The New York Yankees desperately needed two runs in the eighth inning Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, and as far as Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was concerned, Giancarlo Stanton would provide them.
Stanton came to the plate with one on and two outs and took a 1-0 fastball from Blue Jays pitcher Trevor Richards deep. To Sterling’s eyes, it looked like a sure-fire home run, and he called it like one. Except it was caught by left fielder Raimel Tapia for the final out of the inning.
Check out the call here.
We’ll have to give Sterling the benefit of the doubt here. At least the hit reached the warning track. And perhaps he was just trying to speak something into existence.
The Yankees ended up losing, 6-4.
