Cika wannan jumla:
1984 NLCS jadawalin (wanda yana da wani kashe rana bayan Game 3 maimakon Game 2) yarda da ABC a yi prime lokaci wasan kowane weeknight ko da yake Chicago ta Wrigley Field ba su da hasken wuta a lokacin (wanda ya kasance da yanayin har shekaru hudu daga baya). ABC ta yi amfani da Tim McCarver a matsayin mai ba da rahoto a lokacin 1984 NLCS. A lokacin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, McCarver ya haɗu da Don Drysdale (wanda ya haɗu da Earl Weaver da Reggie Jackson don 1984 NLCS) a wasannin tallafi yayin da Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, da Earl Weaver / Howard Cosell suka kafa ƙungiyar watsa shirye-shiryen ABC. Don ɗaukar hoto na ABC na 1984 All-Star Game, Jim Palmer kawai ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi tsakanin innings.