Joe Davis honored 1 of baseball’s all-time awesome announcers successful nan astir fitting measurement connected Friday night.
As Freddie Freeman crushed a walk-off expansive slam successful nan bottommost of nan 10th inning of World Series Game 1 against nan Yankees, Davis, nan Fox play-by-play man, paid homage to Vin Scully — nan erstwhile Dodgers and NBC shot broadcaster.
“Freeman hits a ball, correct section — she is…. gone! Gibby, meet Freddie! Game 1 of nan World Series,” Davis said connected nan call.
Scully, who called plentifulness of immense World Series moments during his legendary career, utilized nan building “She is gone!” erstwhile Dodgers prima Kirk Gibson crushed nan iconic 1988 World Series Game 1 blast against A’s person Dennis Eckersley.
Before nan crippled started, Fox aired a Scully-voiced feature from 2010 that aired connected Prime Ticket and was an ode to nan Yankees-Dodgers rivalry.
With nan aforesaid squad and astir nan aforesaid spot of Dodger Stadium involved, nan parallels were easy to spot.
On apical of those, location was different striking similarity betwixt Freeman and Gibson.
Like Gibson successful ’88, Freeman has been battling wounded this postseason run, specifically an ankle issue that has constricted his moving ability.
It kept him retired of aggregate games successful some nan NLDS and NLCS, but he had a memorable Game 1 pinch a triple and nan walk-off location tally disconnected nan Yankees’ Nestor Cortes.
The blast was nan first-ever walk-off expansive slam successful nan World Series.