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New York Post
4 days ago
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- 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.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Lawrence Butler goes off second deck to give Athletics insurance vs. Astros
Athletics' outfielder Lawrence Butler hits a 3-run homer in the top of the sixth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Saturday night. Lawrence Butler goes off second deck to give Athletics insurance vs. Astros originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Lawrence Butler details impact at plate, in field after Athletics' win vs Astros
On "A's Cast," Chris Townsend and Shooty Babitt break down the turning point in the Athletics' win over the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Saturday. Lawrence Butler details impact at plate, in field after Athletics' win vs Astros originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Lawrence Butler's HR leads to supremely awkward moment on A's broadcast
Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler knew he had a homer as soon as the ball left the bat. A's play-by-play announcer Chris Caray was less sure, to a startling degree. Butler's home run in the ninth inning of a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday turned into one of the most awkward moments on any MLB broadcast this season when Caray flatly called the knock a foul ball, then corrected himself seconds later. It got worse when A's color commentator Dallas Braden started gushing about how much Butler crushed the ball. It wasn't even like Caray lost the ball down the line, as it was perhaps 100 feet from the right-field foul pole. The call: Caray: "High in the air, deep to right. That ball is... foul. [Silence] Or gone." Braden: "That ball was absolutely launched. Law Dog posing 'em up at the dish. He knew it off the bat, it was just a matter of how far. He knew he got it and the reaction from Cam Smith, I think, tells the story of just how far this ball went." Caray explained what happened after the game, posting on social media that he lost the ball in the Daikin Park lights and apologizing both Butler and the fans. The fourth generation of the Caray broadcasting dynasty, Chris is the son of St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray, the grandson of former Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray and the grandson of the legendary Harry Caray. He is in his second season as play-by-play announcer for the A's at NBC Sports Bay Area, following the team in its move from Oakland. Before that, he graduated from Georgia in 2022 and worked as a broadcaster for the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles and the Arizona Fall Leeague.
CBS News
4 days ago
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- CBS News
Langeliers, Butler homer to help the A's win 3rd straight, 5-1 over the Astros
Shea Langeliers and Lawrence Butler homered, Nick Kurtz followed his historic four-homer game with two hits and the Athletics won their third straight game, beating the Houston Astros 5-1 on Saturday night. A night after becoming the first major league rookie to hit four home runs in a game, Kurtz went 2 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. He's batting .549 during the streak. Langeliers led off the sixth inning by sending Bennett Sousa's 3-2 fastball into the Crawford Boxes in lerft for his 16th home run of the season and a 2-0 lead. With two on and two out and the A's clinging to a 2-1 in the ninth, Butler launched a 1-2 fastball from Hector Neris 409 feet to right for his 15th home run. The Athletics limited the Astros to four hits. Jacob Lopez went the first 4 1/3 innings without allowing a run. After Justin Sterner allowed a run in 1 2/3 innings, Sean Newcomb (3-5) struck out four while facing the minimum in the seventh and eighth. Mason Miller finished the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Astros All-Star Hunter Brown (9-5) allowed one run on four hits over five innings, lowering his ERA to 2.54, but he failed to pitch into the sixth inning for the third straight. Butler three-run homer in the ninth increased the A's lead to four runs. Key stat Houston's opponents have scored first in a franchise-record 17 straight games. Houston LHP Colton Gordon (4-2 4.53 ERA) was set to face RHP J.T. Ginn (1-2 4.50 ERA) on Sunday in the series finale.
