Finally.....

For most of the game tonight, we were a half a beat slow.

Believe me, there is nothing more frustrating for a television sports TV crew than being "a half a beat slow".

Nothing is succinct.

Nothing is tight.

There is a terrible flow to the show.

During game/telecasts like tonight's, it does not matter if we slow down the speed of the telecast or we speed it up.

I don't believe this type of telecast was caused by the 4 day all-star game break.

Obviously the crew can't give in and give up.

You have to keep plugging away and not get too frustrated. I was going to say keep plugging away and not get frustrated but that would be impossible because there is a certain amount of frustration when the telecast is "a half a beat slow".

So the crew can't get TOO frustrated.

I tied slowing down my cut......didn't work.

I tried really slowing down my cut....still didn't work.

Finally in the top of the 8th inning (and I don't know why) we started clicking. We were no longer "a half a beat slow".

And it was just in the nick of time as Albert Pujols hit a 96 mile and hour fastball from flame thrower Aroldis Chapman for a 2-run homerun and a 5 - 4 lead.

Then, in the bottom of the 9th inning Brandon Phillips hit a 2-run walk-off homerun to win it for the Reds.

We were a half a beat slow for most of the show but we finally clicked.

Just in the nick of time.

Finally.