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With the World Series wrapping up later tonight, it's worth exploring a little behind the scenes magic. My dad found this interesting nugget, and I'm sharing it with you fine folks.
From the Stadium to your Stereo: Baseball's Biggest Sounds
It's just under four and a half minutes, and worth a listen.
A tidbit: each Fox broadcast uses more than 80 microphones around the stadium, including bullpen mikes, crowd mikes, and base mikes (microphones hidden inside the bases!). There are also three large parabolic dish microphones set up around home plate intended to catch what the umpire, catcher, batter and even the pitcher are saying.