Even if you're a fairly enthusiastic sports fan — someone who can identify sportscasters Jim Nantz or Joe Buck by tenor and intonation alone — you may very well have never heard the name Doc Emrick.
It was just before Thanksgiving that Mike "Doc" Emrick was enjoying coffee at a Tim Hortons in Port Huron, Mich., when his phone rang. On the line was NBC Sports and MLB Network broadcaster Bob Costas ...