An extra-inning, game-tying, pinch-hit home run in game three of the Guardians / Yankees ALCS. With two outs. Incredible.
And for about 30 seconds, talented TBS broadcaster Brian Anderson absolutely nailed the call.
JHONKENSY NOEL TIES IT WITH A PINCH HIT HOME RUN! BIG CHRISTMAS!!!! pic.twitter.com/lNI52HYw0Y
"Oh my goodness! Big. Christmas. Has tied it! The ultimate present under the tree! Oh my goodness. Johnkensy Noel!"
Excellent work, Mr. Anderson. Now sit back and let the crowd tell the rest of the story.
Oh, you have one more thing to say? Ok.
"The biggest SWING OF HIS LIFE!"
Now wait just a got-damn minute. That sounds familiar!
OMG BRYCE HARPER!!! WOW!!! THE SWING OF HIS LIFE!!! pic.twitter.com/9UWmROAuNV
No, Joe Davis did not trademark the phrase. Yes, they are different players with different lives. And each player can technically have a swing of his own life.
But wtf?!?! Anderson's call was already electric. He was gifted an incredible moment and got to use one of the best nicknames in sports. The call was an instant classic. Nothing else was necessary.
But Anderson tacks on a casual "swing of his life" for absolutely no reason.
After the clip ends, he probably threw in a "Touch 'em all, Joe!" Then asked us if we believe in miracles.
You can't take someone else's classic call and use it again. You just can't. That call belongs to the Bryce Harper home run against the Padres. I am unable to point to the specific FCC regulation that was violated here, but Anderson's call cannot be legal. Lock his ass up.
And Anderson's call wasn't even the first time someone stolen-valored the Harper call. You may remember that Joe Davis himself tossed out "the catch of his life" to describe a Justin Jefferson catch less than a month after the Harper home run:
. . . “He wants Jefferson, Climbs the Ladder, OH MY GOODNESS!!! JUSTIN JEFFERSON PULLED IT IN!!! THE CATCH OF HIS LIFE, Keeps the Vikings Hopes alive!!! pic.twitter.com/5oDrgpYFPF
What are we doing here, guys?
In all fairness, Joe Davis regrets his decision to cheapen his own call. "Yeah, I actually felt badly about it. I did," said Davis afterwards when speaking to On Pattison's Tim Kelly, "And it was not like an intentional thing like, 'I'm gonna use the Harper call on this.' It's just a crappy job of coming up with something."
