Jordan reminds me a little of McElroy: he doesn't hit it as far; but, they're, both, so Damned good. Also, both of them have just enough Bull Durham: "You've gotta' play them one day at a time," to keep the reporters at bay.
Nantz falls into his script at any opportunity: "...and, now, in a great country such as this, where a small town boy can make good...": Horatio Alger, Roy Firestone's lampooning himself in "Jerry McGuire": "...your brother lost his leg in a tragic bass-fishing accident..."
Nantz knows how to flog the corporate sponsors, and, obviously, that's what the telecast is, really, about; but the wires are showing: I'd rather listen to Robert Stack, or Lloyd Bridges do the narration, like they acted in the movie: "Airplane!": at least they had a sense of humor about themselves: Nantz sounds like he's hooked on "The Great Gatsby," by way of prep school