On Sunday MASN's F.P. Santangelo made an impressive one-handed catch of a Xavier Nady foul ball into the MASN booth at Fenway. Oh! Speaking of MASN, here's the Washington Post's Thomas Boswell on the MASN-Angelos-Nats deal:
Just as the Nats’ profile is skyrocketing, the argument between the Nationals and Peter Angelos’s MASN network over the value of Washington’s cable TV rights has met yet another delay. The sport’s revenue fairness committee has delayed giving its opinion of the fair market value of the Nats’ TV rights until July 1.
Talk about luck. The longer the haggling, the more likely the value of the Nats rights will jump. The 2012 payment is $29 million. The reset figure the Nats seek is $108 million per year for five seasons. Nats to MASN: Keep stalling, the price goes up.
(via Washington Post, 6/10/2012)
But back to F.P. -- here's the video of his catch (and a few screencaps -- via MASN):
I gotta say I think FP has really upped his game as a color guy - He's great to listen to on a regular basis.
Posted by: Adam | June 11, 2012 at 11:03 AM
The night before he'd been teasing Bob about how Bob and the other broadcasters were flinching whenever a foul ball got too close to the booth.... so it was karma that he caught one.
I really enjoy listening to FP. He's a definite asset to the broadcast booth.
Posted by: DCGirl | June 11, 2012 at 08:55 PM
Good catch and great job announcing/commenting on the Nats games this year. As far as Jayson Werth is concerned SOME stupid fans (who were wearing Phillies stuff) said some very mean and stupid things when he got hurt. However, I was in the crowd when he returned on 2 August and I am a Phillies Phan who was sitting with many other Phillies Phans and none of us booed; in fact some of us cheered when Jayson came to bat. If the Phils can't win this year, I wish the Nats the best and will root for them the rest of the way out, Jayson Werth included.
Posted by: Anthony V. Fasolo | August 05, 2012 at 03:27 PM