FCC might get a call...

[southsider2k5]

 

[Tony]

Awful Announcing ran the story, I actually think it was just perfect timing. 

When you listen to it, it 100% sounds like he says "Are you shitting me?"

But the one announcer says "Sheets" right as he is talking, and I think he is really saying "Are you kidding me?" but the Sheets lines up perfectly with the start of kidding, which gets you "shitting" 

[wegner]

Since I starting watching later in the evening, I was only upset about the 9th inning defense....thanks for that, thanks alot.

But that reaction was funny as hell.

[KipWellsFan]

Oddly enough, Rosario botched a somewhat similar play later.

[Texsox]

I believe I set a living room record for "are you fucking kidding me?" starting in the 9th. 

[turnin' two]

What?  When was this from?  Because there wasn't a game last night....right?????  RIGHT?????

[Big Hurtin]

Nah, it's cable.  He could say "Are you fucking shitting me" and it would just be up to his bosses and the advertisers.

[kitekrazy]

It sounded like are you sheeting me.

[Tony]

11 minutes ago, Big Hurtin said:

Nah, it's cable.  He could say "Are you fucking shitting me" and it would just be up to his bosses and the advertisers.

This is also true. 

You can do almost anything on cable. The only reason they don't is advertising dollars. 

[Big Hurtin]

1 minute ago, Tony said:

This is also true. 

You can do almost anything on cable. The only reason they don't is advertising dollars. 

Though I'm glad sports is broadcast with a PG (maybe PG-13 in extreme cases) mindset.  It would be sound really bad if close strike calls and such were "WTF'"'d.

[DoUEvenShift]

2 hours ago, Tony said:

But the one announcer says "Sheets" right as he is talking, and I think he is really saying "Are you kidding me?" but the Sheets lines up perfectly with the start of kidding, which gets you "shitting" 

I listened to it several times and this is exactly what happens. If you turn up the volume with headphones you can easily tell. 

 

Although it does make for a hilarious soundbite 

[DashFan]

All those years of Hawk screaming "you gotta be bleeping me" and he could have just said it.

[CentralChamps21]

On 5/10/2022 at 11:14 AM, Tony said:

This is also true. 

You can do almost anything on cable. The only reason they don't is advertising dollars. 

 

On 5/10/2022 at 11:18 AM, Big Hurtin said:

Though I'm glad sports is broadcast with a PG (maybe PG-13 in extreme cases) mindset.  It would be sound really bad if close strike calls and such were "WTF'"'d.

You really want to encourage parents to get kids watching baseball, so that's the biggest factor. My parents are about as un-prudish (if that's a word) as you get and they didn't let me watch stuff with f-bombs or brief nudity until I was about 13. Even when you know your kids are hearing/seeing it elsewhere, it's another thing to actively permit it.