Baseballs aren\u2019t always the easiest to track during the daytime. <\/p>\n
But the Athletics\u2019 play-by-play announcer Chris Caray had a doozy on Saturday. <\/p>\n
Caray, a fourth-generation broadcaster who\u2019s the great-grandson of Harry Caray, badly misjudged a Lawrence Butler ninth-inning, three-run home run to right-center field, stunningly calling it foul before realizing it was gone.<\/p>\n
A’s broadcaster Chris Caray may have had a bit of trouble seeing this one off the bat of Lawrence Butler.<\/p>\n
“High in the air deep to right. That ball is foul\u2026 or gone.” pic.twitter.com\/O58kBdlIPA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Lawrence Butler hits a three-run home run during the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on July 26, 2025 in Houston, Texas. Getty Images<\/p>\n A view of where Lawrence Butler\u2019s home run landed. X\/NBC Sports California<\/p>\n The home run, which was hit nowhere near the foul pole, put the A\u2019s up 5-1, which was the eventual final score against the Astros at Daikin Park.<\/p>\n Caray, 25, initially declared, \u201cHigh in the air deep to right\u2026 That ball is foul\u2026 or gone,\u201d as Butler smashed the critical three-run homer.<\/p>\n The A\u2019s official account even tweeted the clip before deleting it under pressure from online ridicule and reposting the radio call instead.<\/p>\n Caray owned up to the blunder on X after the game.<\/p>\n