Make New York Post a Preferred Source Maybe background music is the new wave of baseball broadcasts.
Peacock’s Yankees-Red Sox broadcast Tuesday night featured an awkward moment when an instrumental played in the middle of the fifth inning during the Bronx Bombers’ 9-0 win.
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The rock-centric theme played while Yankees ace Cam Schlittler pitched to Nick Sogard in a 1-0 game with one out and one on and as play-by-play man Jason Benetti discussed Boston’s turnaround.
The music did not play on NBC, though, per Awful Announcing.
It made for a weird mix of natural ballpark sounds, an instrumental that seemed misplaced and Benetti trying to tell the listeners about how Boston saved its season.
One user posted a clip that featured them laughing in the background.
Another listened for a bit, asked “Bro, what the f–k?” before pausing the broadcast to check if the music was a mistake, resuming the steam and hearing the music again.
“Peacock, what we doing, bro?” the person said. “What the f–k.”
A third commented: “Hey, Peacock, can you turn up the music louder over the broadcast? I couldn’t hear it the first time.”
Several other X users questioned why there was “elevator music” playing.
The use of background music can already be a divisive topic among sports fans, particularly at baseball stadiums.
While NBA games feature music being played throughout the game, some baseball stadiums employ aggressive use of sounds and/or songs between pitches to amplify the crowd.
A screenshot from the NBC broadcast. @MLB/YouTube Fans at home usually can’t hear that, but those watching on Peacock on Tuesday got to see what it would be like to watch a baseball game while montage music played.
Peacock and NBC will again have the broadcast for Wednesday’s Game 2 in The Bronx when the Yankees look to close out this Wild Card series with Max Fried starting.
