Tigers-Astros broadcast hit major audio issues

The MLB Postseason is just getting rolling, but one game in the Wild Card round hit major broadcast issues. That was the second game between the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros, which had a significant period of time late where the ESPN on ABC call from Michael Kay, Todd Frazier, Tim Kurkjian, and Alden Gonzalez both sounded like they were underwater and wasn’t properly synced with the video feed. Here’s one example of that:

That drew a lot of comment. Here’s some of that:

Indeed, as that last poster noted, there were lots of complaints about audio (and video) issues throughout this broadcast, not just at this point.

The audio was eventually fixed, though, and Michael Kay’s call of the final play drew some plaudits:

ESPN and ESPN2 have the remaining three Wild Card games Wednesday, and they and ABC will carry any necessary third games Thursday. Hopefully those broadcasts will go a bit more smoothly on the technical side.

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