The Oakland A’s have been putting a sub-standard product on the field this season. A call delivered by one of their announcers on Friday matched that level.
A’s television play-by-play announcer Jenny Cavnar was torched online for the brutal call she delivered on an otherwise exciting play Friday night.
The A’s had been trailing the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 through eight innings but put two runners on to start the 9th at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Abraham Toro then drove a 2-2 pitch over Ryan McKenna’s head in right field to score the tying run.
Listen to Cavnar’s call of the play:
Yikes, that was bad.
Cavnar, who is in her first season as the Oakland A’s TV play-by-play announcer, was brutally behind on the play. She had yet to describe the ball going off the wall even as McKenna’s throw went toward the infield. She just seemed to lack the words to describe the action in the manner that an MLB-level announcer should.
Those who saw the clip online made “Boom Goes the Dynamite” jokes.