VIDEO: Joe Buck Posts Throwback Clip of 20-Year-Old Self Doing Report From Triple-A All-Star Game
By Michael Luciano
If it seems like Joe Buck has been calling games forever, it's because he practically has. He might be just a lick over 50, but Buck has experience calling games dating back to his early 20s. The man himself, who has been calling the biggest football and baseball games FOX has to offer since the mid-1990s, threw it back on this Thursday to the 1989 Triple-A All-Star Game, in which he interviewed former Cardinals infielder Todd Zeile and Brewers outfielder Greg Vaughn for ESPN.
FUN FACT: I appeared on another network before @foxsports. This is from the 1989 AAA All Star game. Had just turned 20 and never done television and I believe this was a live hit into Sportscenter. I grew a zit that night from the stress. #theworldwideleader #TBT pic.twitter.com/fLSYUVlfGm
— Joe Buck (@Buck) November 7, 2019
Having Jack Buck as his did certainly helped him get opportunities, but Buck looks and sounds pretty much like the same guy we all know and love (or hate) today.
Between Buck, Zeile's 253 home runs, and Vaughn's four All-Star teams and 355 blasts, there is plenty of star power in this short clip.
Pictured: three guys who never went anywhere pic.twitter.com/5OTFt9o7VL
— Burton McNabb (@basementshow) November 7, 2019
Buck might be a bit of controversial voice to some -- probably because he's called just about every big game for the last two decades -- but you can't deny that he's put his time in.
I mean, just look at that hair.