In 2007, Joe Buck was only scheduled to call eight regular season MLB games out of a 26-game schedule for Fox (along with a handful of regional St. Louis Cardinals telecasts on FSN Midwest). In an interview with Richard Sandomir of "The New York Times", Buck defended his reduced baseball commitment: In 2008, Buck drew criticism for comments he made during an appearance on ESPN Radio's "The Herd with Colin Cowherd", in which he admitted to spending "barely any" time following sporting events he does not broadcast, and facetiously claimed that he preferred watching "The Bachelorette" instead.