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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 21h

I want to run, I want to hide
I wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside
I wanna reach out and touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, Canada, and hockey fans across the United States and Newfoundland. (Not to mention fans of other sports and people from other places.)

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 3d

No one's slick as Gaston
No one's quick as Gaston
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston
For there's no man in town half as manly
Perfect, a pure paragon

(Gaston probably wouldn’t have let this post sit open for an hour and a half either.)

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 4d

The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake. You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake.

(Or so I'm told.)

(Edited to fix a stupid mistake on my end.)

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 5d

Mariners-Tigers is in a rain delay, so it has yet to actually start, which could have some fun cascading effects for the start of Blue Jays-Yankees.

Also, it's Opening Night in the NHL.

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT: Joe Buck’s 501st national NFL telecast ties Charlie Jones for the eighth-most by a play-by-play announcer.

🏈 Chiefs at @jaguarsnfl.bsky.social

📺🔤 ABC @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EDT

🎙️ Joe Buck
👨‍🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, @laurarutledge.bsky.social

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 6d

He was born in the Bitterroot valley in the early morning rain. Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again.

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

TONIGHT: Cris Collinsworth calls his 493rd national NFL telecast as the analyst, tying Dan Dierdorf for the third-most on record.

🏈 @patriots.bsky.social at @buffalobillsnfl.bsky.social

🦚 @snfonnbc.bsky.social
🕗 8:20 PM EDT

🎙️ Mike Tirico
👨‍🏫 Cris Collinsworth
🎤 Melissa Stark

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

TONIGHT: Tom Verducci becomes the fifth MLB commentator to appear on 650 national telecasts (362 as an analyst, 288 as a reporter).

⚾ @tigers.bsky.social at @mariners.com

🦊 1️⃣ FS1 @foxsportspr.bsky.social
🕗 8:00 PM EDT

🎙️ @adamamin.bsky.social
👨‍🏫 Adam Wainwright, A.J. Pierzynski
🎤 Tom Verducci

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

TODAY: John Smoltz’s 585th national MLB telecast passes Rick Sutcliffe for the ninth-most in our records.

⚾ @yankees.com at @bluejays.com

🦊 1️⃣ FS1 @foxsportspr.bsky.social
🕓 4:00 PM EDT

🎙️ Joe Davis
👨‍🏫 John Smoltz
🎤 @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

TODAY: Kevin Harlan’s 1,482nd national telecast of the four major U.S. pro sports passes Marv Albert for third in our records.

🏈 @tampabaybuccaneers.bsky.social at @seahawksofficial.com

👁️ @cbssports.bsky.social
🕓 4:05 PM EDT

🎙️ Kevin Harlan
👨‍🏫 Trent Green
🎤 MelanieCollins

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

TODAY: Ian Eagle’s 655th national telecast of the four major pro sports passes Don Criqui for 13th-most by a U.S. play-by-play announcer.

🏈 @houstontexans.bsky.social at Ravens

👁️ @cbssports.bsky.social
🕐 1:00 PM EDT

🎙️ Ian Eagle
👨‍🏫 JJ Watt
🎤 Evan Washburn

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome to "Fox mixes and matches its NFL crews because of playoff baseball commitments" season.

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 9d

TODAY: John Smoltz’s 584th national MLB telecast ties Rick Sutcliffe for the ninth-most in our records.

⚾ @yankees.com at @bluejays.com

🦊 Fox @foxsportspr.bsky.social
🕓 4:00 PM EDT

🎙️ Joe Davis
👨‍🏫 John Smoltz
🎤 Ken Rosenthal

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 9d

I wanna live forever on a boat out in the sea
I wanna build a happy home, a home for you and me
I wanna touch the silver lining, we'll be shining everywhere
I wanna live forever, I don't care

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 9d

Greetings, Earthlings. It is Friday. Get in, loser. We're going shopping.

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 10d

The problem with having playoff games on over the dinner hour is that sometimes I start watching them, get distracted, and almost forget to post the announcer schedule.

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 11d

There are several contingencies involving potential MLB playoff eliminations tonight but here is where we are right now.

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 12d

TONIGHT: Buster Olney becomes the second person to appear on 400 national MLB telecasts as the field reporter. He’s ninth in the four major U.S. pro sports.

⚾ @redsox.com at @yankees.com

📺 @espn.com @espnpr.bsky.social
🕕 6:00 PM EDT

🎙️ Karl Ravech
👨‍🏫 @dcone36.bsky.social, Eduardo Perez
🎤 Olney

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 12d

I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 13d

TONIGHT: Joe Buck becomes the 14th announcer to call 500 NFL telecasts and the ninth play-by-play announcer to reach that plateau.

🏈 @bengais.bsky.social at @denver-broncos.bsky.social

🔤 ABC @espnpr.bsky.social
🕗 8:15 PM EDT

🎙️ Buck
👨‍🏫 Troy Aikman
🎤 Lisa Salters, @laurarutledge.bsky.social

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 13d

Monday night has football, which shouldn't be a surprise. Baseball playoffs start tomorrow.

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 14d

The 40-18 Scorigami (DAL-PHI, 24 years ago this coming Tuesday) was also a Sunday Night game but was on ESPN.

Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 14d

If you're scoring at home, tonight's Packers-Cowboys game was the second @nflscorigami.bsky.social of the 2025 season, following 41-40 (BAL@BUF 9/7). Both were on Sunday Night Football.

SNF has had the Scorigamis for 40-40 (tonight), 41-40 (that) and 43-40 (KC-NE 2018).

Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 14d

🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.

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Un/Necessary Sports Research @unnecsportsrsch.bsky.social · 14d

TODAY: Jim Nantz’s 506th national NFL telecast passes Dan Dierdorf for the 12th-most in our records.

🏈 Ravens at @chiefs.bsky.social

👁️ @cbssports.bsky.social
🕓 4:25 PM EDT

🎙️ Jim Nantz
👨‍🏫 Tony Romo
🎤 Tracy Wolfson