An Utley uh-oh July 15, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Cut to the Chase.Tags: Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies
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What do you get when you hook up a mic to an MLB player?
Duh.
The announcer introduced Chase Utley to a mostly New York audience at Yankee Stadium last night. Mets and Yankees fans dominated, as expected. But the Mets, especially, have a beef with Philly. You get what you give, I suppose.
After receiving some choice “Boos” from the audience, Utley returned some other choice words — “Boo? [Bleep] off.”
Ed. Note: Use your imagination. This is a professional blogging platform, showcasing the level of journalism the New York Times strives to meet.
He’s apologized, saying he was just joking with his pal Dan Uggla, but as many reporters have included in their stories, he’s not the first to utter that to a Mets fan. He just said it in front of a packed house and a television camera that played it for millions nationwide.
The scene itself was very entertaining, as Utley responded in his very nonchalant, laid-back way. I don’t blame him.
I blame ESPN. Mics on players and no delay? C’mon, are we as careless as Philadelphia news anchors?
Always blaming the media Mr. Stover….
In fairness to ESPN, when they released their statement, they stated that the competition itself was on a 5 second delay, but the introductions were not.
Exactly, which begs two questions:
1) Was the 5-second delay put in place after the incident because of the incident?
2) Why wasn’t the 5-second delay on for the introductions, anyway? That’s like not putting a delay on the first half of Super Bowl XXXVIII and not on Janet Jackson’s and Justin Timberlake’s half-time show.
Perhaps the real culprit here is the FCC.