No McCarthy on tonight's MLB Network national broadcast

FROM KEITH GROLLER

Former Phillies reliever Mitch Williams arrived here at Coca-Cola Park around 1:30 this afternoon, but said Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy will not be doing the game with him on the MLB Network.

McCarthy's 12-year-old son, Tommy, suffered a torn tendon in his elbow at a little league baseball game on Tuesday night and was undergoing surgery today. So, McCarthy will be replaced on the national broadcast by IronPigs TV/radio announcer Matt Provence.

McCarthy, who, of course, is the main TV voice for the Phillies, was looking forward to doing the broadcast before resuming his Phillies schedule.

And he was looking forward to working with Williams, who has carved a niche as a studio analyst on the MLB Network.

"This is my first time in this stadium and it's a nice ballpark and it should be fun," Williams said between chews of tobacco. "I'm looking forward to this. It's an opportunity to see the guys who are coming up and hopefully we'll get to see a lot of them at the big-league level.

"I'm busy learning about the guys now, reading through what they've done, where they have been in their careers. Then it's basically a watch-and-react type deal during the game. I'm coming in here pretty blind and we'll see where it goes."

Williams said he did five or six games for the MLB Network and said he enjoyed the opportunity to get outside the studio and into the ballpark.

Source: http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/