{"id":677615,"date":"2026-04-17T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677615\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:42:33","slug":"mariners-broadcaster-defends-ai-use-after-unjust-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677615\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariners broadcaster defends AI use after unjust criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Mariners<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000013\" data-name=\"Seattle Mariners\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Seattle Mariners\"><\/a> broadcaster Angie Mentink, a respected figure in MLB media since 1997, recently faced unwarranted online criticism after a short video surfaced showing her using Google Gemini to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/16\/sports\/angie-mentink-explains-why-she-used-ai-for-formulating-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">generate ideas for postgame interview questions<\/a> following a tough loss.<\/p>\n<p>Mentink responded with grace and humor on social media, explaining that she was simply experimenting with the tool as a learning aid to supplement her own prepared questions, noting the evolution from pen and paper in her early career.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Currently asking AI how to handle going viral for using AI. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n<p>In all seriousness, I&#8217;m late to the AI party. Earlier this season I experimented with AI to see if it had any questions to add to my list for my postgame coverage. We&#8217;ve come a long way from pen and paper when I\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angie Mentink (@AngieMentink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieMentink\/status\/2044853510861361471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The backlash is particularly concerning given Mentink\u2019s breast cancer survival and recovery from a stroke in February that left her paralyzed on her left side. She had only recently returned to the booth, focusing on regaining her bearings with support from the Mariners organization.<\/p>\n<p>Any criticism in this context appears insensitive and misguided.<\/p>\n<p>Further complicating the matter is the video\u2019s unauthorized recording and release without her knowledge or consent. Filmed by a fan at a game and posted online with a mocking tone, it raises serious questions about privacy in public spaces and the ethics of sharing such footage to provoke backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Mentink has handled the episode professionally, underscoring her dedication amid personal challenges.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners broadcaster Angie Mentink, a respected figure in MLB media since 1997, recently faced unwarranted online criticism&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2392],"tags":[42665,5,620,4,619,65,3235],"class_list":["post-677615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seattle-mariners","tag-angie-mentink","tag-baseball","tag-mariners","tag-mlb","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-seattlemariners"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116420106148776745","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}