or 'Hey [Anthony Rizzo], if you're 3-2 here and he's got four pitches, what are you prioritizing — location, pitch type, whatever…' That's how the game's played, and I love that," Benetti said.
An evaluation by Awful Announcing highlighted how the concept mimics localized features from other sports telecasts, such as "On the Bench" in the NBA and "Inside the Glass" in the NHL, to deliver ground-level decision-making insight.
"What I believe is we're taking the game to the level that it's played at in talking about those split-second decisions," Benetti said.
"And if there's anything most innovative about what Sam Flood, and Rick Cordella, and everybody at NBC have decided to do, it's that."
