Joe Buck Joseph Francis " Joe " Buck ( born April 25 , 1969 ) is an American sportscaster and the son of legendary sportscaster Jack Buck . He has won numerous Sports Emmy Awards for his play - by - play work with Fox Sports . Biography . Education . Buck was born in St . Petersburg , Florida ( where the St . Louis Cardinals , for whom his father broadcast , then conducted their spring training ) and raised in St . Louis where he attended St . Louis Country Day School . Buck began his broadcasting career in 1989 while he was an undergraduate at Indiana University . Career . Before Fox . Buck called play - by - play for the then - Louisville Redbirds , a minor league affiliate of the Cardinals , and was a reporter for ESPN ' s coverage of the Triple - A All - Star Game . In 1991 , Buck did reporting for St Louis ' CBS affiliate KMOV . Also , in 1991 Joe followed in his father ' s footsteps by broadcasting for the Cardinals on local television and KMOX Radio , filling in while his father was working on CBS telecasts . In the 1992 – 95 season he was the color commentator for University of Missouri basketball broadcasts . Buck continued to call Cardinals games after being hired by Fox Sports , initially with his father on KMOX and later on FSN Midwest television . As his network duties increased , however , Buck ' s local workload shrank , and prior to the 2008 season it was announced that Buck would no longer be calling Cardinals telecasts for FSN Midwest . This would mark the first time since 1960 that a member of the Buck family would not be part of the team ' s broadcasting crew . Fox Sports . Hiring at Fox . In 1994 , Buck was hired by Fox , and at the age of 25 became the youngest man ever to announce a regular slate of National Football League games on network television . " Major League Baseball on Fox " . In , he was named Fox ' s lead play - by - play voice for Major League Baseball , teaming with Tim McCarver , who had previously worked with Joe ' s father on CBS . That year , he became the youngest man to do a national broadcast ( for all nine innings and games , as a network employee as opposed to simply being a representative of one of the participating teams ) for a World Series , surpassing Sean McDonough , who called the 1992 World Series for CBS at the age of 30 . McDonough had replaced Jack Buck as CBS ' lead baseball play - by - play man after the elder Buck was fired in late . On September 8 , Joe Buck called Mark McGwire ' s 62nd home run that broke Roger Maris ' single - season record . The game was nationally televised live in prime time on Fox . It was a rarity for a nationally televised regular season game to not be aired on cable since the end of the " Monday Night " / " Thursday Night Baseball " era on ABC in . During Fox ' s broadcast of the 2002 World Series , Joe Buck paid implicit tribute to his father , who had died only a few months earlier ( he had read the eulogy at his father ' s funeral ) , by calling the final out of Game 6 ( which tied the series at 3 – 3 , and thus ensured there would be a Game 7 broadcast the next night ) with the phrase , " We ' ll see you tomorrow night . " This was the same phrase with which Jack Buck had famously called Kirby Puckett ' s home run off Braves pitcher Charlie Leibrandt which ended Game 6 of the 1991 World Series . Since then Joe has continued to use this phrase at appropriate times , including Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS , in which the Boston Red Sox famously rallied off of New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the 9th inning to avoid elimination . When David Ortiz ' s walk - off home run finally won it for the Red Sox in the 12th inning , Buck uttered " We ' ll see you later tonight , " alluding to the fact that the game had extended into the early morning . He also used the phrase at the end of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series when the Cardinals ' David Freese hit a walk - off home run in the 11th inning against the Rangers to send the series to a seventh game ( it was actually 20 years and a day since Kirby Puckett ' s home run ) . The similarity of both the call and the game situation resulted in mentions on national news broadcasts . At the close of the 2006 World Series , the younger Buck uttered the low - key statement " St . Louis has a World Series winner , " also echoing a long - time catchphrase of his father . However , he did not echo the phrase when the Cardinals won the 2011 World Series . Buck famously announced the end of the " Curse of the Bambino " with : " Back to Foulke . Red Sox fans have longed to hear it : The Boston Red Sox are World Champions ! " " NFL on Fox " . Buck became Fox Sports ' lead NFL play - by - play man in 2002 ( taking over for Pat Summerall ) , teaming with Cris Collinsworth and Troy Aikman as color commentator s and Pam Oliver as the sideline reporter . Buck is only the third announcer to handle a television network ' s lead MLB and NFL coverage in the same year ( following NBC ' s Curt Gowdy and ABC ' s Al Michaels ) . By , Buck ' s Fox duties forced him to cut his local Cardinal schedule to 25 games . Whenever Joe Buck has been on a postseason Major League Baseball assignment , Dick Stockton ( 2003 - 06 , 08 ) , Kenny Albert ( 2007 ) , and beginning in 2009 - 2011 ) , Thom Brennaman . On February 6 , 2005 , Buck called his first Super Bowl , as the New England Patriots defeated the Philadelphia Eagles for their third championship in four years , just three months after he called the end of the " Curse of the Bambino " . " Fox NFL Sunday " . On August 14 , 2006 , Buck was named the host of Fox ' s pregame NFL show , " Fox NFL Sunday " and postgame doubleheader show . According to the Nielsen ratings system , viewership was down for the entire season . Fox announced in March 2007 that Buck would no longer host " Fox NFL Sunday " in 2007 , concentrating on play - by - play for the week ' s marquee game . Since James Brown , the original top sportscaster for Fox , left for CBS in 2006 , Joe Buck has been the network ' s top broadcaster since . HBO Sports . On February 5 , 2009 , Buck signed with HBO to host a sports - based talk show for the network called " Joe Buck Live " , with a format similar to that of " Costas Now " , the monthly HBO program previously hosted by Bob Costas . The show ' s debut on June 15 , 2009 made national headlines due to the tension - filled banter between Buck and guest Artie Lange , a comedian from " The Howard Stern Show " , who made several outrageous jokes at Buck ' s expense . Two more episodes aired in 2009 . In March 2010 , Buck told a St . Louis radio station that HBO might be planning to cancel " Joe Buck Live " , adding that he " won ' t really miss " the program and that it involved " a lot more effort and hassle than I ever expected " . HBO subsequently confirmed the show ' s cancellation to " Broadcasting & Cable " . Other notable appearances . In the late 1990s , Buck hosted a weekly sports - news show , " Goin ' Deep " , for Fox Sports Net cable . He also called horse racing and professional bass fishing events early in his Fox career , as well as the network ' s first Cotton Bowl Classic telecast in 1999 . Part of Buck ' s broadcast ( with McCarver and Bob Brenly ) of Game 5 of the 1997 American League Championship Series could be heard in the background of one of the recordings Linda Tripp made of a conversation between herself and Monica Lewinsky , regarding the latter ' s affair with then - President Bill Clinton . Buck once guest - hosted an episode of the E ! network ' s " Talk Soup " program . Since 2001 , Buck has hosted the " Joe Buck Classic " , a celebrity pro - am golf tournament that is played each May to raise money for St . Louis Children ' s Hospital . Buck can be heard as the voice behind one of the more significant moments in modern Yankees – Red Sox lore . In the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series , Aaron Boone famously hit Tim Wakefield ' s first pitch over the left field wall as Buck exclaimed , " The Boston Red Sox , and fans from New England , will tell you that they were five outs away , leading by three — as Boone hits it to deep left . That might send the Yankees to the World Series . Boone is the hero of Game 7 ! " On a Season 3 episode of " Lost " , Ben shows Jack a clip of the last play of the 2004 World Series , and Buck can be heard calling the final out : " Back to Foulke . Red Sox fans have longed to hear it : The Boston Red Sox are world champions ! " Buck appeared as himself in the premiere episode of the HBO comedy series " Eastbound & Down " . Buck has appeared numerous times on Conan O ' Brien ' s " Late Night " , " Tonight " and " Conan " talk shows as a guest . During an appearance prior to the 2006 World Series , Buck was handed a garish necktie that had previously been worn by O ' Brien and bandleader Richie " LaBamba " Rosenberg and agreed to wear it for Game 1 , a promise that he honored . On an appearance prior to the 2007 World Series , Buck explained to O ' Brien that sometimes his friends text message him during games and dare him to work words or phrases into the broadcast . O ' Brien asked him to say " Jub - Jub " during a World Series broadcast , and if he did , he would donate $ 1 , 000 to a charity of Buck ' s choice . During the third inning of Game 1 , Buck duly obliged : " " Our own little Jub Jub , Chris Myers , playing the role of weather person . . . " " In 2007 , Buck filmed a pilot episode for a prospective late - night talk and comedy program with former " Saturday Night Live " writer and director Matt Piedmont . Piedmont and Buck wrote and produced the pilot with Piedmont directing , filming in New York City and Los Angeles and featuring Molly Shannon , David Spade and Paul Rudd . Buck co - hosted the program with Abebe Adusmussui , an actual New York City taxi driver . The pilot was not picked up as a series , however . Buck has also appeared in various national television commercials for such clients as Holiday Inn and Budweiser beer . One of the more memorable spots for the latter had Buck goaded into using the catchphrase , " Slamma - lamma - ding - dong ! " ( He also does local commercials in the St . Louis market for the Suntrup chain of automobile dealerships . ) His 2008 commercial for National Car Rental has him using the catchphrase " Now that ' s a good call " . Buck also contributes occasional opinion pieces to " The Sporting News " , and is a key contributor on Team 1380 on the " ITD Morning After " program in St . Louis . Buck was the commencement speaker at Saint Louis University ' s 2008 commencement ceremony . His late father , Jack Buck , delivered SLU ' s commencement address in 1995 . In 2009 , Buck gave a speech at the School of Journalism at his former college , Indiana University - Bloomington , which was filmed and subsequently aired on the Big Ten Network . Controversy . During the 2002 World Series , Joe Buck was introduced to single season home run record holder Barry Bonds : In January 2005 , Buck drew fire for his on - air comments during an NFL playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers . After Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss simulated mooning the Green Bay crowd in the end zone , Buck called it a " " disgusting act . " " The moon was allegedly an attempt to respond to Packer fans , who traditionally moon the Vikings players aboard the team bus , which Buck did not mention . It prompted Red McCombs , then the owner of the Minnesota Vikings , to request that Buck be removed from covering their upcoming playoff game , saying that Buck ' s comments " suggested a prejudice that surpassed objective reporting . " Buck also received criticism from other members of the media who felt he " over - reacted " and was being " inconsistent " given his network ' s history of programming . In 2007 , Buck was only scheduled to call eight regular season MLB games out of a 26 - game schedule for Fox ( along with a handful of regional Cardinals telecasts on FSN Midwest ) . In an interview with Richard Sandomir of the " New York Times " , Buck defended his reduced baseball commitment : In 2008 , Buck drew criticism for comments he made during an appearance on ESPN Radio ' s " The Herd with Colin Cowherd " , in which he admitted to spending " barely any " time following sporting events he doesn ' t broadcast , and facetiously claimed that preferred watching " The Bachelorette " instead . Vocal cord ailment . In 2011 , shortly after broadcasting Super Bowl XLV for Fox , Buck developed a virus on the nerves of his left vocal fold . Despite the ailment , which according to Buck " came out of the blue " and has hampered his ability to raise his voice , he continued to broadcast baseball for Fox during the season , and resumed as the network ' s lead NFL announcer that fall .