Episode
Brockmire: Favorable Matchup
Overview
The year is 2030 and the world is in chaos, but at least Jim is broadcasting his favorite sport and has the love of his daughter. He then learns baseball is worse off than he thought and his daughter is moving to New York for college.
Details
- Series
- Brockmire
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2020-03-18
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Favorable Matchup is Episode 1 in Season 4 of Brockmire. It aired on 2020-03-18. The runtime is 23 min.
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