During the Royals' last home stand I reported a feature that will be appearing sometime this month about Fox Sports Kansas City's baseball coverage. So I got a chance to talk a bit with Jamie Quirk, the new cohost of the "Royals Live" pregame and postgame shows. Quirk was a 1972 first-round draft pick of the Royals (he played rookie ball in my hometown of Billings) and, before his current employment, was coach for the Colorado Rockies, which has come in handy doing armchair analysis of the Royals games.
Something odd struck me about those first "Royals Lives" this season: Quirk wasn't looking at the cameras when he spoke. That was something I thought they taught you in Sports Hosting 101. Turns out, "Royals Live" is his first regular TV gig! You'd think he'd have done this before, but no.
Well, Quirk learned the ropes quickly enough, and as you can see above, is wasting no time expanding his broadcasting empire. He popped up on last night's "Batting Practice" on MLB Network. FSKC confirmed to me today that it is his first appearance on MLB Net.
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