A few weeks ago, (ESPN senior VP of production) Mark Gross called Buck to ask if he would do Opening Day. Buck was intrigued. When Gross said the game is at Yankee Stadium, Buck was fully sold, even though he had expressed reluctance to return to baseball — which he doesn’t follow as closely — since leaving Fox.

Buck has called a variety of the MLB's biggest moments such as Mark McGwire's 62nd home run to break Roger Maris' record.

Joe Buck is set to call another MLB game, and the legendary announcer has some excellent reasons for wanting to return to the baseball booth. ESPN

ESPN has made a giant announcement on broadcasting plans for 'Monday Night Football' announcer Joe Buck in 2025.

This is why I was very happy to see the news, via Andrew Marchand Tuesday morning, that Joe Buck is going to return to the baseball booth to call ESPN’s national broadcast of the Brewers-Yankees game on Opening Day, March 27.

Joe Buck will be on the play-by-play call of his first national baseball game since 2021 when the New York Yankees host the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Day.

Joe Buck will return to the national MLB booth for the first time in four years when he calls the Opening Day game between the Yankees and Brewers on ESPN March 27.

Joe Buck will call his first nationally televised baseball game since 2021 on opening day. Buck will be in the booth for ESPN when the New York Yankees host the Milwaukee Brewers on March 27 at 3 p.m.

It's been four years since Joe Buck last called an MLB game on Fox. He'll broadcast his first for ESPN from Yankee Stadium on opening day, March 27.

Joe Buck joins Hot Stove to discuss calling his first MLB game since 2021, his experiences with former broadcast partners and more