The idea of booth voices is simple: let the game speak. Yet on Tuesday in Game 1 between the Red Sox and the Yankees, ESPN’s broadcasters seemed to have a whole different script in mind. What was meant to be a balanced call of a fierce baseball rivalry became an extended highlight reel of Aaron Judge —even when he wasn’t the one making plays.

The network assembled its top broadcasting team for the marquee matchup. Karl Ravech was handling the play-by-play duties, with David Cone providing analysis and Buster Olney reporting from the field. Meanwhile, Roxy Bernstein and Gregg Olson called the action on ESPN Radio.

And it didn’t take long for Red Sox fans to notice the pattern. The frustration boiled over on X, where Sawx South captured the sentiment and wrote, “Fun Fact: If you take

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