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Phil Rosenthal: When the Cubs and Cardinals play in London next year, leave the US announcers at home

When the Cubs and Cardinals travel to the United Kingdom next year to play at London Stadium, here's a suggestion: Leave the regular U.S. TV announcers at home.

Make the games really stand out for viewers with something completely different. Give them the same accounts and descriptions British viewers are getting.

Until you hear clips from last weekend's Yankees-Red Sox games in London with the call by BT Sport's Darren Fletcher - a British soccer announcer who should not be confused with the former major-league

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