The Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game got rained out Friday, and you will not see Joe Buck on Saturday night.
The ESPN “Monday Night Football” broadcaster’s return to baseball was washed away by rain on Friday, with the Cardinals’ home game getting postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 13 in St. Louis.
The broadcast on Bally Sports Midwest was billed as Buck joining forces with Chip Caray to echo Cubs-Cardinals history. Buck is the son of Jack Buck, the longtime radio voice of the Cardinals, while Caray is the grandson of beloved Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray.Yahoo Sports
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Joe Buck’s return to MLB broadcasting gets rained out in Cubs-Cardinals
Jack Baer
Jack Baer
Staff writer
Sat, May 25, 2024, 6:01 AM GMT+1·3 min read
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JACKSONVILLE, FL – DECEMBER 04: TV commentator Joe Buck looks on before the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Cincinnati Bengals on December 4, 2023 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fl. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Joe Buck remains a football-only broadcaster. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game got rained out Friday, and you will not see Joe Buck on Saturday night.
The ESPN “Monday Night Football” broadcaster’s return to baseball was washed away by rain on Friday, with the Cardinals’ home game getting postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 13 in St. Louis.
The broadcast on Bally Sports Midwest was billed as Buck joining forces with Chip Caray to echo Cubs-Cardinals history. Buck is the son of Jack Buck, the longtime radio voice of the Cardinals, while Caray is the grandson of beloved Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray.
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Buck jokingly feigned tears after the game was called before suggesting they could try the set-up again (he’s still got a few months before football season) and claiming he had an inkling this would happen:
“I wanted to do a game so badly tonight, but maybe we’ll do another game some other time. I just remember, I swear to you, when I talked to [Bally Sports executive producer] Larry Mago and we were putting all this together, I hung up and thought, ‘Y’know, the one thing that could happen that night is rain.’ And the one thing that happened tonight is rain.”
Caray saw a silver lining: Buck didn’t have to worry about getting his 6-year old twin boys into bed. Buck concurred, saying about his wife Michelle, “Hopefully she got them to bed.”
