{"id":62639,"date":"2025-05-29T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/62639\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T02:13:13","slug":"jason-benetti-praises-tigers-broadcast-for-capturing-hot-mic-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/62639\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Benetti praises Tigers&#8217; broadcast for capturing hot mic gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody loves a hot mic more than Jomboy Media.<\/p>\n<p>Well, maybe except Jason Benetti.<\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed play-by-play voice of the Detroit Tigers was all ears Tuesday night as home plate umpire Tony Randazzo tossed San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin. Giants starter Logan Webb, <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/mlb\/fart-logan-webb-press-conference.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no stranger to hot mics himself,<\/a> was getting squeezed by Randazzo with San Francisco already down 3-0.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bob Melvin and home plate umpire Tony Randazzo got into it after the Giants manager was ejected for arguing calls\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snyRgyys8Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/snyRgyys8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSGiants\/status\/1927516615505019301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Melvin made sure to let Randazzo know he didn\u2019t appreciate his strike zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said two things to you,\u201d Melvin snapped. \u201cYou know what? You got a horsesh*t game going. I can\u2019t open my mouth one time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melvin continued by complaining about Randazzo\u2019s quick hook that sent him to the showers early. At one point, he got right in Randazzo\u2019s face and snapped, \u201cYou\u2019re f*cking better than that,\u201d as the two stood nose to nose, practically smelling what the other had for dinner. It\u2019s unclear exactly what set Randazzo off, other than the Giants arguing balls and strikes, but Melvin pleaded with him to get off his back.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime MLB manager clearly didn\u2019t like Randazzo saying he was better than that. He flipped it back on the veteran umpire, telling him that he wasn\u2019t better tonight, which is why Melvin was \u201cb*tching\u201d in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur microphones win again!\u201d said Benetti. \u201cAnd Jomboy, because the breakdown is coming for maybe both today and yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Might be the hottest mic of the year<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the shoutout <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonbenetti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@jasonbenetti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAIcGgJIXo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rAIcGgJIXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jomboy (@Jomboy_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jomboy_\/status\/1927537625415479796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves a good hot mic. Benetti certainly does, as does Jomboy. It makes the life of everyone\u2019s go-to sports lip reader that much easier. And apparently, the Tigers have helped, too. Benetti credited FanDuel Sports Network Detroit\u2019s microphones for delivering yet another perfect hot mic moment.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason the Tigers\u2019 broadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/orig\/2024-mlb-broadcaster-announcer-rankings-mets-giants-padres.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ranks so highly<\/a>. Benetti\u2019s part of it. But so are the microphones, too.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nobody loves a hot mic more than Jomboy Media. Well, maybe except Jason Benetti. 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