Marchand Sports Media A legendary World Series producer says goodbye
In the 40-minute podcast, legendary Fox Sports’ World Series producer Pete Macheska discusses his 22-year run on the Fall Classic. Macheska — who is retiring from MLB, but not the NFL — tells tremendous stories about John Madden, Tim McCarver, Joe Buck and more, while explaining what it takes to produce at the highest level.
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The Rundown ….
* Working under John Madden with Lance Barrow, Mike Arnold, Michael Frank, Richie Zyontz and Rich Russo
* How broadcast assistants did everything back when he started at CBS, including booking the right hotel room for Madden
* Madden tested Macheska with a crazy Sean Landeta punting question
* How Ed Goren brought Macheska over from CBS to Fox
* Macheska’s modest answer about becoming a legendary producer
* How he loved being a runner, starting at ABC, making $35 a day
* How Macheska got his first big break …
* How David Hill came up with the idea for Macheska to do both MLB and NFL
* Why he was “crazy” not to take top MLB producer job
* Macheska explains what the job of producing entails
* Macheska does his Tim McCarver impersonation and what conversations were like with him
* How a producer’s job is to know what not to do
* How in 2015, Macheska had to make a decision on life and death during the World Series and how he communicated with the Royals’ Mike Swanson about it
* Remembering the Red Sox 2003 comeback against the Yankees
* The McCarver-Jim Leyland confrontation
* Why patience is important as a producer
* How a Bryce Harper postseason moment worked so well
* What was Macheska’s reaction when Joe Buck left Fox for ESPN
* What is Kevin Burkhardt like to work with
* How it takes a whole team to put a broadcast together, not just the booth or a producer
* How producing the World Series different than June … or is it
* Why success starts with Macheska’s Fox Sports bosses
* Why Macheska is giving up MLB, but not the NFL, after this October
* Why he thinks Fox will be just fine on MLB after him
* The Joe Buck scouting report on the Macheska Main Event
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