any action on the field. WANG: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and baseball fans from all around the world, good morning. HSU: What he was doing was preparing for this. He rehearsed lines out loud everywhere he went. In the beginning, I was like, there's the first pitch. ![]() He turned to his MLB TV subscription to listen to last year's games. HSU: Wang had never called a game in English before. An executive at Eleven Sports Taiwan thought, why not seize the moment to introduce the world to the Guardians, the Monkeys, the Lions and the Brothers - Taiwan's professional baseball league? By April, Taiwan already had the coronavirus under control. Fast forward 20-odd years to this spring. HSU: It was a great way to work on his English. UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR: One out, ninth inning, runner at first. WANG: When there's a night game, I would have the lights spilling into my living room. And Wang's love of the sport was cemented in the 90s when he spent time studying in Boston, living in the shadow of Fenway Park. Baseball is kind of a national obsession in Taiwan. ![]() Since 2014, he's been one of the voices of Fox Sports Taiwan, calling MLB games in Chinese. HSU: That's Richard Wang on the line from Taipei. RICHARD WANG: We were just like, OK, this may be a very slow year for us. HSU: It felt like all of sports was shutting down that week as coronavirus took off in the U.S. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Major League Baseball will, in fact, suspend all operations indefinitely. We continue to follow breaking news here.ĪNDREA HSU, BYLINE: Let's go back to March 12. and cap off a most unusual stretch for one sportscaster. The series will wind down the most unusual of baseball seasons here in the U.S. It'll be the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays. The World Series starts tomorrow night, and the stage is set.
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