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New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Athletics broadcaster Chris Caray completely botches home run call
Baseballs aren't always the easiest to track during the daytime. But the Athletics' play-by-play announcer Chris Caray had a doozy on Saturday. Caray, a fourth-generation broadcaster who's the great-grandson of Harry Caray, badly misjudged a Lawrence Butler ninth-inning, three-run home run to right-center field, stunningly calling it foul before realizing it was gone. Advertisement 4 Lawrence Butler hits a three-run home run during the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on July 26, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Getty Images 4 A view of where Lawrence Butler's home run landed. X/NBC Sports California The home run, which was hit nowhere near the foul pole, put the A's up 5-1, which was the eventual final score against the Astros at Daikin Park. Advertisement Caray, 25, initially declared, 'High in the air deep to right… That ball is foul… or gone,' as Butler smashed the critical three-run homer. The A's official account even tweeted the clip before deleting it under pressure from online ridicule and reposting the radio call instead. Caray owned up to the blunder on X after the game. Advertisement 'Totally lost it in the lights,' he said. 'No excuses. Unfair to Butler and our fans that I messed it up as badly as I did. This is completely and totally on me. Wish I could have it back but that's baseball. I apologize and will be better tomorrow.' 4 Lawrence Butler reacts after hitting a three-run home run during the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on July 26, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Getty Images He added humor in a second tweet. 'I'm fortunate,' he insisted. 'Part of this job is recognizing that people can celebrate your highs, but absolutely have the right to critique your mistakes. This is part of the gig. I appreciate everyone holding me accountable and some of the great jokes. I love baseball, and I know you do too.' Advertisement Former MLB pitcher and current broadcaster Dallas Braden had some fun with the call, which Caray retweeted. 4 Chris Caray X/Dallas Braden Caray's father, Chip, is currently the TV voice of the Cardinals after a long run calling Braves games. His grandfather, Skip, was the longtime voice of the Braves. And the bespectacled Harry, the beloved voice of the Cardinals and Cubs, is a Baseball Hall of Fame Ford Frick Award winner. Despite the embarrassment, the call followed a solid game for the Athletics. Butler now has 15 home runs, hitting .238/.310/.420 with 17 steals and 44 RBIs this season. The A's are in last place in the AL West but were on the verge of sweeping the first-place Astros on Sunday in the finale of a four-game set.
Time of India
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Chip Caray avoids suspension after anti-gay slur during Cardinals' live Pride promo termed as ‘clear accident'
Chip Caray (Image Source: Getty) During the latest Saturday live broadcast from the St. Louis Cardinals versus the Cincinnati Reds, veteran Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray went on air to read a promo for Disability Pride Night and shocked viewers by sounding off an anti-gay slur. It delivered its biggest punch during the fourth inning on Bally Sports Midwest, then let 31 seconds of mostly dead air simmer in between, leaving fans and viewers to scramble for clarity and reassurance. Silence and aftermath as error unfolds Caray was reading a scripted promo for the Cardinals' Disability Pride Night, which is July 10. Among the giveaways at the event is a custom team hat will be and will incorporate the Disability Pride flag and braille lettering. But today, when he drifted into the word flag, he told Caray that it sounded as though he were inadvertently uttering a homophobic slur, which was a slip of the tongue, it seemed. Silence, long and uncomfortable, followed the slip. Caray, along with his partner commentator, Brad Thompson, went silent for more than 30 seconds in the broadcast booth. Eventually, Thompson returned to the play-by-play to try to push the broadcast along, breaking the tension. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Our one of a kind Patented Cold Water Extraction Process Superior Ginseng Undo Also Read: MLB report exposes Cardinals manager Oli Marmol as least respected and the internet went wild Footage of the incident rapidly circulated on social media, with viewers claiming to be divided about whether the error was made on purpose or a mis-speech. Fans rushed to Caray's defense, arguing that the flub was an accident, not a deliberate slur. Many Reddit users called it a 'clear accident," while others noted how cringe the moment of silence that followed was. No suspension for veteran broadcaster Those comments, alarming as they are, won't cost Caray his job or even a suspension at the hands of the Cardinals or the radio broadcast network. A Cardinals spokesman later said the error was simply a mistake and there was no intent to portray it that way. Also, the network had Caray's back, which means live reads are open to human error, and especially error under pressure. The incident brought natural comparisons to a much worse event in 2020 when Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was caught on a hot mic using the same slur, which ended Brennaman's career. Caray, however, is receiving a softer response than Brennaman, given the context and his stopping himself mid-sentence. Chip Caray, who is the grandson of Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Caray and the son of Skip Caray, has been the Cardinals' lead TV voice since 2023. Many consider this moment a blip on his broadcasting resume, though, given his professionalism and sports pedigree. Follow all the live updates, scores, and highlights from the India vs England Test match here . Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
New York Post
22-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Cardinals announcer makes unfortunate on-air slip-up during promo read
Cardinals announcer Chip Caray had perhaps the worst kind of slip-up a broadcaster could have. Midway through the top of the fourth inning of Saturday's matchup between the Cardinals and Reds, Caray, the play-by-play man on the FanDuel Sports Network, accidentally said a homophobic slur while doing an ad read. The St. Louis announcer was reading a promo for the team's upcoming Disability Pride Night, which takes place on July 10 against the Nationals, and fans will take home a Cardinals cap featuring the Disability Pride flag and braille lettering of the team name. Warning: explicit content While reading the ad, Caray unintentionally said the slur while trying to say a different word for the promo. What happened next, however, made the blunder even more awkward. Thirty-one seconds of dead silence in the broadcasting booth followed Caray's slip-up before commentator Brad Thompson finally broke it to comment on a pitch that was called a ball. Television broadcaster Chip Caray on the field before the start of MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 18, 2015 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Getty Images Front Office Sports reported, citing sources, that Caray will not be suspended and that he made an 'honest' mistake. A Cardinals spokesperson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that what Caray said was 'unintentional.' Caray, who has been announcing since 1987, started doing play-by-play for the Cardinals in 2023, with his grandfather, Harry, calling games for St. Louis for over 20 years. Caray's father, Skip, was a longtime baseball broadcaster, most known for calling Braves games until his death in 2008. Last season, Caray teamed up with Joe Buck to announce a Cardinals-Rangers game, with the ESPN voice having nothing but praise for the 60-year-old. Broadcaster Chris Caray of the Oakland Athletics with his father Chip Caray in the press box before the game between the Athletics and Cardinals at the Oakland Coliseum on April 16, 2024 in Oakland, California. Getty Images 'Broadcasters get real territorial and Chip was the opposite of that,' Buck said during an appearance on on 'Total Information A.M.' then. 'He flung the doors open. My wife, my little boys, everybody was welcomed and he does not need to be that way.' 'He's a rarity in this business. I like to think I'm the same way, and I know my dad (Jack Buck) was, but those little things go a long way. To know he's there to root for me tonight, I'm there rooting for him and we're there to have a good time together, it makes all the difference in the world. 'It was not that way when I started when I was ironically filling in one time and working with Ken Wilson and I think there was a little bit of friction there.'
New York Post
05-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Fan's wild dive for foul ball a lone highlight for dreadful Athletics
Sometimes the best moments of a game do not happen on the field. That is precisely what occurred in the Athletics' game Wednesday night. In the bottom of the sixth inning, a foul ball was hit just above the safety netting at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, on the path to land right on top of one of the dugouts. Advertisement That is when it was one fan's time to shine. One fan at Wednesday's A's-Twins game went all-out for a foul ball. Without hesitation, she dove on top of the dugout, trying to secure the souvenir. Advertisement While she initially could not come up with it, the woman still got the ball in the end. NBC Sports California announcer Chris Caray had a hunch that this wasn't the first time she dove like that. 'She has to be a former volleyball player,' Caray said. '[The dive], it's like a pancake when you are trying to dig out the ball.' Advertisement The woman might have been the only Athletics fan going home happy, as they lost to the Twins, 6-1, and watched their losing streak extend to nine games. During the skid, the Athletics have let up double-digit runs five times. Not only did this fan come away with the foul, but she got the picture to prove it. Advertisement This poor run of form is nothing new. The A's only won a total of seven games in May and sit at the bottom of the AL West with just 23 wins. Maybe this heroic dive by the fan can spark the Athletics to break their winless skid.
