Fox Sports announcer Joe Davis recently revealed a surprising personal detail from the record-tying 18-inning World Series Game 3. Davis, who called the epic contest, managed to broadcast for hours without taking a bathroom break.
"I actually didn’t urinate," Davis, 37, disclosed on Chicago’s "Waddle & Silvy" radio show on Thursday, November 6. He added, "I thought afterward, ‘Gosh, that’s good, man.’"
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in that prolonged Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. The game began on October 27 and stretched into the next morning. Dodgers star Freddie Freeman ultimately ended it with a home run in the bottom of the 18th inning.
The full game lasted six hours and 39 minutes. This contest tied the record for the longest World Series game by innings in baseball history. The previous record was Game 3 of the 2018 World Series between the Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, which lasted seven hours and 20 minutes.
Davis has been the primary voice for World Series television broadcasts since 2022. He has also served as the Dodgers’ lead announcer since 2016. Despite not having a "big bladder," he made a conscious effort to hold it.
His experience stands in contrast to that of his predecessor, Joe Buck, during a Green Bay Packers game in 1994. Buck, now 56, called World Series games for Fox from 1996 to 2021. He joined the network two years prior.
Buck once recalled a particularly long first half of a Packers game. Realizing a trip to the restroom would exceed a commercial break, he opted to use a trash can during a timeout. The break, however, ended sooner than anticipated.
"I peed in a bottle while calling an NFL touchdown, I swear to God," Buck recounted in a 2021 appearance on the "SmartLess" podcast. He elaborated that he was still urinating into a water bottle as action resumed and called a touchdown mid-stream.
Fortunately for Davis, he did not need to resort to such drastic measures during the World Series. He returned to the broadcast booth for the final four games of the series. This included an extended Game 7 where the Dodgers clinched their second consecutive championship with a 5-4 victory in 11 innings.
Davis reflected on the historic nature of the entire series. "I still struggle to comprehend its importance in baseball history, and in my case, I struggle to grasp what Game 7 means among all the games I’ve been lucky enough to call," he told The Athletic in an article published Tuesday, November 4. "So much happened in Game 7, especially in the late innings of that game. It will take me a while to process it before I can have a real perspective."