Baseball fans were tuned into Peacock on Tuesday to watch the start of the MLB playoffs.
While they got the baseball action they came for, some also wound up taking part in the weirdest listening party imaginable.
Through roughly half of the top of the fifth inning, those watching the game on Peacock couldn’t help but notice the loud, instrumental outro music playing underneath the audio from the broadcast.
Why was @peacock playing music over the Red Sox-Yankees broadcast? 😂 #postseason pic.twitter.com/sJ5KYz8BXv
— Darkwoke Duck (@TweetinDylan) September 30, 2026
@peacock turn this fuck ass music off pic.twitter.com/9xPuuJMmKr
— liluzivertenthusiast (@nayenzgen_) September 30, 2026
Im crying peacock just had some royalty free intermission music playing while the fucking game was on 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/RnuAESVyqM
— tucker (@tuckerNYY) September 30, 2026
The instrumental track, labeled by many as the genre of “butt rock,” played long enough for people to wonder what the heck was going on. Notably, it appears that the miscue was only featured on Peacock and did not carry over to the broadcast on NBC.
Still, fans who were watching on Peacock were understandably perplexed.
Did NBC not notice they had music playing in the background for about 3 minutes
— ART. (@ichig0_ichiee) September 30, 2026
Hey @nbc, can you chill with the background music, please. #ALWildCard
— Trevor Chasse (@TrevorJChasse) September 30, 2026
This is hilarious, NBC doesn’t seem able to turn off the generic bumper music from the break in this Yankees/Red Sox game and it makes everything the announcers say sound like a monologue at the end of a WB show for teenagers.
— Jimmy Haslam Is A Criminal (@TomLasby) September 30, 2026
Would love to know why NBC just played royalty-free iMovie soundtrack music over the Yankees-Red Sox game for like seven minutes
— evan romano (@EvanRomano) September 30, 2026
Me trying to watch Red Sox/Yankees:
The Broadcast audio: pic.twitter.com/ruFcNgWPQN
— TrustMyData Props📊 (@TMDProps) September 30, 2026
The simplest explanation here is that someone accidentally hit the bumper music button without noticing, and the jams just kept on jamming until someone finally realized what was going on. This is simultaneously likely someone’s worst day on the job and a delightfully human, harmless mistake to inflict on thousands of viewers.
The Yankees would go on to defeat the Red Sox 9–0.
May every day of the MLB postseason feature a moment this strange and exciting.
About Tyler Lauletta
Tyler is a editorial contributor at Awful Announcing, with previous stops at Sports Illustrated and Business Insider during his career covering sports in digital media. He is, begrudgingly, a Truster of the Process and general Philly sports sicko.