What tools do play-by-play sports announcers have to help them identify players on the field when it’s sometimes so hard to see even on a giant screen?
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Well, announcers for football and basketball, and some nationally televised hockey games don’t know the teams as well as say, baseball anouncers do their team. So they have a comprehensive list of players, by jersey number, with a phonetically spelled name. And another stack of papers with the players bio and facts on them. They also spend the week talking with the teams, doing interviews with Key players and coaches. It’s their full time job! As far as how they see the players and recognize them, it’s the numbers on their jerseys, just like you or I would. That and they have a team of lookouts, directors and fact checkers correcting and prompting them in their ear peices. With that said, they still sometimes make a mistake.
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