Even though Joe Buck is more widely known these days as the voice of ESPN's "Monday Night Football," his broadcast career is rooted in baseball, including calling the most World Series games on television.

On Wednesday, Buck received a call that he thought was at least a few years down the line. He found out he received the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by baseball's Hall of Fame.

Buck is not only the 50th winner of the Frick Award, he joins his father, Jack, to become the only father-son duo to win the honor. Jack Buck - who broadcast St. Louis Cardinals games from 1954 until 2021 and was the lead announcer on CBS' baseball package in 1990 and '91 - received the award in 1987.

"I am shocked in many ways. I didn't think this was coming right now," Buck said. "I wa

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