Awesome British Broadcast Calls from Yankees-Red Sox in London!

[@njheals]

It’s turned a 6 beer night into a 12 beer night, there won’t be a child in London fed before midday tomorrow......GOLD!!

[@123G-r4d]

Clayton Funke That commentator is Irish.

[@paxhumana2015]

njheals, the thing is that would also be true for some people in the USA as well, and especially in the Twin Cities where the Twins had games that lasted 17 and 18 innings this season.

[@bronxbomma718]

You sir ar the reason Fish n Chips is popular here stateside. I love London and its people!!

[@starkers1997]

@@123G-r4d You are right! And his name is Craig Doyle, who normally presents Rugby on BT Sport. Simply amazing from him.

[@alonenjersey]

That's the statement you wish you had come up with.

[@onetwothree257]

Can't be easy to do play by play for a foreign sport to the level of professionalism that he did. Amazing job.

[@robertryan7204]

Probably comments on a lotof Sports

[@billsmafia1773]

onetwothree123 guy is called Darren Fletcher and is BT Sports main football (soccer) commentator, sure he’s worked NFL before

[@encalica853]

He didn't talk a lot about what was actually happening - left it to the American (presumably ex-pro) guy that did the technical stuff. You Americans seemed to like him in the comments though, so maybe he would look into doing more of it

[@GorillaRadio88]

onetwothree123 you could tell it felt awkward for him not to say “six-nil” during the first inning

[@joesphsnable6631]

He was great yankee fan here in ny amazing

[@evan2746]

I think this dude is a commentator for the Premier league. What an amazing baseball commentator. Better than most. Cool. I got likes for a comment.

[@jamespurs]

He is indeed

[@josephclarke3627]

Lee Everett yeah he does bt sport for football

[@brydog9112]

he also does boxing commentary for bt sports

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

he is. very famous. very professional. now if we could have gotten MARTIN TYLER to do it. Americans have no idea how amazing that guy is

[@evan2746]

If Martin Tyler was commentator that would be awesome.

[@chisg6695]

"Beat them with the glove beat them with the bat he's been absolutely box office" that was so smooth!!

[@Nebechadnezzar]

ChisG "Whether it's been with the glove, or been with the bat, he's been absolute box office"

[@bw6060]

It is so fun to hear THAT accent commentating on THIS sport. "Aaron Judge, who's been bloody brilliant all series, steps to the dish and whirls a cracking good practice swing. Not the gobby sort, keeps it mum. The pitch. OH! AND IT'S A RIPPING GOOD SHOT! WAY BACK, WAY BACK! THE LAD'S DONE IT! TALLY-HO!"

[@Hellmad666]

Everything in that comment has been said in the Premier league except keeps it mum

[@JeffJefferyUK]

"Not the gobby sort, keeps it mum" What language are you speaking, dude? :-D

[@danblackmoremusic9943]

Jeff Jeffery it means he’s not a loudmouth

[@TheScrabbleKing]

Extra topical this year lol

[@kidcasakos]

Get rid of Joe Buck! Lol Fox should probably hire these British broadcasters. It's definitely more entertaining.

[@ibraheemrao8434]

Great idea

[@austinharrington8820]

I would sign this petition

[@hbwoofspeedride4103]

@@austinharrington8820 me either!!!

[@luln7072]

Casey Lee lol nice stole my comment smh

[@DuraDigi]

Yeah it is!!!

[@bug-lf4sg]

he's been absolute box office! Loved that!

[@ThankYouBroSports]

My favorite call!

[@Breslov148]

“A 12-beer night. No child in London will be fed before Noon tomorrow.” Try saying that on American TV!

[@okkcomputer]

try saying anything on american TV

[@RottingSkeleton]

Try

[@jeffthemetsguy5638]

Canceled lol

[@kobyschechter8163]

If any American broadcaster talked about beer like that they would be pulled off the air. There’s a reason why the drinking age in this country is 21. In my opinion it should be 18. If you’re old enough to vote, buy a gun, and go to war you’re also old enough to drink a beer. The drinking age was raised back to 21 in 1984 over federal highway funding.

[@Spacenoidx]

There's a saying. Americans are more open to violence, Brits are more open to everything else.

[@willcrabtree9561]

"That is absolutely walloped into the stands" 😂

[@mikea8250]

LOL

[@starkers1997]

Only us Brits can come up with this amazing piece of commentary.

[@captainryusugi1128]

It is a damn shame that Covid cancelled our chances of pounding the Cubs in London.

[@alonenjersey]

Good call sir!

[@MediaMen]

Asked a buddy who lives in England (who went to the game) if he knew what was going on because the crowd was awesome, he said "na, we just need a beer and a sport to watch"

[@oscardelgado-major805]

I saw the London cubs cardinals game and the whole time people were saying they had no idea what was going on lol, same thing as the superbowl, I know a few that tried to watch it but they knew absolutely nothing about the game and could barely follow along 😂 love baseball and football but before I knew my stuff I remember watching a college football game and having no clue what was going on besides the general idea of gaining yards

[@alonenjersey]

So a splendid time was had by all?

[@MrNotCreatlve]

I know I'm watching baseball, but the commentary makes my brain think I'm watching soccer

[@TheAngryBrave]

Or cricket

[@patrickhemus8102]

Hahaha yeah feels like it’s kickball or something 🤔

[@MrNotCreatlve]

@@TheAngryBrave I've actually never heard a cricket broadcast (Don't think I've ever watched a game) so I'll take your word for it

[@TheAngryBrave]

@@MrNotCreatlve cricket is very similar to baseball, but different in it's own way.

[@Snookbone]

@@TheAngryBrave sounds nothing like cricket commentary

[@austincross3001]

"Absolute box office" is such a great compliment. Definitely gonna use that from now on.

[@Alvarez0070]

When the British broadcasters are better than the ones in America...

[@Emper0rH0rde]

And they don't even *play* baseball in Britain.

[@mattyghost3409]

Chip Chip Cheerio.....Brits sound great...Thats why i love the Premier League Football ...

[@CoolioXXX52]

The Brits are better than Joe Buck

[@scazermazz]

It's definitely different, which is refreshing. We're just used to American broadcasters

[@bmsvg7356]

Ruben T well we do. We have a league, I’m on the Bristol Badgers, but it’s more for fun rather than competitive like in America.

[@chrisspenner1168]

Can we get these guys to announce more baseball games?

[@UntilItSleeps1988]

Wow! The crack of the bat sounds like a gunshot in that stadium. Please pump that sound into my veins and play it at my funeral.

[@robertryan7204]

Welcome to Cricket! Bat hitting Ball sounds like that

[@maxwellcooper2]

Think it was something to do with like no wind at all in the stadium they said

[@BigBudduh]

Not gonna lie, extremely surprised at the announcers. Very impressive work by them, from the terminology, to the names, and "baseball slang", they nailed it. I would love to find their names but struggling to find any information on them, can anyone help with that? Nonetheless, what crazy baseball we watched, hopefully London appreciated it as much as us in the Bronx did.

[@charliewright4044]

Darren Fletcher, BT Sport commentator for the Premier League

[@stephenm8725]

Well said. I'm impressed too

[@rainbownines]

To be fair, Chetwynd was a GB catcher for a long time, and was an analysis guy on TV and Radio before this. Fletcher... well I have to say I was really surprised by him.

[@Liofa73]

Big Budduh --- British commentators are generally better than American commentators at every sport. Even British documentary narrators are better than Americans.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Boston didn't enjoy it, but who cares about Boston anyways

[@BasedWindex]

The most excitement West Ham fans have seen all season.

[@geoffaldwinckle1096]

Last season or next ? Its July.

[@luln7072]

Let’s trade joe buck for this guy

[@marylousherman5471]

Yes, a million times yes!!!!! ......can't stand Joe Buck! I like the 'long bomb" description and the John Oliver accent.

[@gamecube1685]

yes

[@Rodan16]

He's made World Series games seem dull. Replace him now.

[@ibraheemrao8434]

Imagine a British dude broadcasting THE FALL CLASSIC.

[@matthias2756]

Nestor Hernandez you can’t have him

[@themisto57]

This is so cool. The excitement in the crowd was crazy and it seemed like they were at a fight cheering for both sides just to have a good time.

[@invain143]

O God i love that accent calling in America for MLB games!!

[@JH-lu9lx]

This British play by play guy is pretty good.

[@user-cx4ru3kn4x]

Yeah he’s a premier league commentator normally, I’ve always took him for granted until I saw this lol

[@michaelpeng9993]

Ahhh, the he’s English actually, there’s a big difference between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, on the culture and accents, I just don’t know why the Americans call everybody British from UK

[@ianh1984]

​@@michaelpeng9993 They don't. It's only ever the English that Americans call British. You never hear them refer to a Scottish person as British. The one that bugs me is when one of my fellow American's will say someone has a "British accent". There are so many different accents in Britain... which one?!

[@ratedpending]

@@michaelpeng9993 he's still British lmao

[@xXChamplooXx]

This British Announcer Rules! "That's What They Came To See!" awesome line.

[@Hellmad666]

This is said by almost every British commentator

[@ukevo]

I watched an interview with Darren Fletcher (this commentator) before the game. He said that he basically had no clue about baseball and had to cram before this game. I think he did a good job!! I watched my first ever baseball game in October last year, loved it immediately. It’s clearly a very easy game to get in to!

[@mindpurge2270]

I agree, as opposed to it being a high action sport, like Hockey or Football (both kinds), it's more of a stressful bench gripper with its constant pitcher/batter duels and explosive/quick action.

[@scottcharney1091]

@Ulysses432 Football/soccer games can be really low-scoring, so it might not be a big obstacle.

[@KJ-hg5ck]

Yes!!!! I love all the different ways of explaining things!! Even when their not trying to be excited, they sound excited!!

[@robertryan7204]

That is how they create an atmosphere

[@oscardelgado-major805]

It must be a grass is greener on the other side kinda thing lol because I always think US announcers sound way more enthusiastic and create a better environment for the game

[@1newlife344]

"Absolute box office". What a smashing call. Lol.

[@christophercasey6775]

That was a smashing call. Well said.

[@oakraidergrl4lif]

Bring Darren Fletcher to the US to do more announcing for the MLB. He was fantastic.

[@christophercasey6775]

He did great on the first try. He deserves another shot.

[@christophercasey6775]

I wonder if the toughest critic was Darren himself. He did awesome.

[@gdub454]

Wow...trip out MLB in the U.K...never thought I would hear or see that..kind of cool I must say..they built a stadium and the whole deal..the commentators did well calling the game as well..props to the Brits for giving our sport some love...

[@hammerhiem75]

It's the Olympic Stadium from 2012, it's held Football, Rugby, American Football and now baseball games. Ironically I watched the US Rugby team play there in 2015 :)

[@gdub454]

@@hammerhiem75 Oh ok cool..so it was already an established stadium for other sports..cool apprec8 the info...))

[@Malela9]

They clearly did their homework! Baseball never sounded so good!

[@Liofa73]

Malela9 --- Or he could be a fan of baseball, lived in the US or just watched a lot.

[@robertryan7204]

British Broadcasters are more " excitable" than US ones

[@christophercasey6775]

Can't hurt to do more homework. He gets an A plus. Joe Buck. F

[@starkers1997]

@@Liofa73 Darren Fletcher is a big fan of American Sports. Would love to hear him call an NFL game... but BT Sport don’t have the rights to show the NFL.

[@branching123]

@@Liofa73 did homework. I've announced and been called top 3 in USATF PA announcing, and I may not know much about some athletes. I've also announced football and basketball, and don't like football (not soccer) and could care less about basketball these days And the spectators literally thought I LOVED all the sports. Nope. It's a job, and our job is to entertain and inform

[@philrlee]

The main commentators are Darren Fletcher (play by play) and Josh Chetwynd (colour). Craig Doyle and Mark (not sure of surname) were the studio presenters.

[@alguertler4981]

I would like to hear more calls from these British broadcasters. "All 50 Runs of the London Series Awesome British Broadcast Calls".

[@sjang816]

this dude has more energy and probably more knowledge than slow buck. certainly gets you more into the game

[@Bodhi594]

They just sound so much better. I love the commentators on NBC for the Premier League.

[@rileyosullivan1941]

it sounds out of place tho

[@Bodhi594]

@@rileyosullivan1941 It probably doesn't sound out of place for me because I watch so much European football/soccer that I'm used to the voices. But I get where you are coming from.

[@rileyosullivan1941]

@@Bodhi594 I watch every liverpool game and a lot of champions league games. it just doesnt sound right

[@Bodhi594]

@@rileyosullivan1941 Dude I watched almost all the Liverpool games this year. What a great season that was. I wish Arsenal could get their act together. That club has so much potential. Maybe they get Zaha, that would be nice. Manchester United are a disaster. SMH.

[@rileyosullivan1941]

@@Bodhi594 im a liverpool fan who are you a fan of

[@aulqhist2891]

am i wacthing new castle v liverpool highlights, or yankees v red sox highlights?

[@andyhobaugh3104]

With no exaggeration I found this video uplifting. That stadium filled with ppl that aren't tradiatonally into baseball looking their minds over the game. As a baseball fan I really enjoyed it.

[@jusino6093]

1000x better than Joe Buck!! Lets get him to call the WS

[@gamecube1685]

agreee joe buck is terrible

[@luisa8701]

Anyone else get a little emotional watching this? You just gotta love this game

[@mattlukethompson]

Yank here, its my birthday, I miss baseball, but I miss the ability to come to the UK and tell all of you that we will always be friends.

[@susannortham11.11]

Those broadcasters were phenomenal! Love how our cultures are merging more and more every day.

[@robertryan7204]

They are not really, but he was a good anouncer for a game he did not know

[@philmccracken179]

Yeah it’s so great. Hopefully we can have a one world government soon. That would be sooooo awesome

[@starkers1997]

@@robertryan7204 Nah, I think he did his research. Did it very well.

[@tomgreenleaf1918]

@@philmccracken179 Chill out it's not a one world government. It's just Americanization. Americanization is good for everyone.

[@SteaksauceandRob]

No expectations + Nothing to lose= display of talent. Nothing better than a display of talent, what a broadcast.

[@davyt0247]

I was hoping to see this highlight reel! Definitely would like to have these fellas call the WS!

[@MrDukey85]

Thank you mlb not just for bringing games over to the uk but you gave us one of the biggest rivalries in sport

[@Wildvideonyc]

Oh how I wish my Fox or ESPN would hire this broadcaster. EVERYBODY loved him!

[@William_Rivera_X]

MLB can we please have a British baseball league ! ⚾️

[@my_name_ryan]

Unfortunately never gonna happen with the 150 plus games played each season. Japan is trying to but can't for traveling reasons 😭

[@William_Rivera_X]

*Dislike Button* Never say never -Well they can always travel around the world like there doing in London it would promote baseball around the world Dodgers vs Giants in Berlin Germany would be awesome!!! ⚾️

[@mquiroz450]

That’s the dream dude imagine an MLB with teams in 4-5 countries. Netherlands Japan USA Canada Mexico. Would be badass

[@josephonwhidbey]

How about an American cricket league ? Are you OK with that ?

[@patrioticsports8486]

@@josephonwhidbey I'd watch TBH on Willow HD

[@lesliejacoby9137]

Americans 7th inning stretch: hot dogs, "take me out to the ball game", and more Englands 7th inning stretch: biscuits and tea

[@edwardburek1717]

Nope - meat pie, chips and beer. Well it is for me, as I am from the UK.

[@sspaceboyy8717]

steak pie and a pint of stella and i’ll be right as rain.

[@hammerhiem75]

Or Pasty and Cider if you're from the West Country.

[@edwardburek1717]

Specifically, chicken balti pie and IPA. Typical West Midlands & Warwickshire fare.

[@karlinchina]

Seinfeld in the old Amex commercial: I came down the apples and pears and said what is this, the tea interval?

[@jaimechavira8129]

this is one of the best announcing i’ve ever heard from any baseball commentator

[@bundesautobahn7]

Fox, for the love of God, hire this guy! Fire that charisma vacuum Joe Buck!

[@jeovannysandoval593]

We have the intellect and we have the excitement. They work well together, I love to hear more of em in games

[@PJJ196]

These are some great calls man.. really appreciate the spark English announcers give baseball.. totally killer

[@miketaylor9544]

They delivered two fun, and entertaining games in london. I'd love to see more games there.

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

The British broadcasters really add to the atmosphere. Better than Joe Buck!

[@chewyismycopilot788]

I’m most impressed they made 2 legit dugouts for these games

[@Liofa73]

chewyismycopilot --- The baseball diamond was floating above the football pitch...

[@robertryan7204]

They did the same for the Sydney Cricket Ground several years back

[@coolbreezetg6]

We want baseball more often in London, bring it back!!!!

[@LaKellita1]

This is the most enthusiastic commentary I've ever heard for baseball

[@anthonygallo2938]

I didn't know I needed this but I'm glad it found me

[@henryschumacher4047]

What an amazing series in London!! great job calling the games by the british broadcaster, please sign him up and have him announce baseball games more often. 👍🇬🇧

[@brd2deth939]

Awesome all around. Announcing, fans, location and the boys brought their bats big time . Great series.

[@datboi1123]

This is awesome! To hear this commentator in baseball, he’s a soccer announcer and I’ve heard him before (especially on my FIFA video games lol) but hearing him in baseball is cool because you can tell he educated himself for the occasion but yet said some British things you’d never hear a commentator here say!

[@The_General_Zubas]

I just wanna hear a British guy go "THOSE DAMNED YANKESS DID IT AGAIN!" hahaha. A good old time. The nations pastime becomes the worlds.

[@robertryan7204]

London for 3 Hours. World is a bit more indifferent

[@RayRey028]

I would love to hear the full broadcast with the british gentleman. It sounds soo natural and smooth. He sounds as if he's been calling baseball games all his life. Well done Sir.

[@caomhan84]

This is hilarious. I've watched the Premier League for 20 years so I'm used to these guys and how they call games, but hearing this style of commentary for baseball is wild. I can't stop laughing. It's great.

[@edwardyoung522]

The Brit announcers did a great job.

[@jtm232556]

I absolutely love this. The American pastime being embraced in England like this is so amazing. I love that the comments here are all favorable and positive as well. The mutual respect from folks in the UK and here in the states warms my testes.

[@robertryan7204]

British are never negative, part of their culture

[@TheCoomer]

It is wonderful that more American sports are coming over to England. We do enjoy your culture, plus it brings out country together. I hope it also gives Americans an insight to us Brits.

[@maddyperezstan]

love Darren especially for Champions League stuff but i was impressed with his baseball knowledge and he seemed like he enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@padraig5335]

Yeah he's awesome. I've always loved him.

[@simplisticguy1006]

This sounds like a mix of football and T20 cricket commentary with the overall narration and the tone from the commentators! Great overall!

[@neatneatneat815]

Damn. That view of the city at 3:45 is absolutely gorgeous. What a great place to hold such a fun and exciting event. I hope everyone enjoyed it and had a good time. Baseball is my favorite sport and I truly hope everyone can appreciate it to some extent. Awesome stuff. Thank you MLB and the UK for hosting this.

[@theEpicDragoon001]

These guys were absolutely fantastic

[@moegerms]

Wow this was excellent. I would have watched past the 4th inning of the first game of you I was made aware of this broadcast. Hold this L Buck, sorry.

[@sydneyzenigami]

First time I feel so cultured watching baseball. Bloody marvelous.

[@LegionOfEclaires]

Nice to see the stadium near full!

[@ddbauer]

There won't be a child fed in London til lunch time tomorrow

[@christophercasey6775]

That's hilarious.

[@galoglaich3281]

Drew that comes from ireland and from a gaelic football commentary in the early nineties.The host is irish and it comes from they "their won't be a cow milked in west clare for a week" after county clare had won there first championship in nearly 100 years and the commentator was from there. Obviously the quote had to be modified for london ,not very many cows in london.

[@TheJoeWerewolf]

Get him a mlb contract

[@joshuamorales8219]

More enthusiasm with British commentators than with Joe Buck!!! Fox needs to replace that man

[@marcoalessiopellegrini8994]

Some Americas working mlb are so ignorant not knowing that baseball has been professionally played since 100 years in country's like Holland and Italy differently countries like uk where it still does not exists

[@roadtodawn8088]

He’s one of the best football announcers around, glad they got him for this

[@benjohannes7873]

They did such a good job in this series. "Absolutely box office" is such a good phrase

[@MJagger89]

AMAZING commentary. Bravo!!

[@le1er133]

its wierd listening to them call the game im so used to matt shepard and jack morris calling games

[@wahswolf88]

I love those calls.

[@709mash]

The Brits really know how to keep the energy up. Excellent play by play.

[@colebalkovec7612]

man i love this guy

[@alanboots1106]

I was there and recorded both games, the American commentator is Josh Chetwin and is a absolute legend.

[@henrybechtel3644]

I never realized how much we need British commentators for our sports until today

[@TheUberAlec]

One of the coolest sporting events I've ever watched on tv. So damn cool!

[@meh20knm]

I didn't know I needed a british commentator on baseball until now

[@mypal1990]

Who's the British broadcasters? Hard to find them on Google from the American side.

[@olliekleiner214]

Emmanuel Alejandro Darren Fletcher he’s BT’s main commentator for premier league and champions league. Tbh he’s better at baseball than football (soccer)

[@mypal1990]

@@olliekleiner214 I'm surprised that Fletcher got the MLB broadcaster mantra down. Wish I can watch the British side of the London series. All we get here are clips and highlights.

[@olliekleiner214]

Emmanuel Alejandro there’s a little bit of highlights of both games on bt sport channel alongside a video where Fletcher goes through his thoughts on commentating on MLB

[@josephclarke3627]

It’s Darren fletcher from bt, he’s absolutely brilliant

[@matthias2756]

Emmanuel Alejandro it’s not hard, watch a game or two, write down a few new phrases and do your homework. He’s been commentating for years so the rest comes naturally

[@Eminem200183]

Gotta love those calls from the British commentators. Let’s have more London Series like this. Who knows, if NBC gets baseball games again, they can call that guy up

[@johnbull1568]

You guys would have loved Sid Waddell (RIP), he could make darts sound like a fight to the death.

[@emills6525]

Can't wait for the Cubs Vs Cards next year!

[@twalker8020]

It's like Im watching Football, Cricket, Rugby, and Baseball all in one.

[@alexjones9390]

The first game was on my dads 50th birthday and he is a HUGE Yankees fan and he was soooooooo happy that the Yankees won both games.

[@HylianKilljoy]

This feels so wrong yet so right at the same time

[@riding4beers889]

This announcer blows away majority of American baseball commentators. This guy is extremely entertaining.

[@AlohaMilton]

This is pretty cool, good calls I would listen to this on the radio.

[@seancristobal4254]

he makes baseball feel like football

[@corbinstack]

Adding "WALLOPED" to the baseball vernacular.

[@TheAngryBrave]

Chip Caray says "Walloped" all the time on Braves TV

[@stephenmason9527]

Okay, can we borrow these guys some more? They did a great job.

[@HayWoodd101]

Absolutely need more games with the British commentators

[@neon1hp]

NEED more of this

[@joe3009]

WOW these British broadcasters are awesome!

[@Rinzler03ny]

British sports broadcasting makes the game exciting especially in Football (soccer) and boxing.

[@javieraceves2252]

I was a baseball only fan for most of my life and was blessed with Vin Scully as the commentary voice of my team. Now that he’s not, you really notice how far and above he was compared to the other baseball commentators. Then, I became a Football ⚽️ fan and a fan of the premier league. The English commentators are so good at what they do, with colorful commentary and impeccable timing, if only they were the commentators for baseball. I don’t know if these commentators are baseball fans but if they weren’t before they did an amazing job making it seem like it