Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva pfupi World Series ya1985 isati yatanga, ABC yakabvisa Howard Cosell pamabasa ake okushambadza akarongwa sechirango nokuda kwebhuku rake rine nharo rinonzi "I Never Played the Game". Panzvimbo yaCosell akauya Tim McCarver (achibatanidza kutamba-ne-kutamba murume Michaels uye mumwe mutambi wemuvara Jim Palmer), uyo akanga achitanga rwendo rwake rwekuve chikamu chezvinhu zvakawanda zveWorld Series telecasts. Zvinonzi, pakazosvika 1985, Cosell aionekwa seakaoma kushanda naye panhepfenyuro dzebaseball. Sezviri pachena, Cosell naMichaels vakapinda mukukakavadzana kunopisa zvikuru pashure pokugumisa nhau yavo ye
1984 American League Championship Series nemhaka yechinonzi kudhakwa kwaCosell pakati pezvimwe zvinetso. Runyerekupe rwunoti Michaels akatoendesa mberi kusvika pakukurudzira vatungamiriri veABC kuti vabvise Cosell pachigaro. Pakupedzisira, Michaels akabudisa pachena zvinetso zvake naCosell. Michaels akataura kuti "Howard akanga ava munhu ane utsinye, akaipa, ane utsinye".