[Correction: A previous version of this post incorrectly connected Angel Reese addressing Kruk’s comment.]
The Philadelphia Phillies were enjoying a 6-0 lead over the Chicago White Sox in the sixth inning on Tuesday night when announcers Tom McCarthy and John Kruk took a bit of a detour. McCarthy offered an on-air birthday shoutout to his former high school basketball teammate, who apparently was a force on the offensive glass.
“He was a heck of a basketball player,” McCarthy said. “Played at Rider and Monmouth. It’s all because I missed a lot of shots and he cleaned them up.”
“I don’t want to say anything, but there’s someone here in Chicago that does that a lot,” Kruk chimed in.
John Kruk throws a little shade at Angel Reese during the Phillies-White Sox broadcast.
“We’ll be getting some tweets about that, I’m sure…” pic.twitter.com/YpGnCFzvGo
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 30, 2025
This was an obvious reference to Chicago Sky star Angel Reese, who routinely has her game diminished by accusations that she has inflated rebound figures because she cleans up a lot of her misses. McCarthy predicted that they’d be getting some tweets about this particular exchange.
