"Préparez-vous": TVA Calls Upton's Inside the Park Homer
As I work on the recap of the Baltimore series, this is a leftover from last weekend. Though it was not scored this way, I'm going to go ahead and call this Melvin Upton Jr.'s inside the park homer.
To remind you:
TVA Sports broadcast both the Saturday game and the Sunday game (where I got the Donaldson hat trick call) and I want these two broadcasters to be as iconic in Canadian baseball as anyone else.
Rodger Brulotte and Jacques Doucet have the call. Go visit TVA Sports. Go read Jacques Doucet's French Language Jays coverage at MLB.com. Go read Jonah Keri's Up, Up, And Away.
I want "Bonsoir, elle est partie!" to be as famous as any homer call in Major League Baseball.
It's a little hard to hear the call over the crowd noise, but the enthusiasm is evident.
Also, "Préparez-vous.......préparez-vous..........préparez-vous......." as Upton rounds second and the ball still isn't in the hands of any Twin.