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That reminds me of the anecdote of UK radio coverage of a cricket match in Australia in the early 1900's, the broadcasters were reading a transcript (telegraphe
by netsharc 2y ago
That reminds me of the anecdote of UK radio coverage of a cricket match in Australia in the early 1900's, the broadcasters were reading a transcript (telegraphed?) and hitting the table with pencil to simulate the bat hitting the ball.
- gcanyon 2y agoRonald Reagan used to tell a story like this from his sportscasting days. In particular he mentioned one time the wire system was delayed, and the only way to keep the "game" going without possibly affecting the outcome wrongly was to have the batter continuously foul-tip the ball, and that time in particular "you've never heard of a player executing so many foul tips in a row"
- jamesfinlayson 2y agoCame here to say this exactly! I remember hearing this story from someone born in the 1930s.