Fox’s Mark Sanchez Calls Himself an Idiot On Air After Mistake

The former quarterback mixed up Chuck Knoblauch and Tim Wakefield while making a comparison.

Former NFL quarterback and current Fox NFL broadcaster Mark Sanchez had an amusing gaffe on air during Sunday’s telecast of the Giants-Seahawks game when he tried to use a baseball metaphor.

Seahawks kicker Jason Myers kicked a 35-yard field goal in the first half that was tipped at the line of scrimmage. As a result, the ball fluttered through the air before going through the uprights.

Then Sanchez broke out his baseball comparison, calling it a “Chuck Knoblauch knuckleball.”

Despite the kick getting deflected, Jason Myers' 35-yard field goal is good 😅https://t.co/jI7v9rN2ij

— Seahawks Nation (@12sNationCP) October 30, 2022

Chuck Knoblauch, of course, was an infielder for the majority of his 12-year baseball career. Sanchez was actually trying to refer to former Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.

Mark Sanchez calls himself an idiot on the broadcast pic.twitter.com/UHIjFsczeY

— sports announcers with no context (@nocontxtanncr) October 30, 2022

“He’s laughing because he’s like ‘You thought that was bad? Sanchez dropped a Knoblauch with the knuckleball and he meant to say Tim Wakefield. What an idiot’,” Sanchez joked a short time later.

It was not Sanchez’s finest moment, but at least he was able to be self-deprecating in the aftermath of his live TV gaffe.