 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Gary Bender ṣe ere-iṣere fun 1988 American League Championship Series : àárín 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 igbohunsafefe pẹlu Tim McCarver ni 1987 ati Joe Morgan ni 1988 bakanna bi oniroyin aaye fun ABCs 1987 World Series agbegbe. Lẹyìn tí Bender lo gbogbo ìgbà ẹẹrùn láti ṣe àwùjọ kan pẹlú Joe Morgan, ABC mú Reggie Jackson wá láti ṣiṣẹ pẹlú àwùjọ méjì náà fún ALCS 1988. Gegebi iwe itan ara ẹni ti Bender Ipe ti Ere awọn oju-iwe 118-120, ipinnu ABC lati mu Jackson ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Bender ati Morgan fa awọn iṣoro: 