Welcome to the 36th Media Mailbag for The Athletic. Writing a mailbag — as egocentric as it is — is always a fun exercise. Thanks for sending in your questions via the website and app. There were more than 200 questions, so this is a two-parter. Part 1 appeared last week.
Note: Questions have been edited for clarity and length.
If you were an owner and could have any current baseball announcers as your team’s announcers, who would you want? You can pair them from any of the current MLB team announcers. For TV, choose one play-by-play announcer and one or two analysts. For radio, chose two PxPs. — Mitch E.
Fun question. It’s a particularly excellent moment for play-by-play baseball broadcasters. I’d go with Jason Benetti (White Sox) as my television play voice and pair him with Keith Hernandez (Mets) and Ron Darling (Mets) as my analysts. I’ll cheat a little and use Gary Cohen (Mets) or Jon Miller (Giants) — who both do TV — as my radio play-by-play callers.
With ratings holding strong for the Women’s College World Series, do you think ratings will grow for professional softball and exceed the WNBA? — Peter C.
The WCWS title series already tops the WNBA in viewership. The 2023 Women’s College World Series championship series, which saw Oklahoma defeat…
