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With the onset of the coronavirus cancelling, pausing, or suspending various sports leagues’ seasons and events in the last several weeks, the impact goes beyond just teams, players, and personnel. The broadcasting crews that cover these leagues have been left without work and to keep their voices in shape, Play-by-Play Announcers have begun calling a play-by-play sequence of anything.
This includes hockey broadcasters such as Play-by-Play announcer for the East Coast Hockey League’s Adirondack Thunder, Evan Pivnick, who has been play-calling some pretty hilarious situations:
Episode three: Jerry Springer. #PlayByPlayofAnythingAtAll @joshlewinstuff pic.twitter.com/h8LYXDnggC
— Evan Pivnick (@EvanPivnickADK) March 23, 2020
Hey @joshlewinstuff, did I do this correctly? #playbyplayofanythingatall pic.twitter.com/pHFFPPLgFb
— Evan Pivnick (@EvanPivnickADK) March 21, 2020
Sportscaster Josh Lewin also joined in with a play-by-play ofserving ice cream:
…annnnnd following a gripping #90DayFiancePillowTalk last night, here was “Ice Cream Fail.” (spoiler alert)
Thanks again everyone for sending in ideas (PBPofAAA@gmail.com) #PlayByPlayofAnythingAtAll Stay safe today and be nice to each other! pic.twitter.com/meTNrvqHyx— Josh Lewin (@joshlewinstuff) March 23, 2020
@Buck Start with the soup, Grasshopper. Always start with the soup. #PlayByPlayofAnythingAtAll pic.twitter.com/8OaMgDQrGO
— Josh Lewin (@joshlewinstuff) March 22, 2020
Last one for a while. I call this one: “Taquito.”#PlayByPlayOfAnythingAtAll pic.twitter.com/92RzdLCPqo
— Josh Lewin (@joshlewinstuff) March 19, 2020
@RexChapman just wanted to make sure you had access to these, brother. Keep up your amazing work! -JL #PlayByPlayofAnythingAtAll pic.twitter.com/rSdLCKNK3n
— Josh Lewin (@joshlewinstuff) March 22, 2020
Famous Fox Sports Play-by-Play man Joe Buck has begun taking submissions to play call, with a request that those whose video is submitted donate any amount to a chase to help combat coronavirus:
— Joe Buck (@Buck) March 22, 2020
As the prolonged absence of sports goes on, there will be no doubt that more and more Play-by-Play announcers will join in on the fun, with some likely predictable hilarious calls.
The Doc Emrick windshield wiper play-by-play we didn’t know we needed!
AMAZING. 😂 pic.twitter.com/FRvuDwkliJ
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) March 23, 2020
By Michael Fleetwood
