MLB sportscaster Suzyn Waldman has been caught up in a hot mic moment, hilariously complaining about the slugfest that was the New York Yankees’ 2-1 loss to the Washington Nationals.
The long-time baseball radio announcer, 76, didn’t realize she was still on air during a commercial break in the bottom of the fourth inning on Tuesday night.
The game was tied 1-1 at the time with Ben Rortvedt and Carter Kieboom traded homers in the third.
But the scoring seemingly failed to liven up the contest in Waldman’s eyes.
Just before the commercial break ended, the sportscaster could be heard saying “God, this is boring,” as caught by Awful Announcing.
Amusingly, her remark overlapped with Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka’s plug for Yankees broadcast on the Audacy app.
But Waldman’s radio partner, John Sterling, didn’t let the slip-up distract him as he resumed his commentary as if nothing happened straightaway.
While the Tuesday match, which CJ Abrams won for the Nationals with an eighth-inning home run, might have been dull, it’s been an eventful season for Yankees broadcasters.
In June, Sterling made the headlines himself after a foul ball hit him in the head in New York’s 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox.
Justin Turner, who sent the ball flying toward the broadcast booth, then reached out to the announcer and presented him with a signed ball.
The Yankees avenged the Tuesday loss by drubbing the Nats 9-1 the following day.
The victory saved New York from recording its first 10-game losing streak since 1913.
Judged inspired the win his first three-homer game of the season.
But despite getting the dub, the Yankees are still bottom of the AL East with a 61-65 record.
With New York on track for the first losing season since 1992, general manager Brian Cashman called the team’s campaign “a disaster.”
“Yes, definitely a shock,” he added.