Joe Buck is set to call another MLB game, and the legendary announcer has some excellent reasons for wanting to return to the baseball booth.
ESPN announced on Tuesday that Buck will be in the booth on March 27 for the Opening Day game between the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees. The game will be the first nationally televised MLB broadcast that Buck is involved with since he left FOX in 2021.
After ESPN shared the news, Buck took to social media with a great comment about why he has decided to take on an MLB assignment.
“Only doing this because I missed the ‘why do you hate the Yankees’ shots on twitter (it was twitter then) and add the Brewers fans who think I don’t like Milwaukee or the Packers or cheese. Both sides are WRONG. Anyway, it’s gonna be fun. Can’t wait actually. Saddle up!” Buck wrote on X.
Buck is one of the most well-known broadcasters in sports, which is why he has been accused of every type of bias you can imagine. It simply goes with the territory. Boston Red Sox fans would tell you he loves the New York Yankees and hates the Sox. Yankees fans would say the exact opposite.
As Buck mentioned, the same is true for fans in Milwaukee and probably every other sports market.
Buck turned his focus solely to NFL games when he and partner Troy Aikman signed on with ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” ahead of the 2022 season. The 55-year-old announcer had a one-off appearance calling a local MLB game last year. Buck seemed to think that would be his only return to calling a baseball game, but he is giving it another go.
