Suzyn gently corrects Sterling
THERE is a kindness to Suzyn Waldman in deference to her 82year-old partner, John Sterling, that’s now often gently heard on Yankees radio broadcasts.
For example, Wednesday, a wild pitch beat catcher Kyle Higashioka, but Sterling said it eluded Gary Sanchez, who was the DH.
Waldman could have corrected him — she could several times per game for the past 20 years — but instead recapped the play, adding Higashioka in place of Sanchez for clarity and accuracy.
Tim McCarver did likewise to spare Ralph Kiner in his old age. Waldman should know it’s appreciated by those who get it.
➤ Between CBS and ESPN, a lot of dubious things, often in the form of unneeded filler, were spoken throughout the Masters.
When Marc Leishman suddenly was one back, we were told he was playing “under the radar.” Whose radar? That was another way of saying that CBS hadn’t much bothered to pay him much attention.
But the most ridiculous was heard Sunday, when Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo, as winner Hideki Matsuyama played the 18th. The CBS duo claimed that Matsuyama’s win will “grow the sport in Japan.” Japan has been golf crazy since the 1960s.
➤ NBA In Denial Games of the Week: Jazz 112, Blazers 103 — 90 3-pointers taken, 25 made (27 percent).
Tuesday, another give-and-stay, Suns 106, Heat 86, 86 3-pointers, shot at 25 percent. There were 81 taken in Bucks-Timberwolves.
You wanna call this pro basketball at its highest level? Knock yourself out.
➤ That facts-free smear job CBS’ “60 Minutes” pulled on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was par for a long course.
Years ago, “60 Minutes” presented a report on the ugly, anything-for-money ways and means of International Olympic Committee bossman Juan Antonio Samaranch, an unrepentant World War II fascist diplomat who preferred to be called “Your Excellency.”
There was nothing new to report, Samaranch operated with immunity and impunity from acts including bestowing medals and other honorifics on murderous dictators who delivered piles of cash, but the timing was conspicuously suspicious:
CBS had just lost Olympic rights to NBC.