Always Root for the No-Hitter
With yet another no-hitter in the majors over the weekend and the flurry of activity on social media afterwards, it took me back to of my own experiences with them at my old job.
There is a saying we all shared before heading down to the control room on a busy baseball day that would pop up from time to time- "do we have hits in all of the baseball games?" After a letting out a sigh once you realized there wouldn't be any no-hitters that night, it was on with the show.
It wasn't that you didn't WANT a no-no during your shift, it was just easier to handle an hour or 2 of live TV without one. When one would happen however, the rush dealing with it was more rewarding than you could imagine.
Why? Because we all had to adjust the entire plan that was laid out for that day and come out OK on the other end. We were forced to ACT, results be damned. Dwelling on if the choices we made were good or bad was no way to get through a big event like that.
So if you find yourself in the middle of something big, rather than ponder endlessly over the value of the choices that are available to you, just do SOMETHING. Going forward with something may unlock rewards and possibilities you had no idea existed. So deep down inside, we all rooted for the no-hitter, because it gave all of us an opportunity that wouldn't have existed otherwise.
Editorial Operations, Sports Info Solutions (Host: The Journalism Salute podcast)
3 年Back in my day (lol) Stats and Info would have the same debate. I will admit to having rooted against a couple, but if a guy got to the 9th inning, I almost always rooted for it. At that point, we had prepped everything, so you’d want the work you did to mean something. For Armando Galarraga, Baseball Tonight was on in Studio E. The timing was such that we tossed to SportsCenter for the 9th inning. Everyone left E except me. I stayed to watch. When the play happened, I screamed probably louder than for any other moment in my 16 years mother than Longoria Hr in Gane 162. I actually fell to my knees and started yelling at the TV “please tell me the call was right.” That’s one I was definitely rooting for. Didn’t want to do lookups on umps f’ing up.
Emmy award winning producer with strong news judgment & ability to keep a show cohesive while adapting to changes.
3 年That first step is almost always the hardest! So well said Roche!!!!
Associate Producer at ESPN
3 年Needed this today!! Thank you for sharing