Yankees' radio call of Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s grand slam is deliciously depressing

Flip it. Frame it. Put it in the Louvre right next to the Mona Lisa and José Bautista's 2015 bat flip - those are in the same room in Paris right? Vladimir Guerrero Jr. cemented his franchise icon status with his fourth inning grand slam in the Toronto Blue Jays 13-7 win in Game 2 against the New York Yankees on Sunday, one of five home runs the Blue Jays hit in the game.

While he may not have his "Joe Carter" moment - yet - he's certainly got his "Bautista bat flip" moment under his belt and 44,000+ at Rogers Centre were there to witness it at Rogers Centre. As the collective screamed at the top of their lungs watching that ball sail into the second deck, there were a couple of spectators who were completely and utterly devastated about the outcome.

Yankees' radio call of Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s grand slam is deliciously depressing

No, we're not talking about Max Fried, who was out pitched by a 22-year-old rookie in Trey Yesavage. Fried was just removed from the game and was channeling his inner Cole Hamels as he watched relief pitcher Will Warren give up that home run.

We're in fact talking about the Yankees radio call, a team of broadcasters who did their utmost to downplay the significance of the moment when they didn't say a word after the home run for almost 30 seconds.

Play-by-play announcer Dave Sims and colour analyst Suzyn Waldman were utterly stunned by the outcome. On one hand, if you're a Blue Jays fan, it just feels good to have a moment that puts the other team down in the dumps in such a huge game. On the other, as a fan of epic calls and moments, as a fan of baseball, this was a missed opportunity by Sims and Waldman.

Sims is a terrific play-by-play man, and has been for his entire career. So you wouldn't typically expect him to be so nonchalant about one of the biggest at-bats of the season. His tremendous "HEY NOW!" calls when he was with Seattle were so much fun to listen to, no matter what team you cheered for, and he brought the energy and excitement you'd want when you're listening to the game.

While laying off and allowing the fans to carry the moment is certainly a good tactic in broadcasting, it was his call leading up to the epic swat that almost feels insulting to anyone listening to the game.

Yes, he is the YANKEES radio broadcaster, so you wouldn't expect an epic call, but even the legendary, late-great Harry Kalas had a terrific call on Joe Carter's World Series winning home run when the Blue Jays beat the Phillies, the team Kalas was the radio play-by-play man for (click the link above and go to about 16 minutes to hear the call from Kalas).

Sure, there is a huge difference between Carter's World Series winning home run and Guerrero's fourth inning grand slam, but you could not get a more unenthusiastic call than what Sims gave to this moment.