Joe Buck
From BR Bullpen
- Born April 25, 1969 in St. Petersburg, FL USA
The son of legendary broadcaster Jack Buck, Joe Buck followed his father into the broadcast booth. He attended Indiana University and has been a radio and television broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals since 1991. Since 1996, he has also worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for the FOX network, and currently Buck is teamed with former major leaguer Tim McCarver.
Buck attained a certain notoriety joining broadcasters like Bob Uecker in beer ads. Buck's ads with the fictional Leon a send-up of multi-sport star Deion Sanders. This led to the unfortunate product placement of Leon during game 3 of the 2004 World Series in Busch Stadium.
