{"id":678641,"date":"2026-04-18T21:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678641\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T21:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:15:18","slug":"masns-kevin-brown-explains-coachella-to-ben-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678641\/","title":{"rendered":"MASN’s Kevin Brown explains Coachella to Ben McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Guardians were locked in a 0-0 slugfest in the 4th inning on Friday when MASN announcer Kevin Brown made a music reference, which he is often prone to doing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With that, he set off a three-minute-long tangent with color commentator Ben McDonald about Coachella, the Italian lemon liqueur limoncello, and McDonald\u2019s status as a Justin Bieber fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHasn\u2019t been the most thrilling game of the year,\u201d said Brown in the bottom of the 4th. \u201cNot exactly like Nine Inch Noize at Coachella<\/a>-levels of compelling, it\u2019d be heresy to suggest that, but it\u2019s scoreless, it\u2019s tied. Not exactly a pitcher\u2019s duel but 0-0 all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat did you just say? asked an incredulous McDonald. \u201cWhat was that? Did you say Coachellis? Is this one of these words you had to get in again, or is this another made-up word? I thought that Coachellis was like a Jell-O shot or something?\u201d<\/p>\n

In which MASN\u2019s Kevin Brown explains to Ben McDonald how Coachella is different from limoncello. pic.twitter.com\/lkqfWsGo5Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

McDonald kept trying to explain what he thought \u201cCoachellis\u201d might be when Brown realized he was thinking of limoncello.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is that Italian dessert you get?\u201d asked McDonald.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLimoncello?\u201d added Brown. \u201cThat\u2019s not an Italian dessert, that\u2019s a post-dinner aperitif.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got alcohol in it, right?\u201d responded McDonald. \u201cI might have had one or two of those. That\u2019s why I remembered it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McDonald then asked Brown again to clarify the word he \u201cmade up,\u201d and the Orioles play-by-play man started explaining to his 58-year-old what Coachella was. When McDonald asked Brown if he\u2019d gone, he said he hadn\u2019t because he\u2019s \u201cusually busy working baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Blink-184 would\u2019ve been there, you would\u2019ve been there,\u201d said McDonald.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, so they\u2019ve added a couple of members now,\u201d replied Brown, referring to the band Blink-182.<\/p>\n

Brown then quizzed McDonald on several Coachella headliners to see if he was familiar with them. While he was unaware of Karol G and Sabrina Carpenter, he was familiar with Justin Bieber.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a Belieber,\u201d joked Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019m not a Belieber,\u201d responded McDonald. \u201cBut I know who you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Add it to the list of comical<\/a> and memorable<\/a> moments between the two Baltimore broadcasters.<\/p>\n

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