Kammala wannan jumla: McCarver ya kira World Series na farko a cikin ABC a matsayin maye gurbin minti na karshe ga Howard Cosell. An cire Cosell daga watsa shirye-shiryen gaba ɗaya bayan bayanan daga littafinsa mai rikitarwa "Ban taɓa Yin Wasan ba" (wanda ya soki abokan aikin Cosell a ABC Sports) ya bayyana a cikin "Jagorar TV". Wataƙila aikin McCarver mafi mahimmanci ga ABC kafin 1985 World Series ya kasance a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na filin wasa don
Gasar Gasar Gasar Kasa ta 1984.