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.

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.