Many years ago, on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show, there was a guest (it might have been Joe Garagiola) who was discussing various sportscasters and mentioned a then well-known baseball play-by-play announcer with a reputation for being unflappable; the guest posited a scenario that might occur if a major emergency occurred during a game called by that announcer:
"...Bottom of the fourth... Jones at bat...He's been pretty quiet batting lately, maybe a slump... I've just been handed a news flash, windup, pitch, ball one...the Pentagon is reporting a radar contact on the Early Warniig System, Jones steps out of the box... NORAD says a large number of Soviet ICBMs have been tracked on route to the USA, Jones looks at a pitch, strike one... this inning is brought to you by Bud Beer, Milwaukee's finest... NORAD estimates the missiles will impact in 45 minutes, Jones hits a foul down the first base line, strike two... Hope we can get through the fifth-inning and save the win for the home team..."...
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