John Sterling Butchers Call of Jancarlo Stanton robs Matt Chapman

Last night New York Yankees were in Toronto to play with the Blue Jays. At the bottom of the second, bouncer Matt Chapman marked a 1-2 step from Jordan Montgomery to the right. It was long and deep, but Giancarlo Stanton got up and kidnapped Homer from Chapman with a fantastic catch.

You wouldn’t know this if you listened to John Sterling, who called the game on the YES Network along with Susan Waldman. The 83-year-old player did not know what was happening during the performance. He thought Chapman had made a home run and called it that for 10 seconds before realizing something was wrong before Waldman realized it.

It was much worse than Sterling a previous mistake that occurred earlier this year in which he joyfully shouted about Stanton’s long ball, which had been caught long before the wall. At least in such a scenario, he realized relatively quickly what was really going on. In this case, he clearly didn’t know what the hell was going on for as long as 10 seconds. Contextual clues like that Chapman ran back to the dugout apparently didn’t help.

Sterling is a veteran, but it is difficult to understand what the process was about. If the announcer is not sure what is happening before their eyes, it is better to sit and wait and not confuse the audience, guessing what is happening.