![]() ![]() Voted “Most Overrated Player” by his peers again in 2018-2019 via The Athletic.2017 National League All-Star game’s top overall vote-getter as voted by the fans.Got into a physical dugout choking altercation with teammate Jonathan Papelbonin 2015.Responded to that poll by being named NL MVP in 2015.Voted “Most Overrated Player” in 20 in an ESPN The Magazine poll by his fellow players.Was benched by his manager in Washington for not running out a groundball.Became the youngest National League player ever to make the All-Star team.Made his MLB debut at age 19 against the Dodgers on April 28, 2012.Blew a kiss to a pitcher in the minor leagues after hitting a home run.Drafted with the #1 overall draft pick by the Washington Nationals in 2010 out of Southern Nevada.Featured on a Sports Illustrated cover in 2009 as a high schooler at the age of 16 in which he was deemed “Baseball’s LeBron”.Here’s an ultra-quick recap of just a few highlights for the former catcher-turned-outfielder who was one of the most hyped and highly-regarded baseball prospects ever: ![]() Harper’s backstory and pedigree are well-chronicled, so we won’t get into all that here too much today. Networks simply don’t hand over that type of contract to someone who is bad at their job.Īll of this brings me to the Phillies’ 28-year-old superstar right-fielder Bryce Harper.įull disclosure again: I am a Bryce Harper fan (not his biggest fan by any stretch, but I root for him to be successful – I think he is good for the game). In the past few years, however, it feels like everyone has (rightfully so) come back around on Buck to some extent and even if you aren’t his biggest fan, there is no denying that he’s great at what he does.įOX pays him upwards of $6 million/year to be their lead play-by-play announcer. Then, for whatever reason, it seemed like everyone turned on him for a while where he was frequently met with loads of criticism and tons of Twitter jokes at his expense. There seemed to initially be some excitement about Buck’s presence in the booth in the early years. There is the silly long-time narrative that sports fan bases always believe that national sportscasters hate their teams. Love him or hate him, most sports fans seem to have strong feelings about Buck. I tip my cap to Joe Buck, who makes an incredibly difficult job (my dream job) seem extremely smooth and easy. Take for instance this past October when in a matter of days Buck seamlessly transitioned between calling an NLCS game (Dodgers-Braves), an NFL Sunday “Game of the Week” (Packers-Buccaneers), a rescheduled Monday afternoon NFL game (Chiefs-Bills), and a World Series game (Rays-Dodgers). I think he’s sensational at his job and is the soundtrack of some of the most memorable sporting events of my lifetime. The son of legendary broadcaster Jack Buck, Joe Buck joined FOX at the age of 25 as a bit of a sportscasting prodigy and has been calling MLB and NFL games ever since.įull disclosure: I am a Joe Buck fan. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.It seems that most sports fans, and in particular baseball fans, have a very strong opinion one way or the other about FOX national sportscaster Joe Buck. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Logos were compiled by the amazing .Ĭopyright © 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We present them here for purely educational purposes. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. ![]()
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