Kevin Harlan is a well-known voice in American media, having been involved in sports broadcasting since the early eighties.
He was commentating on Monday Night Football last night, as that San Francisco 49ers hammered the Los Angeles Rams 28-0 in their opening game of the NFL season.
With the football action not providing much in the way of entertainment, Harlan perked up when a pitch invader raced onto the field during the fourth quarter.
“Hey, somebody has run out on the field,” he yelled, before going on to expertly commentate the interloper’s every move.
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“Some goofball in a hat, and a red shirt – and now he takes off the shirt!
“He’s running down the middle by the 50… he’s at the 30.
“He’s bare-chested and banging his chest, now he runs the opposite way. He runs to the 50, he runs to the 40!”
Eventually he came to a stunning realisation: “The guy is drunk!
“There he goes… they’re chasing him but they’re not going to get him!”
The bare-chested runner was eventually caught, to the apparent disappointment of Harlan, who said: “That was the most exciting thing to happen tonight.”
He finished with a word of commiseration to the apprehended pitch invader: “I hope it was worth my friend, because you’ve got a night in the clink coming up!”
Next time there’s a GAA streaker, we expect Marty to up his game.
