Tom Hart

The harder you try to work at play-by-play, if you don't know what you're doing, the worse off you're going to be.

It's going to be unnatural.

You're going to get tied up in knots.

So just kind of let it go.

Man, I...

I still make a lot of mistakes, but I made so many mistakes when I first started out that I was lucky in that my first job was calling minor league baseball.

And I could have a horrible game on Tuesday.

And to your point, you hear it, you feel it.

Once you get really good at it, you know it.

When you screw up and once you get really good at it, you have this internal filter that keeps you from mispronouncing that name or I better get this right.

Or, you know what, I'm not even I'm just gonna call him Bam, because I did that.

So.

The beauty of it is if you do it regularly, you can sand down the imperfections.

How family-friendly is this broadcast?

Can I share one of my biggest mistakes?

It's not a bad word, but when you put two words together, then it can be bad.

Okay, interesting.

So be ready for this one, Billy.

I was calling minor league baseball and it was my first night and it was a doubleheader in Charleston, South Carolina.

And my boss at the time loved the restaurants in Charleston.