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Boston Red Sox Broadcaster Joe Castiglione Involved in Hilarious Moment in Game vs. Rays

Boston Red Sox legendary broadcaster Joe Castilgione was involved in a hilarious moment in the booth on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays. You can watch the moment here.

Brady Farkas

Boston Red Sox Broadcaster Joe Castiglione Involved in Hilarious Moment in Game vs. Rays
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The Boston Red Sox hosted the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday at Fenway Park for a doubleheader.

While 18 innings of baseball could potentially get drawn out and boring to some, legendary Red Sox radio broadcaster inadvertently made sure that wasn't the case.

Castiglione was talking about Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jose Siri, when his iPhone decided to go off in the booth. The word "Siri" triggered the "Hey Siri" function on the phone, causing Castiglione to laugh and be thrown for a loop.

You can watch the moment unfold here, courtesy of the Red Sox Radio Network.

That's a great way to breathe more momentum into a long day, Joe! It isn't the first time that Castiglione has been part of memorable, funny moments. After the Red Sox won the 2018 ALCS against the Astros, Castiglione fell out of his chair following a great Andrew Benintendi catch. 

Castiglione was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2014 and has been the voice of the Red Sox for more than 40 years.

As for the games, the Red Sox and Rays split the doubleheader. The Red Sox won the early game thanks to Justin Turner heroics, while the Rays took game two, 4-2, thanks to some ninth-inning runs off of Sox closer Kenley Jansen.

The two teams will play on Sunday afternoon at 1:35 before playing a makeup game on Monday. That game begins at 4:05 p.m. ET.

In the Sunday game, Rays rookie Taj Bradley will pitch against righty Tanner Houck.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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