7.023 minSeason 4 • Episode 8
LatestArtificial intelligence threatens to take steps in its pursuit to rule the world and attempts to take over baseball. Jim and Jules must decide if they want to embolden this emerging society ruled by machines or stay with the failing status quo.
A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.
Acting
Hank Azaria's vocal gymnastics are genuinely unhinged
Writing
Baseball metaphors for emotional damage hit weirdly hard
Production
Fake sports broadcasts feel uncomfortably authentic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hank Azaria based Brockmire's voice on legendary announcer Bob Costas after hearing him call a game while apparently drunk.
The show predicted the minor league contraction crisis years before MLB actually axed 40 teams in 2020.
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