'Gibby, meet Freddie' revisited: Joe Davis on broadcasting and calling an epic World Series

Joe Davis isn’t sure if it will ever fully sink in that his voice, much like Vin Scully’s on Kirk Gibson’s iconic blast, will forever be the soundtrack to one of the biggest moments in World Series history. 

Even seven months later, it still does not feel real. 

"I’m still the kid from Potterville, Michigan, who dreamt of doing this," the MLB on FOX broadcaster said earlier this week. 

But the more time that passes, the more Davis recognizes the magnitude of what transpired in Los Angeles on the evening of Oct. 25, 2024, when Freddie Freeman — 36 years after Gibson made the impossible happen — wrote a new chapter in Dodgers lore with his Game 1 walk-off grand slam. 

When people see Davis now, Freeman’s hit and his call — "Gibby, meet Freddie" — are what they want to talk about. 

The same way that Freeman grew up dreaming of coming through in a moment like that, Davis grew up dreaming of narrating it. 

"The more distance I get from it, the greater appreciation I have for where the moment — and forget what I said or the call or anything — just where the moment stands in baseball history," Davis said. "It was impossible to fully appreciate that in the immediate aftermath, but the more distance I get from it, the more mind-blowing it is that I got to be in the chair for that moment. I’m, more and more, appreciating what that moment was." 

With the Dodgers and Yankees reuniting this weekend for the first time since the Fall Classic, and with FOX Sports celebrating its 30th season of MLB coverage this year, Davis discussed the call, the aftermath, Gibson’s reaction, how he critiques and learns from his broadcasts, why a picture in his office reminds him that every night could be the one people talk about forever and much more.