The A’s massive comeback win over the Rangers last night was a lot of fun, but there was one standout play that didn’t show up in the box score.
With no outs in the bottom of the fourth, the game still tied 2-2, and Joey Gallo at the plate, there was a routine foul ball that happened to find its way to the A’s booth. That led to the rare instance of A’s radio play-by-play man Roxy Bernstein calling his own catch:
“Fouls it back this way…and I caught it! How about that! Where’s a kid?”
Bernstein immediately looking for a kid is also great, though it’s the narrating his own play that really makes the highlight. Bernstein, who also does work for ESPN and the Pac-12 Network, was clearly and understandably in good spirits on Twitter:
I have the redness in my left hand to prove it https://t.co/b1vS6cmmHH
— Roxy Bernstein (@roxybernstein) July 25, 2018
Should have worked a plug in for Antlers… https://t.co/Ji0J81TfBx
— Roxy Bernstein (@roxybernstein) July 25, 2018
It’s going to be tough for Bernstein to top a night in which he got to call an A’s win in which they came back from a 10-2 deficit in the 7th inning to win via a go-ahead 3-run homer in the 10th while also bare-handing a foul ball live, on-air. That has to be a dream night for a broadcaster, and Bernstein actually lived it.
Nice catch, Roxy.
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