Play-by-play announcers everywhere are staying busy by calling non-sporting events

Play by play of traffic is what we need right now.

Joe Buck isn’t the only play-by-play announcer who’s using this time of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic to keep his skills sharp — he asked for Twitter followers for videos and then called his wife and son interacting — with the sports world suspended.

There are other famous voices using this time to stay busy by calling random stuff. Josh Lewin, who calls UCLA games, is doing #PlayByPlayofAnythingAtAll, a collection of calls of mundane everyday activities that he’s collecting on Twitter and YouTube.

Here are a few from Lewin, including him calling someone taking food out of the oven and describing traffic:

And here are others giving it a shot:

There’s also Nick Health — who calls rugby in the UK — keeping busy with #LifeCommentary:

Others are following suit:

And of course, Buck!

(Thanks to Awful Announcing for sharing.)

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