 Pari gbolohun yii: Bi a ti sọ tẹlẹ, Bender ṣe ere-iṣere fun awọn : 1988 American League Championship Series láàrin àwọn Oakland Athletics àti Boston Red Sox. Bender lo odun meji 1987-1988 gege bi  2 baseball play-by-play okunrin fun ABC sile Al Michaels. Bender ṣiṣẹ awọn afẹyinti Monday Night Baseball awọn igbohunsafefe pẹlu Tim McCarver ni 1987 ati Joe Morgan ni 1988 bakanna bi akọroyin aaye  oludamoran lẹhin ere fun ABCs 1987 World Series agbegbe. 