Bob Costas isn’t doing himself any favors with the way he has been calling the Yankees- Royals ALDS, and that was true again during the bottom of the eighth in Game 3 on Wednesday night.
The famed broadcaster incorrectly called a diving catch by Anthony Volpe, instead calling it initially as a hit for Vinnie Pasquantino before eventually correcting himself when he realized what happened.
Pasquantino lofted an 0-2 pitch to short center field, but Volpe rushed over to make the impressive play to grab the second out of the bottom of the inning.
Nevertheless, Costas, 72, had prematurely called it a base hit.
“Line drive, base hit to center field,” Costas said on the call before the ball even touched the ground. “It was smothered out there. I don’t know if it was caught.”
“It was caught,” Ron Darling, who was doing analysis for the TBS broadcast, interjected.
“Oh my gosh. What a play,” Costas then jumped back in to say.
Costas has come under fire from baseball fans over the way he’s called games during the playoffs, with everything from his lack of excitement to a perceived bias he has toward the Yankees.
He was caught on a hot mic earlier this week, appearing to express trepidation about having to read a spot for CNN.
“A CNN promo?” Costas asks, seemingly unaware that he could be heard on the air.
“That puts me in a difficult spot,” he said after breaking a brief silence.
Earlier in the game, Costas came under fire for his call of a Giancarlo Stanton double that drove in the game’s first run, which lacked some enthusiasm.
The Yankees came away with the win on Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over the Royals, putting themselves a win away from moving on to the ALCS.