It’s World Series time, and if you’re here, you’re probably wondering why broadcasting legend Joe Buck isn’t on the call for Fox for the Fall Classic matchup between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Well, the short answer is because Buck no longer works for Fox, so he’s obviously not part of the network’s World Series broadcasts anymore. Throughout his career, Buck called 24 World Series, but he’s now at ESPN — he has been since March 2022 — and calling Monday Night Football.
For the 2023 World Series, you’ll be hearing Joe Davis doing the play-by-play with John Smoltz analyzing, along with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci reporting.
Last year, Buck noted that it was the first time since he was 18 years old that he wasn’t on the call for baseball. Via Awful Announcing:
“This is the first time since I was 18-years-old, and I’m 53, that I’m not doing a baseball game. And that’s really weird to me, but I walk away really proud of what I and we did. It’s time for somebody else, it’s time for somebody else to put their voice to it, and I’m glad to get out of the way for Joe and watch him do it because he’ll be great.”
