{"id":1954088,"date":"2025-08-11T14:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1954088"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:56:18","slug":"was-royals-announcer-too-unenthusiastic-calling-roku-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/was-royals-announcer-too-unenthusiastic-calling-roku-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Royals announcer too unenthusiastic calling Roku game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"hidden\"\/><!-- Arbitrary hidden heading for SumoMe to hook into --><\/p>\n<p>While most national MLB broadcasts rely on national announcers, Roku uses the old tactic of having announcers from the two teams call the game together. For Sunday\u2019s game between the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins, that meant Royals play-by-play man Ryan Lefebvre calling the game with Twins color analyst Justin Morneau. Following the game, Lefebvre was the target of some criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota hit two home runs during the game. The first game in the third inning, when Ryan Fitzgerald hit the first home run of his career. The second came in the 11th inning, when Luke Keaschall hit a two-run walk-off homer. While Lefebvre was calling the game as a \u201cneutral\u201d announcer, both calls had the enthusiasm that might be expected on a Royals broadcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ryan Fitzgerald\u2019s first Major League hit is a two-run homer! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8sLsn2A3u\">pic.twitter.com\/y8sLsn2A3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1954603748271247598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Luke Keaschall <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WALKOFF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WALKOFF<\/a> homer!<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twins<\/a> win it in the 11th! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zEmFEWVk7C\">pic.twitter.com\/zEmFEWVk7C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1954640072394907734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lack of enthusiasm was noticed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a bummer to not have Cory Provus on the mic for the Ryan Fitzgerald and Keaschall homers today. Two awful calls from the Royals PBP guy, who was theoretically neutral on the Roku broadcast today.<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGIGTPXGd9\">pic.twitter.com\/mGIGTPXGd9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Ragatz (@WillRagatz) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillRagatz\/status\/1954641636534948091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t like to criticize announcers but there was no effort at all by this Royals announcer to call this neutrally.bGrand Rapids ripped my heart out of my chest last year and I was still able to muster up some energy for the call. This guy should never be used again. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDNt5yaUbn\">https:\/\/t.co\/VDNt5yaUbn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Halverson (@ZachHalverson) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachHalverson\/status\/1954687564105076917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t like to criticize announcers but there was no effort at all by this Royals announcer to call this neutrally.bGrand Rapids ripped my heart out of my chest last year and I was still able to muster up some energy for the call. This guy should never be used again. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VDNt5yaUbn\">https:\/\/t.co\/VDNt5yaUbn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Halverson (@ZachHalverson) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachHalverson\/status\/1954687564105076917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That was a lackluster call from Ryan Lefebvre on Keaschall\u2019s HR. Granted it was not a local call, but still.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Anderson (@BradA_Pbp) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradA_Pbp\/status\/1954641802176368765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the frustration is understandable, two points need to be made.<\/p>\n<p>One, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a big two-run home run during Sunday\u2019s game, giving the Royals a lead in the seventh inning. Lefebvre\u2019s call of that big home run was not overly enthusiastic either.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vinnie swings us ahead! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHkaaOZjsX\">pic.twitter.com\/mHkaaOZjsX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Royals\/status\/1954620641518453183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two, even during Kansas City broadcasts, Lefebvre\u2019s calls are often very straightforward without a great deal of emotion behind them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yaz, please! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFVZ0CzUrY\">pic.twitter.com\/xFVZ0CzUrY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kansas City Royals (@Royals) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Royals\/status\/1953974602419577051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ryan LeFebvre\u2019s call of the walk off sac fly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wvqQgFAwHs\">pic.twitter.com\/wvqQgFAwHs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaun Newkirk (@Shauncore) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shauncore\/status\/659256320718172160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, while Lefebvre\u2019s calls of Sunday\u2019s biggest moments might have been a little jarring for Roku viewers, particularly those cheering for the Twins, they were also more or less on par with the announcing style of the man delivering them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source awfulannouncing.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most national MLB broadcasts rely on national announcers, Roku uses the old tactic of having announcers from the two teams call the game together. For Sunday\u2019s game between the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins, that meant Royals play-by-play man Ryan Lefebvre calling the game with Twins color analyst Justin Morneau. Following the game, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1954089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[43627,327041,342656,334951],"class_list":["post-1954088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb-on-roku","tag-ryan-lefebvre"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Was-Royals-announcer-too-unenthusiastic-calling-Roku-game.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}