After Fox let an umpire’s hot mic F-bomb slip during their broadcast of the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers, Gary Cohen had the best booth in baseball on high alert.
With the Mets and Brewers back on SNY Sunday afternoon, it meant field reporter Steve Gelbs wasn’t available to work his second gig as Jets pre and postgame host for the network. And after Cohen noted the Jets suffered a very ugly 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos, Gelbs claimed his absence from the postgame show may have been for the better.
“It’s probably best for my career that I’m here and not back in New York,” Gelbs admitted, prompting Cohen to urge the SNY host and reporter to take caution when airing his grievances.
“Probably should just keep your microphone closed to just to be safe,” Cohen joked. “We’ll just get some ambient noise for your microphone. Just like they got some ambient noise in the ninth inning last night on the Fox broadcast.”
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That ambient noise was a loud hot mic F-bomb, presumably from home plate umpire Adrian Johnson. With Francisco Lindor leading off the ninth inning Saturday night, the Mets shortstop fouled an 0-2 pitch back into the umpire’s arm, leading to a very loud “motherf*****” being heard over the Fox broadcast.
“Brian Eno?” Ron Darling asked of the ambient noise, referencing the musician who popularized the term ambient music.
“No, it was a little more verbal than that,” Cohen said of the F-bomb heard on Fox. “I mean, I know if it happened on our broadcast, there would have been some oblique message to the FCC to try and win some favor.”
Despite a putrid performance by Aaron Rodgers and the entire Jets offense Sunday afternoon against the Broncos, Gelbs was able to refrain from using profanity on live TV, saving SNY from having to send an oblique message to the FCC like Fox may have had to Saturday night.
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