Yankeees fans will love Cleveland radio call of Jhonkensy Noel Game 4 near-homer

Turns out, the camera angle wasn't the only reason why it seemed like Cleveland Guardians slugger Jhonkensy Noel had broken the New York Yankees' hearts a second time in as many games on Friday night. Legendary voice of Cleveland Tom Hamilton, staring right down at the action on the field, was equally fooled.

Noel's titanic blast off Luke Weaver tied Game 3 with two outs in the ninth, and left zero doubt about it. When he strode to the plate off the bench in Game 4, with runners on first and second and one out and Mark Leiter Jr. tossing, his objective was very clearly the same: create pain.

And so, it came as no surprise when he launched another low pitch deep into the night. Hamilton, the eternal voice of the city of Cleveland and one of this year's Baseball Hall of Fame nominees, got baited by the moment and couldn't follow the ball's trajectory as clearly as he followed the fans' excitement.

In other words, he emulated fellow Hall of Fame nominee John Sterling with an all-time disappointing call for the radio listeners.

Cleveland Guardians radio announcer Tom Hamilton got fooled by Jhonkensy Noel's near-homer off the Yankees in Game 4, too

The camera work should not be absolved here, though, even after hearing the call. Noel's fly didn't make it to the wall. Alex Verdugo had a little room to spare between the crowd and the large, green menace. So why, then, were fans watching the TBS broadcast forced to watch the celebrating crowd on the Rajai Davis Home Run Porch before Verdugo trickled into frame?

We know it was hard to believe that Mark Leiter Jr. was about to come in and stand on business, but still. Give him a chance, cameras.

The only thing that could've made this sequence better for Yankee fans -- who emerged, thankfully, victorious about an hour later -- would've been a second camera on Bob Costas, who'd surely have been complaining that the ball would've been out if Cleveland had installed a short porch like Yankee Stadium. Alas, no dice here, and the Yankees and Guardians will continue to fight it out for a fourth win in this series, despite our collective concept of the ballpark's dimensions being completely shattered by Noel's smash in Game 4.

Admit it. It fooled you, too.