ESPN ran into some rough audio issues during its television broadcast of Game 2 of the AL wild-card series between the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
In the middle of the game, the normally crystal-clear audio of broadcasters Michael Kay, Tim Kurkjian and the rest of the crew sounded fuzzy for an extended amount of time—almost like it was a vintage baseball game broadcast on AM radio.
ESPN broadcast shit the bed and now sounds like an AM radio 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/ci2oztDgZR
— {CJN} Ethan (@eb1302_) October 2, 2024
In a critical moment of the game, the audio sounded so poor that the Astros' official social media account decided to post a highlight with no sound.
H-TOWN IS LOUD (even though we don't have audio🫣) pic.twitter.com/5wQIY2JvHW
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 2, 2024
Kay, serving as the play-by-play announcer on the broadcast, apologized for the technical difficulties that lasted for an extended amount of time. The audio issues appeared to be fixed by the time Detroit took a 5–2 lead in the eighth inning.
MLB fans, while enjoying the game, dropped their jokes on social media:
ESPN MLB broadcasts pic.twitter.com/anWWxVF81g
— Nick #RefDAWGFC (@nickdelpizzahut) October 2, 2024
ESPN broadcast sounding like pic.twitter.com/FWNiusbdS9
— Fuzzy (@fuzzyfromyt) October 2, 2024
ESPN’s postseason broadcast: pic.twitter.com/wZwwHI0adl
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) October 2, 2024
ESPN’s audio feed rn:
— Asterikus (@ASTERlKUS) October 2, 2024
pic.twitter.com/REd9oS5dLO
I would rather their voices sound like we are in the 1970’s than hear the ball/action before it happens.
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) October 2, 2024
This is a nightmare. Make it stop @espn. https://t.co/3kcqy93byp
what the heck happened to ESPN's audio and why does it sound like they're broadcasting on a ham radio?
— Brice Paterik (@BricePaterik) October 2, 2024
why does my ESPN sound like MLB 09 LMFAOOOOOO
— xotic (@marlinshateme) October 2, 2024
If the Tigers are able to close out Game 2, they will advance to the ALDS against the Cleveland Guardians. If they lose, Detroit and Houston will square off in Game 3 of the wild-card series on Thursday,
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Audio Issues in ESPN's Tigers-Astros Broadcast Led to Countless Jokes by MLB Fans.
