For those wondering why a robust budget is so important to good CGI, look no further than TBS' in-game spot for "House of the Dragon" during Game 1 of the Guardians-Yankees ALDS Tuesday.A portent of things to come for Game 2 of the series, Willie Wilson Jersey Bob Costas said during the game there was fear Game 1 could be postponed before cutting aware to Lauren Shehadi. Shehadi then gave a brief promo on how the game was almost cancelled because a dragon was flying over Yankee Stadium and awkwardly segued into how "House of the Dragon" is streaming on HBO Max.Like nearly all in-game commercials, it wasn't pretty, and it was immediately panned.Bob Costas: "Now, you know, big sellout crowd here, but we weren't 100% sure this game was gonna be played tonight. And for more, it's shocking. Here's Lauren Shehadi.. Raul Mondesi Jersey ."*'House of the Dragon' promo with CGI dragon flying over Yankee Stadium* Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) For anyone wondering how announcers feel about these in-game cutaways, take solace in knowing Costas was no fan of launching into the commercial.MORE:Heres whats changed just from a production standpoint theres a lot more stuff, Costas said during an appearance on Cleveland radio, . The commercial imperatives are such that theres more drop-ins during games including a dragon swooping into Yankee Stadium in simulated form in Game Martin Maldonado Jersey 1. And I didnt even know what it was.They hand me this card and Im like What the hell Justin Grimm Jersey is this?Costas then praised Shehadi while ridiculing the nature of the "report."I read it in as detached a form as I could, and then I see it with poor Lauren Shehadi, who is just a wonderful person who does a great job on the MLB Network and for TBS," Costas said. "And shes gotta do this thing some simulated report. Now I gotta think, how do I distance myself from this without totally trashing it? So I said something which I hope that reasonable people understood was kinda like me rolling my eyes at the Blaine Boyer Jersey whole thing.In the moment, Costas said he felt like Orson Welles, who wrote . "Maybe we're actually frightening some gullible people... do not be alarmed, folks."Costas hasn't donemuch baseball announcing this season, but he's on for the entirety of the Guardians-Yankees TBS series. He then talked about the current production environment in announcing while bringing in one of the best announcers ever.If Vin Scully, the greatest of the great, was doing network baseball today, he couldnt really be Vin Scully, Costas said. On those Dodger games, they got out of his way, which was the smartest thing to do, and they let him be Vin Scully."Costas will be calling the rest of the ALDS, and we'll see if any other viral spots are in store. If they are, Costas might outright refuse to read them based on his Kansas City Royals Jersey reaction to this one.