ESPN made a hilarious — and ultimately inconsequential — error during Sunday night’s broadcast of the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals game.
During ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts, the network routinely mics up players to chat during the game — oftentimes to hilarious results. On Sunday, ESPN had Dodgers’ utility player Kiké Hernández on the mic when something strange started to come over the airwaves.
Alongside Hernández narrating the game, the ESPN mics picked up his PitchCom, the device that allows players to hear what pitches are being called by the catcher. Fans watching along to the broadcast got to hear “CHANGEUP” and “FASTBALL” in a robotic voice, a rare look at how the device works.
Kiké Hernández tipping pitches (well, his PitchCom device is). 🔊🤣 pic.twitter.com/EUkcClPSOK
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 1, 2024
Oops! No harm no foul at the end of the day, as the Cardinals would have needed to have the game on in the dugout to hear the calls and relay them to players, but quite a goof by ESPN to accidentally tip the Dodgers pitches for a few minutes.
