Ozzie Albies crushed the first walk off home run in WBC history, announcer completely botches the call

You couldn’t script two walk off home runs in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday any better. Puerto Rico and Panama went back and forth in extra innings before Puerto Rico sent the crowd into an absolute frenzy with a walk-off shot down the line.

Great call in an even better atmosphere and overall, the game was dripping in lunacy to even get to that moment. It’s everything you could possibly ask for in the World Baseball Classic.

Puerto Rico Extra Innings WALK OFF

OMG PUERTO RICO WALK-OFF HOMER IN EXTRAS!! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/BqUGAp0Wsn

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 8, 2026

Then there was Ozzie Albies in the Netherlands-Nicaragua game.

The Netherlands were down two runs, down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth. A prayer situation. Ozzie Albies answered with a walk off home run.

Netherlands win. Pandemonium.

Ozzie Albies first walk off home run in WBC history…

OZZIE ALBIES!

A #WORLDBASEBALLCLASSIC WALK-OFF HOMER FOR TEAM NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 pic.twitter.com/T2HRyL233M

— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 7, 2026

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to nitpick the little things, especially in moments like the ones above, but how can the announcer not realize that it was the bottom of the ninth inning? First he went with the Netherlands “taking the lead” and then delivered a flat, “walk off home run for Ozzie Albies.”

That can’t happen lol.

It’s the one call that has to be perfect. Nothing else matters. The previous eight and two thirds of the ball game were completely useless once Ozzie Albies put that baseball into the stats. Botch and ruin whatever you want because nobody is going to remember any of it.

However, a walk-off home run to complete a two-run comeback with your team down to its last out can’t be missed. That is the one that gets clipped and played everywhere forever.

The fact that it was the first walk off in World Baseball Classic history makes it even worse. Ozzie Albies delivered the very first one ever. It was a one-of-a-kind moment and the guy calling it did not even know it was the ninth inning.

Again, I’m sorry to nitpick and I know it sounds like I’m complaining and criticizing the guy over absolutely nothing but I don’t think it’s too extreme to point out that it was a tough look.

To be fair, it is genuinely hard to always be locked in and know the situation in real time. Brains malfunction. It happens. But that is kind of the whole gig, isn’t it? Know the situation. Know the score. Know the inning. Everything else is a bonus.

The Puerto Rico call was great. The Netherlands call will live in infamy. That is the WBC in one Saturday.

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