Caitlin Clark, the next play-by-play commentator? Here’s how she called recent Phillies-Brewers action.
Clark's boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, introduced her to the Phillies. Now, she says she'll cheer for them in the postseason.
Someone should introduce Caitlin Clark to Tom McCarthy, since the Indiana Fever star apparently has taken an interest in calling Phillies games. Earlier this week, Clark tried her hand in MLB play-by-play during a Phillies-Brewers game.
“And that ball’s hit to the shortstop. Rojas throws over to first base, and that’s not going to be enough ...,” Clark said in a TikTok with the caption “pov: your friend says she’d be a good commentator,” which was posted on teammate Lexie Hull’s account.
“We’re in the bottom of the fourth, we’ve got a score of 1-0, Phillies. Runner on first, no outs, this brings someone to the plate,” Clark said, laughing.
Later, she added: “Nola’s on the mound tonight, in his Skechers — red Skechers — he’s wearing.”
A bit choppy, but a solid attempt. Her cue to commercial break was even more amusing: “And that brings us to the top of the fifth, the Phillies leading, 1-0. We’ll be back in a minute with a 30-second break. Thanks for tuning in.”
Later, Clark wrote in the comments, “@Phillies hire me?” — so maybe she’ll join the booth during Red October. McCarthy even put the offer out there that Clark is welcome whenever she has some downtime, he said on the Phillies’ TikTok account.
But the rookie guard has her own postseason to attend to, as the sixth-seeded Fever will take on the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun in first round of the WNBA playoffs starting Sunday.
She also gave a shout-out to all commentators on Saturday when asked about the TikTok at practice and said she’s been following the Phillies for some time.
“I’ve kind of been following the Phillies, so I kind of know some of their players,” Clark told reporters. “I messed up a few times, but that’s a hard gig. I was out of breath and exhausted.”
So why the Phillies? Her boyfriend, former Iowa player and current Butler assistant Connor McCaffery, is the son of Hawkeyes men’s coach Fran McCaffery, a Philly native who attended La Salle College High School.
“My boyfriend grew up a really big Phillies fan, so I kind of had to like the Phillies,” she said. “But I do like them. I like Bryce Harper. I still like the Cubs; I like the Yankees. I’m not a die-hard [fan of] any baseball team. My dad was a big Royals fan growing up. ... But, yeah, I like the Phillies, so I guess I’ll cheer for them this postseason.”