They were reviewing baseball birthdays from yesterday, and one of them noted, "Pete Rose and Greg Maddux the most prominent people born on that day..." and then realized he needed a qualifier and added "... at least among the baseball figures listed there." That clearly triggered a production assistant to search for people outside of baseball more prominent than Pete Rose, because a few beats later the broadcaster added, "It's RITCHIE BLACKMORE's birthday, for all you rockers out there. Great guitarist for Deep Purple, and I hope he's having a fine birthday wherever he is." I needed to pay for an MLB.tv upgrade to get the Met booth, and I didn't, so I worked with what I had. The D-Back booth was stronger than I remember it. I used to be able to rely on them being the drunkest most obnoxious bunch of louts. Working with the sound down and Howie and Josh two-three pitches ahead of the picture just wasn't happening. But Howie would have been proud of a Ritchie Blackmore shoutout.