This volunteer broadcast duo does a major service for Majors fans
CBC
It was a pivotal moment in Tuesday's London Majors playoff game and like many great sports moments, it arrived unexpectedly and the broadcast team had to be on their toes to capture it.
The Majors were up 6-2 in the top of the seventh inning against their rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The best-of-five series was tied a game each and whichever team lost would fall to the bottom of a deep hole in their bid to win the title.
Leafs batter Sean Reilly stepped in against Majors pitcher Eduardo Perez with a runner on base and drove the ball toward the left-field wall. Tracking what looked like a sure home run off the bat, London outfielder Humberto Ruiz lept into the air and made what many might consider a game-saving catch. A home run could have swung the momentum in the visitors' favour.as it would have brought Toronto to within two runs of London.
Here's how Dylan Baker called the play for the Majors from the broadcast booth. You can listen to the call by clicking here.
"Breaking ball, Rieily drives it to left field and deep. Back goes Ruiz. Warning track. Leaping up. Did he catch it? He did! Humberto Ruiz with the catch of the year."
Here Baker pauses a few seconds to allow the crowd's cheers to be heard. Then he comes back.
"What a play to end the seventh inning! Oh my."