‘Down Goes Anderson!’ Guardians Announcer's Call of MLB Brawl Was Legendary
As entertaining as the brawl was on the diamond between Cleveland’s Jose Ramírez and Chicago’s Tim Anderson, the play-by-call made by Cleveland’s radio voice Tom Hamilton was just as spectacular.
Hamilton's 'blow-by-blow' call was so impressive as he switched gears from his baseball radio voice to the tenor of an experienced announcer sitting ringside.
Chaos erupted in the sixth inning with the White Sox leading 5–1, following a rather harmless RBI double by Ramírez. However, the White Sox shortstop seemingly took issue with Ramírez’s slide.
As the players decided to square off, Hamilton changed hats and served up a boxing breakdown that would have made legendary fighting voices Howard Cosell, Al Bernstein and Jim Lampley extremely proud.
“José and Anderson square off. They’re fighting, They’re swinging. Down goes Anderson. Down goes Anderson!” exclaimed an animated Hamilton.
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Cleveland’s hometown voice, after a brief pause to catch his breath, recapped the action for his radio listeners with absolute precision.
“Ramírez went in with a headfirst slide. José never gets upset about anything. They came up chewing. Anderson squared off,” added Hamilton. “José decked him.”
The fight, which resulted in six ejections, had fans buzzing on social media.