Joe Davis Discusses His Uninterrupted Commentary During Historic 18-Inning World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers triumphed over the Toronto Blue Jays with a score of 6-5 in a grueling 18-inning World Series game, a marathon that tested the limits of both players and commentators alike. Joe Davis, the voice of the game for Fox Sports, managed to keep his focus without succumbing to nature's call.
“I actually didn’t pee,” Davis stated during a November 6 appearance on the Chicago radio show Waddle & Silvy, surprising many who might assume otherwise after such an extended broadcast.
Game 3 of the 2025 World Series kicked off on October 27 and stretched into the early hours of the following day. It concluded dramatically with Dodgers star Freddie Freeman hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, marking six hours and 39 minutes since the first pitch was thrown.
Reflecting on the experience, Davis, who has been the lead voice for the World Series since 2022 and has called Dodgers games since 2016, remarked, “Afterwards, I was like, ‘Dang, that’s good stuff, dude.’” The game tied for the longest in World Series history by innings, equaling the record set in 2018 between the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox, which lasted seven hours and 20 minutes.
“Bladder size is not a strength of mine, either,” Davis admitted. “But I dug deep for it. I do not like the window seat because I don’t like bugging the guy in the aisle. I go a lot. I just happened to be on my game that night, I guess.”
In contrast, his predecessor Joe Buck had a much more challenging experience during a 1994 Green Bay Packers game. Buck, who served as Fox's lead commentator for World Series games from 1996 to 2021, recounted a time when he faced an urgent need during a particularly lengthy first half. Opting against a bathroom break that could exceed commercial time, he resorted to using a trash can during a timeout.
“I have peed in a bottle while calling an NFL touchdown, I swear to god,” Buck shared in a 2021 podcast appearance. “I was peeing in a trash can and they handed me a little water bottle. We came back from a break and I was peeing and the action started. And I called a touchdown while urine was coming out of me.”
Davis, fortunately, did not face such dire circumstances that would disrupt his commentary flow. He returned to the booth for the final four games of the series, which included another thrilling Game 7 that extended into extra innings. The Dodgers clinched their second consecutive championship with a narrow 5-4 victory after 11 innings.
This World Series is being hailed as one of the most competitive in baseball history, and Davis is acutely aware of its significance. “It’s still very hard to wrap my mind around where it stands in baseball history and, specific to me, it’s hard to wrap my mind around where Game 7 stands of all the games I’ve been fortunate to call,” he expressed in an interview with The Athletic published on November 4. “So much happened in Game 7, especially in the late innings of that game. It’s going to take some time to come down from this before I can really have true perspective.”
