Orioles Broadcast question Blue Jays fans intelligence saying 'Canadians have a low baseball IQ'
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The Baltimore Orioles broadcast team is taking some heat online after questioning the intelligence of Toronto Blue Jays fans.
A Baltimore Orioles colour commentator's remarks during the TV broadcast of a Blue Jays game went a little foul for many fans north of the border Friday night as he openly questioned the «baseball IQ of some Canadians» while on-air.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Toronto outfielder Myles Straw was leading off on first base when Orioles pitcher Shawn Dubin quickly threw a pickoff attempt to first, eliciting jeers from the crowd.
In a clip of the MASN broadcast posted on X (formally known as twitter), Orioles play-by-play commentator Kevin Brown pointed out that fans at the Rogers Centre didn't sound too happy about the pick off move.
Baltimore's broadcast crew on Blue Jays fans booing the pick off move:
«Sometime we had some major questions about the baseball IQ of Canadians.»
«Maybe they know a little bit more about hockey than baseball»
«Maybe they know a little bit more about hockey than baseball»
«It's very silly to me, the people who boo the pickoff moves now, a pickoff move helps you with a disengagement. It's like booing if a pitcher throws a ball,» he said.
Blue Jays fans respond online to to the Baltimore Orioles TV broadcast questioning the intelligence of Canadian baseball fans
In response, colour commentator and former Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts explained he had to be really careful with what he was about to say, before saying that:
«sometimes we had some major questions about the baseball IQ of some Canadians here and there... At times it felt like maybe ... they knew a little bit more about hockey than baseball.»
Brown agreed with his on-air partner that he did need to be careful.
«Let's shut down this conversation right here,» he said. «We're not on the air in Canada, are we?» Roberts joked, before his colleague reminded him of the existence of the internet.
It's not uncommon for home team fans to boo pickoff attempts against their base runners.
«I'm 99.9 per cent certain fans of every team boo pickoff attempts, including Baltimore. Am I wrong?» one Blue Jays fan wrote in response.
«No, you're absolutely correct. Orioles fans do the same exact thing at Camden Yards. I have no idea what he was on about,» another responded.
The comments are the latest in a series of ongoing on-air barbs between the broadcast personalities of the American League East teams.
Blue Jays colour commentator and former manager Buck Martinez went viral online this week after he called out the rival New York Yankees during a broadcast on Tuesday.
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