Monday night, the Chicago White Sox hosted the Minnesota Twins. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth when Chicago’s first baseman Gavin Sheets stepped to the plate against Minnesota pitcher Jose Berrios.
The hot-hitting Sheets struck out swinging and, given that this was a seven-inning doubleheader game, Bally Sports North announcer Dick Bremer made the assumption that this would be how Sheets would have to leave things on the evening.
https://twitter.com/ChrisTannehill/status/1417483113165434898
“That’s gonna be the ever-lasting memory of Gavin Sheets against Berrios, at least tonight. He’s probably been told, “Yeah, the guy throws mid-90s, has a wipeout slider” and Sheets is going to toss and turn tonight thinking about his changeup.”
Wishful thinking by the Twins play-by-play announcer? Apparently so, because Sheets stepped to the plate once more in the bottom of the 7th and promptly jacked a game-winning home run off of Berrios deep into right field.
Gavin Sheets sends everyone home! pic.twitter.com/ieaEIE5e9M
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 20, 2021
Chris Tannehill and Locked On White Sox podcast had some fun with the juxtaposition, which ended up having a very Larry David-esque vibe in the end.
lol who did this https://t.co/JM9C2kgdt2
— Chris Tannehill (@ChrisTannehill) July 20, 2021
They weren’t the only ones to notice the way-too-early call and the end result that followed.
https://twitter.com/RJChicagoSports/status/1417478140146880523
https://twitter.com/VinnieParise/status/1417542317775409153
https://twitter.com/RJChicagoSports/status/1417478140146880523
And just to drive the dagger in a little further, White Sox announcer Jason Benetti, who called that home run, had some fun with the phrase in Tuesday night’s match-up.
“Will that be the lasting memory of Gavin Sheets in Bailey Ober’s mind? Or will he get another crack at it?” @jasonbenetti low key roasting the Twins announcers and I love it.
— drwhitesox (@drwhitesox) July 21, 2021
[FTW]
