'There's a base hit for my boy': Tyler Black's dad on the Brewers broadcast for his son's MLB debut was something special

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Rod Black might not have had a better call in his broadcasting career than Tuesday night at American Family Field.

He was on the call from the stands for the major league debut of his son Tyler Black, with the Milwaukee Brewers.

"There's a base hit for my boy, Tyler Black, 2 for 2," Rod Black said on the Bally Sports Wisconsin broadcast after Sophia Minnaert gave him the microphone to do the honors as he sat in his seat with his family.

Rod Black is a Canadian sports announcer who spent a decade calling Toronto Blue Jays games until 2009.

Tyler Black just arrived to Milwaukee after being called up late Monday night from Class AAA Nashville for Tuesday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Rod and the family were on a trip to Cancun, Mexico, but got on the first flight to Wisconsin to see their son.

Black entered the game in the bottom of the first when designated hitter Gary Sanchez injured his hamstring running to first base.

Black pinch ran for him and then took over as the DH.

He proceeded to record his first major league hit when he doubled in the bottom of the third inning. Then in the bottom of the fifth inning the left-handed Black muscled a hit into right-center for his second hit of his career. Black scored his first big-league run when Willy Adames hit a three-run home run to give the Brewers a 6-1 lead.

His dad was tearing up from the moment.

"Yeah, it's awesome," Rod Black said. "I think we're going to start drinking heavily. We're never leaving."

Oh, did we mention it was Tyler Black's mom's birthday?

Rod added in his call: "Happy Birthday, Nancy."

Tyler Black hadn't yet seen the call from his dad during his post-game press conference but was looking forward to listening to it.

In describing his MLB debut, the 23-year-old Black said it was "crazy."

"I don't know kind of what happened," in response to what he was feeling Tuesday. "Didn't really feel my feet at all for three hours. I was fortunate to get in there. Obviously, Gary went down. Don't like to see that. Couple guys told me before the game just be ready to go. I was lucky enough to get in there."

Was it tough to get ready in-game?

"At that point, I just strapped it on and said 'here we go,'" Black said. "Wouldn't want it any other way."

Truly a night to remember for Tyler Black and his family.