Blue Jays Manager 'Has Bone to Pick' With Dodgers Broadcaster Joe Davis

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider (right) during an interview at the 2025 MLB Winter Meetings at Signia by Hilton Hotel on Dec. 9. | Mike Watters-Imagn Images

When the Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays to win the 2025 World Series, they had their own play-by-play guy — SportsNet LA's Joe Davis — in the television booth.

Davis has called each of the last two postseasons as the lead play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports, paired with analyst Joe Davis. For Dodger fans accustomed to hearing Davis' voice during the regular season, October sounded no less familiar.

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For Blue Jays fans in the U.S., it made for an awkward situation. At least, that's what some of them told manager John Schneider.

“When the Dodgers were winning, he was going crazy," Schneider said in an appearance on Foul Territory at baseball's Winter Meetings. "I got a bone to pick with Joe. I wasn’t listening to the broadcast anyway. He’s got one of the best voices in the game. I love his energy. He’s really cool. I think he’s great at what he does, but I had to get that out there with a little subtle jab. We didn’t hear the broadcast. That was some complaints from some family and some friends and some other people around [because] they’re rooting for us, you know.”

John Schneider jokingly has a bone to pick with Joe Davis because his friends and family were upset with the way he called the World Series. 😂 pic.twitter.com/TG3e9eefGn

— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) December 16, 2025

Davis knows the allegations of bias are a necessary evil that comes with his national assignments for Fox.

"These are exciting, highly emotional times as fans," he told Awful Announcing in November. "It's what makes sports great that we all get a little bit irrational at points. Dodger fans are going to be upset that I'm getting excited for the other team. The other team's going to be upset that 'I'm the Dodger guy.' And I get it."

Davis has had plenty of practice in the national role. He's been in the booth for Fox Sports’ Division Series coverage since 2017.

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Davis joined FOX Sports in 2014 as a play-by-play announcer for the network’s college football, college basketball and Major League Baseball coverage.

The 2025 World Series assignment was particularly tough.

The Dodgers and Blue Jays played into the 11th inning of Game 7 of the World Series. The back-and-forth affair made it entirely unclear who would be crowned the champion until the Dodgers turned a double play in the final inning to win the game — and the series.

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