We have ourselves a good old fartgate in Pittsburgh. It certainly sounded like a fart, but the Pittsburgh Pirates TV booth is offering a strong denial.
With Pirates play-by-play voice Greg Brown and analyst Neil Walker in the SportsNet Pittsburgh booth Tuesday night for Paul Skenes’ latest start, there was a noise that sounded like a fart. We can’t say for certain what the noise was or who it came from, but Brown and Walker are certain it wasn’t what it sounded like.
Wednesday night, with Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds at the plate, Walker noted he’s the type of player capable of hitting home runs in bunches even though he hadn’t ripped one in 10 days.
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“He just kind of quietly does it,” Brown added of Reynolds. “All of a sudden you start seeing it. As we said earlier, he doesn’t toot his own horn. By the way, the folks at Jomboy and Awful Announcing…tuned into the game last night. Sometimes they don’t report the truth.”
To be fair, we reported there was a possible gas leak in the Pirates TV booth Tuesday night, we never confirmed a fart or its culprit. Even if there wasn’t a fart, it sounded like there was, and that’s the truth.
“But we’re happy that everyone’s watching and listening,” Walker chimed in.
“And listening very closely to what they think they hear,” Brown added.
“Happy to say that I’m feeling okay today,” Walker said, intimating we shouldn’t expect to hear any accidental emissions during this broadcast. “How are you feeling?” he asked Brown.
“I’m feeling great,” Brown insisted. “Was feeling good last night too by the way. I know they were concerned.”
Before all the medical professionals come after us, we know farting is healthy and certainly wouldn’t want to imply otherwise. But we’re still glad to hear everyone in the Pirates booth is feeling well.
“Down on strikes,” Brown said as he seamlessly weaved play-by-play in and out of his self-defense from any flatulence. “Five K’s for Sonny Gray. I don’t know if you could say he squeaked one by Reynolds, but he strikes him out.”
Regardless of what happened Tuesday night, sneaking “squeaked one by” in after the denial is some of Brown’s best work. It sounded like a fart, but Brown and Walker would like the incident to be added to an ever-growing pile of false accusations that includes sneezes, chairs, ice skates, windshield wipers, and nose blowing.
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Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com