Even by Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling’s standards, this was about as bad as it gets.
Here was the scene: Top of the first inning of Monday night’s 2-0 loss in Toronto, scoreless game, one out, Alex Rodriguez at bat.
Take it away, John:
“Here’s the 2-2 to Alex. Swung on and drilled to deep right-center. That ball is HIGH. It is FAR. It is GONE! Over the right-center-field wall.’’
Ummm. Maybe not.
“Oh, it hit and kicked over.’’
(Long pause)
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I got that all wrong. I got that all wrong. At the wall, Davis made the catch. Honestly, I didn’t think he made it. I thought he gave up on the ball and that’s why I thought it was out. So Davis made a catch against the right center field wall and there are two away.’’
“Boy, he hit a rope, though.’’
That’s baseball, Suzyn.