Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal finally responds to criticism for knocking down photographer

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal had no idea how upset he looked in a viral moment from the immediate aftermath of the Milwaukee Brewers' comeback win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.

While Milwaukee's Andruw Monasterio was receiving the customary Gatorade shower after his walk-off single capped a two-run 10th-inning rally, Rosenthal was hastily retreating in a doomed effort to avoid any collateral damage.

Amid the jubilation, Rosenthal stumbled over a team photographer, who remained on the turf as the long-time MLB reporter glared at the man.

Speaking on Foul Territory, Rosenthal explained he has apologized to the photographer, Scott Paulus, and was admittedly surprised to see how angry he looked in the moment.

'I want to talk about what happened the other night when I accidentally bowled over Scott Ball-us… Paulus,' Rosenthal said, correcting his mispronunciation of the photographer's name. 

'When I looked at the video and saw this, I was surprised at how upset I appeared,' Rosenthal said. 'I was more confused than anything, but I had to continue the interview.

'We were live, folks, on national television, couldn't stop. And, that said, I felt awful about what happened. Afterward, I went up to Scott, whom I've worked with in [stadium camera] pits before over the years, and I apologized, and I apologized profusely.'

The win clinched a playoff berth for the MLB-best Brewers, who could see Rosenthal once again if they reach the World Series.

'If I do see the Brewers in the World Series, I look forward to working with Scott again in the photo pit and I also look forward to sharing a good laugh with him over this,' Rosenthal said.

For his part, Paulus poked fun at the incident online but superimposing Neil Leifer's iconic 1965 photograph of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston onto a screen grab of his own fall on Saturday. As a result, the doctored image made it look as though Ali had knocked out Paulus.

Paulus then offered a window into sports photography with the caption.

'Another professional sports photog's challenge: Show what an everyday game is like to shoot,' Paulus wrote. 'Try to capture the moment, without being a part of the moment.'