Inside the Game, Bob Costas, MLB Network, segment one of four

We catch up with Bob Costas here on flexxCOACH's "Inside the Game". 

Bob discusses his early days of playing sports as a kid in New York. Just having fun with his friends. He was cut from his high school teams but knew his future was in broadcasting. 

He tells of how he would listen to Red Barber, Mel Allen, and Phil Rizzuto called the games for the Yankees. Vin Scully would call the games for the Dodgers, Marty Glickman was the voice of the New York Giants. One voice really caught his attention, Marv Albert was the voice of the New York Knicks and he was only 27 years old. Bob thought wow he is so young and has this amazing job. 

Bob wound up at Syracuse because of the broadcasting department and in his senior year became the voice of the Syracuse Blazers in the EHL. The same league that the movie "Slap Shot" was based off of. Bob has great stories of starting out as the radio play by play voice of the team. He tells the story of Bill "Harpo" Goldthorpe on the team bus with him. 

It is a great listen to the beginnings of Bob's career.