Before professional sports leagues resumed without fans and crowd noise amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some raised the idea of televising the games in a tape delay to give TV networks the ability to briefly cut the audio in any bad language that the players released.
On Thursday night, Angels Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson demonstrated how easily exhilaration never before heard can be picked up in a stadium without fans.
After hitting a ball toward first base at the end of the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants, Peterson pleaded with the ball, “Get over it, come on, f—!” when he realized that it was intended for grounding. After Giants infielder Pablo Sandoval turned the ball over to relief pitcher Rico Garcia for the out, Peterson threw a second “F—!” for good measure.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was one of the first advocates to use a tape delay to protect the pristine ears of young fans.
“I think that players often understand when they are on the court, they say certain things to themselves because they are very noisy in the arena, they know that they are not capturing much,” he said previously. month. “They may have to adapt their language a bit knowing that what they are saying will probably be picked up by the microphones and in all seriousness, we may need to delay a bit.”
Eric Ting is a SFGATE reporter. Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @_ ericting
