By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-21 22:55:09 | Updated at 2024-09-30 03:33:52
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Playoff-bound Caitlin Clark tried her hand at announcing a recent Major League Baseball game, as revealed by one of her Indiana Fever teammates.
Lexie Hull posted the silly clip of Clark doing play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers' 2-1 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. That footage has since gone viral on TikTok.
'And that ball is hit to the shortstop,' a snickering Clark began in the bottom of the fourth inning. 'Rojas throws over to first base and that's not going to be enough. Infield single, William Contreras.'
She may have confused Phillies shortstop Trea Turner and centerfield Johan Rojas on that play.
Undeterred, Clark continued.
Clark bragged that she's a good commentator, so teammate Lexie Hull put her on the spot
'Bottom fourth,' Clark said, her voice quivering slightly as Hull giggled in the background. 'Score of 1-0 Phillies. This brings someone to the plate… Here comes the 0-1 pitch. Low, outside.'
Clark didn't just stick to the game action. She commented on Phillies ace Aaron Nola wearing 'sketchers,' and later was quick to reveal a mistake.
'And a swing and a miss, for the second strikeout of the inning,' she said. 'Nola gets out of it after the lead runner gets on.'
Slightly embarrassed, Clark turned to the camera and confessed: 'Might have been the second batter. I'm not sure.'
Once again, Clark forged ahead, informing her audience that they were entering the 'top of the fifth' following a commercial break.
'We'll be back,' she said, by which point her commentary had devolved into laughter.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and boyfriend Connor McCaffery attend a game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium on August 10
As it turns out, Clark had been talking up her announcing skills to Hull, who had demanded to see them in person.
Clark happily obliged.
'I told [Hull] that sometimes I'll just commentate some games, so she said, ''Alright let's do it right now,''' Clark told reporters Saturday. 'I didn't really know she was recording until a little ways through. But it's kind of fun.'
And why did she choose a Phillies-Brewers game?
'I've been following the Phillies, so I kind of know some of their players and stuff,' added Clark, whose boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, is a confirmed Philadelphia fan. 'It was pretty funny. I messed up a few times.
'That's a hard gig,' she continued. 'Also, I was out of breath and exhausted. Shoutout to all the commentators out there. I did it for like two minutes and I needed a break. And in baseball, there's a lot of dead time so you need to find random things to talk about. So I was talking about his shoes, talking about random stuff. A little different than basketball.'
Clark and teammate Lexie Hull are pictured during a recent game in Atlanta
Clark, admittedly, is not a diehard baseball fan.
In fact, she's fond a few teams after growing up in Iowa, where the Chicago Cubs have a Triple-A affiliate, and recently visiting the New York Yankees dugout in the Bronx.
'My boyfriend grew up a really big Phillies fan, so I kinda had to,' Clark said. 'I still like the Cubs, I like the Yankees. I'm not like a diehard any baseball team… I liked the Chiefs before the Chiefs were really good too, so I'm not a bandwagoner either.'
The Fever open their playoff run on Sunday at 3pm in Connecticut, where they will face the favorited Suns in Game 1 of their first-round series.
McCaffery, meanwhile, is preparing for his first season as an assistant men's coach at Butler in Indianapolis.
