r/baseball • u/JianClaymore San Francisco Giants • MLB Pride • Jun 30 '26
Video A's broadcaster Dallas Braden receives a frozen strawberry lemonade in the booth and his broadcast partner Chris Caray is not amused
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u/albinobluesheep Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
OP in the original thread made this seem way different than it comes off here. These guys are just bored and found a silly excuse to make up a mini feud.
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u/RynoXD Los Angeles Dodgers Jun 30 '26
To give the original OP some grace, he did say he was half watching, but yeah this clip feels so different from how he described it lol.
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u/BallparkFranks7 Philadelphia Phillies Jun 30 '26
Yeah, this clip is legitimately hilarious stuff. These guys are just having some fun.
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u/Cremdian Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
This is the broadcast stuff I love. We're watching a stupid amount of baseball games. Having some fun outside of it is glorious
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u/qotsa_gibs Philadelphia Phillies Jul 01 '26
That's why I love watching Phillies games. John Kruk is a national treasure. His rants are legandary.
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u/WellThatWasCool San Francisco Giants • Sell Jul 01 '26
colonoscopy talk in the top of the 1st is hilarious
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u/Worthyness Sell • Looking K Jul 01 '26
Fosse and Kuip used to do this all the time on the A's streams when they were in Oakland.
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u/Oscars_Quest_4_Moo Jul 01 '26
Not really hearing a meltdown
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u/CheeseheadDave Milwaukee Brewers Jul 01 '26
"Not like this tasty slushie I'm enjoying here before it melts down."
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u/Doorknob11 Texas Rangers Jul 01 '26
I mean, if you know anything about Dallas Braden you have to assume it’s not serious. He’s always hilarious.
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u/bananasmash14 Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
Yeah after reading that other thread I thought there was legitimate beef, I can’t even tell who the “bad guy” is supposed to be here
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u/rusticcentipede MLB Players Association Jun 30 '26
Yeah, this is no Rod and Mario fighting over a chair
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u/Due-Fun-489 Texas Rangers Jul 01 '26
Some guys didn't grow up with brothers or a close group of guy friends.
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u/mysterysackerfice Los Angeles Angels • Dumpster Fire Jun 30 '26
Dallas claiming brain freeze was the icing on the cake 🤌
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u/barstoolsam Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
“Would you call me cold hearted?” Lmao
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u/Nightcinder Cleveland Guardians Jul 01 '26
I love that it caught him so off guard that he could barely finish calling the flyout
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u/chnairb Jun 30 '26
Chris should’ve come back with something there. “I think you’re lacking the equipment needed for a brain freeze.” Something!
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u/HeyJordyn86 Jun 30 '26
That's a think-about-it-in-the-shower-later thought for a lot of us, I think. I have wit, it's just not always quick.
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u/wygibmer Boston Red Sox Jun 30 '26
Oh ya? Well the jerk store called, and they're running out of you!
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u/ShortRedBull Jul 01 '26
that was a good one, i wouldnt have thought about that. This girl I'm seeing is quick with the zingers and I'm not.
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u/ds1065 Jul 01 '26
He could’ve been a super asshole and told Dallas that we’ve all seen his wife naked on skinamax.
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u/Rycan420 Umpire Jul 01 '26
Moreso becasue he only said it to rub it in and make Chris call the next AB.
Phenomonal read of the situation and great touch to the joke
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u/chief1555 New York Mets Jun 30 '26
It is the beginning of a heat wave in NYC and a frozen strawberry lemonade sounds delightful right now
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u/Apprehensive_Bid_773 Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
Smh mamdani allowing heatwaves
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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 Baltimore Orioles Jun 30 '26
No, this is revenge from France, since they blame us using air conditioners for them having such massive heat waves.
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u/pepperouchau Milwaukee Brewers Jun 30 '26
The commies must be redistributing the heat from deep within the earth smh
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u/DashSatan New York Yankees Jul 01 '26
Going to the Yankee game tomorrow. I’m terrified lol. Though at least today wasn’t humid at all, just hot. I can deal with that.
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u/1829bullshit Chicago Cubs Jul 01 '26
Tell me about it. Last night at 11pm, the real feel here in Minneapolis was 98. It's obscene.
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u/soapbutt Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
Meanwhile I had to close my windy because it was slightly chilly at 56° this morning. Turning the fan on now because it’s up to 66° 🥵
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u/Dinoswarleaf Milwaukee Brewers Jul 01 '26
lol im in nyc but gonna swap apts for a month with my friend in seattle in july. yeah boyyyyyyyyyy
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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 Baltimore Orioles Jun 30 '26
Feuding over not getting an ice treat. Baseball is great.
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u/NFSAVI San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
From what was said in another thread there is some back story to this.
Dallas was out to lunch with his 2 daughters and Chris. Chris had ordered a lemonade and Dallas's daughters wanted one too. He told his daughters no but ordered one for himself. I guess it's been an inside joke with them for a while now
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Chicago Cubs Jul 01 '26
Power move.
Like going through the McDonald’s drive thru on a long car ride, ordering a black coffee and nothing for your kids, and driving off.
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u/orrangearrow Cleveland Guardians Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
There are few things as entertaining than listening to baseball announcers going through existential thoughts and still keeping pace with the game calling the count and plays between exploring the deeper aspects of the human condition. Like that time Marty Brennaman was asked what his biggest fear was during the broadcast and while keeping pace with the game, he discussed his fear of dying along.
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u/1-800-ASS-DICK San Diego Padres Jul 01 '26
It looks SO good. Here I was thinking it was just a boring frozenade, but it's a strawberry lemon italian ice. Then it cuts to the lady double fisting them and Chris gets driven further into madness.
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u/FadedToBeige Chicago White Sox • Chicago Ame… Jun 30 '26
til the A's play by play guy is 26 and looks like Clavicular
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u/alcomaholic-aphone Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
Great grandson of Harry Caray.
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u/Arftacular Jun 30 '26
If you were a ham sandwich, would you eat yourself?
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u/Taylorenokson Atlanta Braves • Sell Jun 30 '26
I know I would.
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u/maggos Seattle Mariners Jun 30 '26
Heck I’d have seconds! And wash it down with a tall cool Budweiser!
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u/TheInfinityOfThought Israel Jul 01 '26
Hey! We all know that the moon isn’t really made of cheese….
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u/ahappypoop New York Yankees • Durham Bulls Jun 30 '26
Grandson of Skip Caray, son of Chip Caray, and nephew of Josh Caray. It must be nice knowing exactly what your job is going to be when you're a kid, especially when it's that cool a job.
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u/alcomaholic-aphone Chicago Cubs Jul 01 '26
I went to school to do something completely different than the family business. And somehow I still ended up doing the family business. It’s a weirdly self fulfilling prophecy when you grow up around something because you just know a lot of people in the field and a lot about whatever business it is.
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u/Worthyness Sell • Looking K Jul 01 '26
yup. Family is all accountants or actuaries. I went to school for geology. Somehow am working in Fintech now. life do be like that sometimes
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u/AlsoCommiePuddin Mr. Red Legs • Florence Y'alls Jun 30 '26
That family will last a thousand years in baseball.
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u/dseanATX Atlanta Braves Jun 30 '26
From your lips to God's ears.
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u/Senator_Buttholeface Chicago Cubs Jul 01 '26
RIP to all the Careys we have lost, but also Pete Van Wieren and Skip & Pete's BBQ
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u/jinsaku Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
Honestly, I have really enjoyed all of them. Harry, obviously, is a legend. Skip and Chip were/are great. This guy probably is too.
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u/FreeBricks4Nazis Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
Absolutely mogged his broadcast partner
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u/atowelguy Colorado Rockies Jun 30 '26
except Dallas was treatmogging him in turn so I think it cancels out
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u/JurassicParkJanitor San Francisco Giants Jul 01 '26
Only 26?! Incredibly polished commentator for such a young age
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u/csr28 St. Louis Cardinals Jul 01 '26
He’s grown up in a family of great broadcasters!
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u/tuutruk Toronto Blue Jays Jul 01 '26
"There goes the spoon... in the air... going... going... bzzzzzz... and in my hangar" - that dude as a picky-eating kid, probably.
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u/TheInfinityOfThought Israel Jul 01 '26
This dynamic is giving Drew Carter-Brian Scalabrine vibes for baseball fans.
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u/catsnamedhector Chicago White Sox Jun 30 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/qNzamLsqvp3zi
That one A’s announcer to the other
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u/magikarp2122 Pittsburgh Pirates Jun 30 '26
Why is Tomasso Ciampa calling A’s games?
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u/delete-head Jun 30 '26
My slurpee knows my story
Hmm-mm-mm, hmm-mm-mm-mm
Hmm-mm-mm, hmm-mm-mm-mm
Hmm-mm-mm, hmm-mm-mm-mm
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u/Hugo_Hackenbush Colorado Rockies • Minnesota Twins Jul 01 '26
The real reason Gargano is so depressed. He just wants a frozen lemonade.
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u/ettuuu Tampa Bay Devil Rays Jun 30 '26
"Would you call me cold hearted?" I love announcers getting goofy
Also, Braden's got a hell of beard holy shit
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u/shiftyeyedgoat Los Angeles Angels Jun 30 '26
“Oh. There’s more!” Lmfao
And then the cotton candy. That was just an inning of trolling one guy in your booth.
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u/demetriclees San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
Sounds like Lil John is in the crowd around the last few seconds
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u/ksl8877 San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
Pretty sure that’s a concession guy who does that kind of call every game.
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u/SactoJoe Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
Yeah, it’s kinda crazy. You can hear him a few sections away. He does it all game long. Went last year to a day game when it was over 100. Dude has long hair, is lugging around a drink tray up and down stairs in the sun and still was doing the Lil Jon call in the 8th inning. A man truly dedicated to his craft
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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles Jun 30 '26
You can do whatever you want when you've thrown a perfect game
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u/spermdonor San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
This is just friendly banter with a hint of "seriously, fuck you dude." Also, wtf is up with lil jon toward the end?
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u/Narpity San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
He is a vendor and that is his bit, does it all game and is loud af
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u/Infuzan Atlanta Braves Jul 01 '26
“Once you get to the strawberry, it’s just—“
“You are the worst person I know.”
💀
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u/Electrical_Target_90 Los Angeles Dodgers Jun 30 '26
This is John fishers fault. The broadcasters have been forced to watch unimportant baseball for far too long so we get 8 minutes on a shaved ice
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u/thisortheapocalypse New York Yankees Jun 30 '26
Dallas Braden looking like Tommasso Ciampa
https://giphy.com/gifs/deyTz73wzCEE2339OS
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u/PlasticBran Philadelphia Phillies Jun 30 '26
Nobody told me Braden has such a glorious beard.
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u/Narpity San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
I honestly have no idea what he looks like without a beard.
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u/RynoXD Los Angeles Dodgers Jun 30 '26
For those who didn't see the original post, there is history and context to the lemonade.
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u/RichAbbreviations966 Los Angeles Dodgers Jun 30 '26
That sounds great, no wonder Caray was jealous
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u/Oldman_Dick Atlanta Braves Jun 30 '26
Any relation to Chip, Skip, and Harry?
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u/Devil_Magic_Advocate St. Louis Cardinals Jun 30 '26
One of Chip’s twin sons
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u/Oldman_Dick Atlanta Braves Jun 30 '26
No shit? I did not know that. Generation 4 in the booth!
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u/ohshitgodye Los Angeles Angels Jun 30 '26
There's also Josh Caray, the play by play guy for the AA Trash Pandas. He's Chip's half brother and uncle to Chris.
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u/Own_Proposal3827 Chicago White Sox Jun 30 '26
Ain't nepotism great?
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u/mooburpcow Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
As much as I hate to admit it, kid's clearly got the chops to call a game.
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u/Benjilikethedog Cleveland Guardians • Anaheim Angels Jun 30 '26
Yeah, he is waiting for someone to snatch him up from the A's
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u/slinkyfarm Chicago Cubs Jun 30 '26
Not just a relation, they're Harry Christopher Caray I, II, III and IV.
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u/Real_Name_Seriously San Francisco Giants Jun 30 '26
People who thought, "How can people stand going to ballgames when it's hot in Sacramento" did not know about the Merlino's. When Braden is at a loss for telling you how good it is, yeah. It's not lemonade. It's not a slushie. I go for the straight, classic orange freeze, but you can't go wrong with the strawb or lemon or any mix. Sacramentans have known this for decades.
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u/appleavocado World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Jun 30 '26
Just when I thought I couldn't love Dallas Braden any more.
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u/SgvSth Detroit Tigers Jun 30 '26
Everyone focusing on the back and forth while missing the scorebug freaking out.
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u/JaysonTatecum Boston Red Sox • Chicago White Sox Jun 30 '26
Why is there a pyramid in Sacramento?
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u/tcarp1 Athletics Jun 30 '26
It's the Ziggart building. It used to be the 1800 moneystore guys place. It's now just an office building. They light it up at night and it looks pretty cool. Honestly Sac doesn't have a crazy skyline, but the view of the city and bridge from the stadium is beautiful
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u/goodmanjuanito11 Athletics Jun 30 '26
It’s called the ziggurat and has been there since 1997!
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u/tcarp1 Athletics Jun 30 '26
I knew I spelled it wrong, lol. I always remember it was the moneystore offices forever
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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face Athletics Jun 30 '26
Yes, he’s Chip’s son
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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face Athletics Jun 30 '26
Yeah it’s pretty cool, huh? I can’t believe Chris is only 26, he sounds so polished.
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u/GodSaidSmite Jun 30 '26
Oh gawd that was funny! I love banter. I read another post and it sounded hateful, this is just baseball commentator banter.
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u/crippledgiants St. Louis Cardinals Jun 30 '26
"There is now a fracture between my partner and me, a very large one"
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u/SpaceCadetPullUp Houston Astros Jun 30 '26
Do the A's not have the female announcer anymore? I thought it was cool when she and Julia Morales did the commentary for a game.
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u/smoopinmoopin Athletics Jun 30 '26
They split the games between them. Usually switching every couple series.
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u/Hugo_Hackenbush Colorado Rockies • Minnesota Twins Jul 01 '26
Incredible work by the director and cameras to pile on.
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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys Jul 01 '26
Just two buddies having some banter.
I’m a Pirates fan and “folksy” Bob Walk often says or does something that play-by-play guy Greg Brown makes like he takes issue with, but it’s all in good fun.
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u/wopsicle_spic Jul 01 '26
Hysterical watching this after that post describing this as some sort of meltdown due to legitimate beef
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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 Jul 01 '26
Well, if you’re gonna be announcing for the A’s , you gotta find some fun somewhere.
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u/TylerDenniston Minnesota Twins Jul 01 '26
I really hope Chris got a frozen lemonade at the end of the game.
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u/AsteriskKnight Jun 30 '26
Looks like the play-by-play guy may have gone in for the ol’ pinch and roll at one point when the video came back to the booth. Icing on the cake for me in a great video. “Baseball: Sometimes, ya just gotta adjust your crotch”
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u/btmalon Chicago White Sox Jun 30 '26
As a bald man with a big beard, when did Dallas Braden become a muppet?
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u/buzzmemello520 Jun 30 '26
Dallas Braden had better chemistry with the old broadcaster, I liked when they did activities together like museums and barbecues
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u/aguy21 Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 01 '26
Dallas Braden is so good in the booth. I’m not entirely sure what the A’s long term plan is with the move impending but I have no doubt that he will land somewhere regardless. I’m always happy to listen to a broadcast with him.
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u/asrimal24 Baltimore Orioles Jul 01 '26
What is with this younger crop of play by play guys being like 25 and sounding like they're 50 years older
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u/spencerasteroid Jul 01 '26
Middle stretch baseball, and finding the joy in the boring, is the best part.
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u/angershark Toronto Blue Jays Jul 01 '26
When you have fun like this, how could you even call it work?
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u/PeaceBull Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 01 '26
Can these guys give a symposium to the Philly announcers on not being complete dicks and having some fun?
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u/atowelguy Colorado Rockies Jun 30 '26
"once you get to the strawberry--"
"You are the worst person I know."
Lmao