Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1985, ABC ta sanar da cewa za a buga kowane wasa na Wasannin Duniya a ƙarƙashin fitilu don mafi yawan masu sauraron wasan ƙwallon baseball. Kafin fara gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1985, ABC ta cire Howard Cosell daga ayyukan sanarwar da aka tsara a matsayin horo ga littafinsa mai rikitarwa "Ban taɓa yin wasan ba". A wurin Cosell ya zo Tim McCarver (haɗuwa da wasa-by-play man Michaels da kuma abokin wasan kwaikwayo mai launi Jim Palmer), wanda ya fara tafiya ta zama wani ɓangare na telecasts na World Series. An bayar da rahoton cewa, ta hanyar, Cosell an dauke shi da wuya a yi aiki tare da shi a kan watsa shirye-shiryen baseball. A bayyane yake, Cosell da Michaels sun shiga cikin gardama mai tsanani bayan kammalawar rahoton su na
1984 American League Championship Series saboda zargin da ake zargin Cosell ya bugu da wasu matsaloli. Ana ta rade-radin cewa Michaels ya je har ya bukaci shugabannin kamfanin ABC da su cire Cosell daga rumfar. A ƙarshe, Michaels ya fito fili da matsalolinsa da Cosell. Michaels ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Howard ya zama mai zalunci, mugunta, mugun mutum".