Following a long NBA season, ESPN’s lead play-by-play voice Mike Breen is officially in “vacation mode.” After calling the Denver Nuggets’ first-ever championship in franchise history on Monday, one of the simultaneous Knicks voice’s first stops was understandable — a relaxing baseball game.
Well, he was probably hoping it’d be relaxing.
On Wednesday night, Breen was in attendance for the second game of the “Subway Series” between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. And when the ESPN camera focused on Breen at the bottom of the ninth, he didn’t look happy. In fact, he seemed downright annoyed, likely at the fan in front of him who was yelling and clapping.
I know the standard inclination to explain this is Insert Mets Joke Here, but based on Breen’s irritated face, one gets the sense this was happening all game:
Mike Breen, in the stands for Yankees-Mets, looking at this Mets fan with the same vibe as one of his classic “way offs.” pic.twitter.com/ASEQklJssQ
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) June 15, 2023
Oof. You have to feel for Breen. After finishing the long grind of an eight-month NBA season, he picked a New York MLB game as one of the best places to chill out and let off some steam. But that apparently (and unfortunately) didn’t happen.
I get the sense he wasn’t letting off any “BANG” calls last night.