Fox Sports and Los Angeles Dodgers play by play broadcaster Joe Davis and Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Episode 287 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Fox Sports lead MLB broadcaster Joe Davis and Britt Ghiroli, a senior writer for The Athletic covering MLB. In this podcast, Davis discusses calling six games of the World Baseball Classic including the semifinals and finals; what it was like to call Shohei Ohtani striking out Mike Trout to give Japan the title; how he prepared to call the event; calling on Stephen Nelson to help with pronunciations of the Japanese team; where he would play the WBC heading forward; how the rule changes will impact him as a broadcaster; potential places for Ohtani in 2024 and more. Ghiroli discusses what will make the WBC a better event in 2026; the international interest in the event; MLB’s plans to fix the RSN mess; the city and team best for baseball when it comes to Ohtani’s future home and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.4	Hey, everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to Sports Media Podcast.
1:12.2	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
1:41.9	Two guests this week. If you love baseball, this is a podcast for you. First up, Fox Sports broadcaster Joe Davis, of course, the lead television voice of the World Series, one of the television voices of the Dodgers. But he is here to talk about calling the World Baseball Classic. He called six games, including the finals, and including one of the most, I think fair to say, iconic moments now in baseball history, which is Shohei Otani striking out Mike Trout to end that game and give Japan the victory.
2:04.5	Just an unbelievable event and such a thrilling moment. Joe talks about being there. We play the call for him and what he thought of the call. Also play the call of the end of Japan, Mexico, which was a great call by him. And we just get into the significance of that event, how he pre prep for it, calling it, what we think it might head to in the future.
2:06.9	And so I appreciate Joe Davis.
2:10.9	Give me a little bit of time shortly after calling this event.
2:14.5	He is followed by my colleague at the athletic, Britt Jiroli.
2:16.8	She's a senior writer who covers MLB.
2:19.0	She wrote an excellent piece on the World Baseball Classic and what can make it better in 2026. And we get into why this was a success
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