Peter Sagal

We can't have all this dead air.

And I was 100% certain that the next morning I'd be on a flight back to Syracuse.

But the station manager took pity on me and said, don't ever let this happen again.

So I certainly will try not to.

I'm a baseball fan, not on your level, but I've been watching a lot of you over the decades broadcast baseball.

And I remember vividly your reaction the first year they had the wild card in the playoffs in baseball.

Oh, yeah.

So you're against that.

You're also against the designated hitter.

Now there are six wild card teams every year, and everybody has a designated hitter.

What is it like to be that influential?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, it's just another small indication of the general decline of Western civilization.

Let me ask you this.

Over the years, obviously not just baseball, NFL games, NBA games, horse races, and the Olympics, of course, for many, many years on NBC.

So out of all those things, can you tell me what the weirdest or most unusual sport is you've ever had to broadcast and comment on?

Well, I didn't do play-by-play as the host of the Olympics, but you're commenting on and showing highlights of almost everything.

Curling in the Winter Olympics.

You know, think about getting a gold medal, an Olympic gold medal, for an activity in which you can drink beer while doing it.