When assessing ABC's coverage of the 1988 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets, the "Chicago Tribune"s Steve Nidetz praised their camera work. Nidetz in particular, gave credit to producer Curt Gowdy Jr., who was responsible for calling all the shots for ABC's NLCS coverage. Instead of subjecting viewers to long-range angles of baseballs floating into the air, ABC had closeups everywhere, from the dugout to the field to the stands. In contrast, ABC's production of the 1988 ALCS between the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox under director Steve Danz, cameramen kept missing plays and according to Jim Sarni of the "South Florida Sun-Sentinel", seemed to be preoccupied showing the Harvard rowing crew on the Charles.