{"id":120157,"date":"2025-11-13T07:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=120157"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:13:56","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%a4-controversy-spark-joe-davis-finally-responds-to-criticism-about-dodgers-bias-admitting-im-not-going-to-win-the-sports-world-is-buzzing-over-his-candid-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=120157","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa4 CONTROVERSY SPARK: Joe Davis finally responds to criticism about Dodgers bias, admitting \u201cI\u2019m not going to win,\u201d the sports world is buzzing over his candid remarks, and if this honesty sparks debate, it could ignite a heated conversation about media and favoritism in baseball\u2026ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.mlbstatic.com\/mlb-images\/image\/upload\/ar_16:9,g_auto,q_auto:good,w_1024,c_fill,f_jpg\/mlb\/uktqro6cb1z7u3ct7a9i\" alt=\"Joe Davis on his growth in the booth, more | 28\/05\/2025 | Lasmayores.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Davis knows what people think about his World Series calls, and he\u2019s made peace with it.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox MLB play-by-play voice addressed accusations of Dodgers bias during a recent appearance on the <em>Awful Announcing Podcast<\/em>, saying he understands fans are going to be upset no matter what he does when calling games involving the team he also broadcasts for locally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try not to,\u201d Davis told host Brandon Contes when asked if he pays attention to the criticism. \u201cI know it\u2019s there. One of the best things I did before I did my first World Series was I deleted my Twitter. I think I still have the account, but I gave my agent the password and said, \u2018Change it. I\u2019m deleting it off my phone. If we ever need to get into it, we can.\u2019 So, I don\u2019t hunt for it because I get it. It comes with the territory. These are exciting, highly emotional times as fans. It\u2019s what makes sports great that we all get a little irrational at points. Dodger fans are going to be upset that I get excited for the other team. The other team\u2019s going to be upset I\u2019m the Dodger guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNxi-IwGA-8?si=QtUn6YTgxvl0K2W6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I get it. I\u2019m not going to win. If that\u2019s my scoreboard \u2014 trying to please people on that \u2014 I\u2019m going to drive myself crazy,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, I know it\u2019s there. I\u2019m not burying my head in the sand, but I do my best not to get bothered by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis went from calling Game 7 of the World Series on Fox to hosting the Dodgers\u2019 championship parade at Dodger Stadium two days later, a move that sparked criticism from Chris Russo and Ariel Helwani. Russo went scorched earth during an episode of Mad Dog Unleashed on SiriusXM, calling out Davis for looking like a Dodgers homer rather than an objective national broadcaster after the Blue Jays\u2019 heartbreaking loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re a national broadcaster, and you\u2019re the voice of the sport on the big stage, when you did a million playoff games, and one of the crippling losses that a franchise is gonna have in the history of the sport; that\u2019s as bad a loss as you\u2019re going to have!\u201d Russo said. \u201cThe body\u2019s not even cold yet! And I got Joe at Dodger Stadium doing the freaking Dodger parade! Oh my god! That\u2019s bad!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helwani, an MMA journalist and Blue Jays fan, also took shots at the Dodgers\u2019 parade celebration during an episode of <em>The Ariel Helwani Show<\/em>, though his focus was more on players like Kik\u00e9 Hernandez than on Davis specifically. Still, Davis was aware of the criticism from multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did it last year, too. I don\u2019t know if Mad Dog was on vacation that week or what, or he had better stuff to talk about,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s another one of those things where it\u2019s like I\u2019m not gonna not do it just because Mad Dog thinks that I shouldn\u2019t. And I know that Mad Dog\u2019s not the only person that thinks that I shouldn\u2019t, but I have two jobs. It\u2019s a unique situation. I\u2019m pretty sure Dan Shulman was going to have a hand in the parade if the Blue Jays won it. It is what it is, sort of. And I\u2019m glad that I was on Mad Dog\u2019s radar, that he cared enough that he could have [a take on it]. I\u2019m going to wear it like a badge of honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis has juggled local and national responsibilities since taking over as Fox\u2019s lead MLB play-by-play announcer in 2022 while continuing his role as the voice of the Dodgers on SportsNet LA. He replaced Vin Scully as the Dodgers\u2019 television play-by-play voice in 2017 and has been with Fox Sports since 2014. That dual role means calling Dodgers games throughout the regular season, then switching to national duties for the postseason and trying to remain objective when the Dodgers are involved.<\/p>\n<p>Davis explained on the podcast that the transition from local to national isn\u2019t just about dialing back his enthusiasm. It requires completely reframing how he organizes and presents information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more in how I frame the information, like in my head,\u201d Davis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a full-time job to know the Dodgers and to do those games on an everyday basis. That\u2019s a different organizing of the information and presenting over the information that I do on a national level. So, it\u2019s almost harder to do the Dodgers in the postseason than it is to say do the Blue Jays in the postseason, where I\u2019m picking it up fresh and have this blank canvas to build my prep on. I gotta tear down everything I know with the Dodgers \u2014 or at least how I know it \u2014 to re-present it. So, that\u2019s the most challenging thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis added that his excitement level doesn\u2019t change much between local and national broadcasts. He\u2019s naturally an excitable announcer, whether he\u2019s calling Dodgers games during the regular season or playoff games for Fox.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism isn\u2019t new for Davis, and it won\u2019t stop. Blue Jays fans will always believe he favored the Dodgers in that Game 7 call. Dodgers fans will always think he\u2019s trying too hard to prove he\u2019s neutral. 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