{"id":702383,"date":"2026-05-18T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702383\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:21:17","slug":"dodgers-broadcast-forced-to-address-extremely-loud-young-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/702383\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers broadcast forced to address extremely loud young fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget about sports opinionists trying to ban kids from athlete press conferences<\/a>, just wait until they start trying to keep them from attending Los Angeles Dodgers games.<\/p>\n

If you watched any of the Dodgers and Angels Sunday afternoon on SportsNet LA, you almost certainly heard one young fan behind the plate having a grand old time. The Dodgers didn\u2019t have a kid in their broadcast booth Sunday afternoon, although it may have sounded that way with one child repeatedly seeming louder than the SportsNet LA announcers Stephen Nelson and Orel Hershiser.<\/p>\n

As screams of \u201cLet\u2019s go Rojas, let\u2019s go\u201d from the young fan dominated the broadcast, Nelson aptly noted, \u201cMy man in the first row is relentless with his energy for the Dodgers today\u201d in the fifth inning. And it wasn\u2019t just Rojas, the kid had a chant for every Dodger that stepped to the plate.<\/p>\n

Dodgers broadcast had to address why their mic kept picking up this loud child \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/Jjfm8APdIK<\/a><\/p>\n

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Maybe you thought it was cute that the young fan was having so much fun cheering for his favorite team, maybe you also eventually got to the point of wondering when that same young fan will get a little bit tired. And if he\u2019s not going to get tired, why doesn\u2019t the broadcast just turn whatever mic is near him down?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our field mic that picks up the crack of the bat, so we don\u2019t want to turn it down so you don\u2019t hear the crack of the bat, but you\u2019re definitely getting the voice of a little person,\u201d Hershiser explained.<\/p>\n

But also, let the kid be a kid. And more importantly, let the kid be a fan. This is what Major League Baseball should want, right? Young, passionate fans.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a difference between a young fan having the best day ever, and someone just trying to get their voice heard on TV in the later innings of a game after a few too many adult sodas. And this particular relentless Dodgers fan would not have been able to maintain that level of enthusiasm throughout the game without being a genuine fan, and a kid.<\/p>\n

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