Article: Rockies to break tradition by putting Gayle Gardner in broadcast booth. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspaper)

The best thing about expansion baseball teams is not that they provide the San Diego Padres with a player-dumping ground, or that their presence reduces the number of times the Giants have to play the Dodgers. 
No, the best thing about expansion teams is that they're willing to try different things. They don't feel compelled to abide by the strict code of the old-boy network. 
The Colorado Rockies already showed this attitude by naming Don Baylor manager. And they will break tradition again tonight in Cincinnati when Gayle Gardner does play-by-play and analysis with Duane Kuiper on a Rockies television broadcast. 
``I think we have the ability to take more of a risk ...

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