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Bob Costas has awkward hot-mic moment during Yankees-Royals game as CNN promo ‘puts me in a difficult spot’

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Bob Costas has awkward hot-mic moment during Yankees-Royals game as CNN promo ‘puts me in a difficult spot’

Broadcaster Bob Costas appeared to get caught on a hot mic showing some reservation over having to read an ad for CNN during the TBS broadcast of Game 2 between the Yankees and Royals on Monday night.

With Royals reliever Angel Zerpa on the mound getting ready to throw a pitch, Costas seemed to be alerted that he had a promo read coming up for CNN, which he seemed to indicate put him in a “difficult spot.” 

Why exactly that was wasn’t quite clear. 


Bob Costas got caught on a hot mic, showing some reservation over having to read an ad for CNN during the TBS broadcast of Game 2 between the Yankees and Royals. Getty Images

“A CNN promo?” Costas asks, seemingly unaware that he could be heard on the air.

“That puts me in a difficult spot,” he said after breaking a brief silence. 

How the moment happened was a bit unclear.

As part of the broadcast setup, broadcasters have the ability to talk to the producers back in the production truck through a talkback button that mutes them from being heard on air and it’s unknown if Costas had thought he had hit the button and was saying that to a producer. 

Costas has had a relationship with CNN since he joined the news network as a contributor in 2020. 

The idea that TBS was airing a promo for CNN was also not out of the ordinary since Warner Bros. Discovery owns both TBS and CNN. 


A general view of a CNN sign as seen in Los Angeles.
Costas has had a relationship with CNN since he joined the news network as a contributor in 2020.  Christopher Sadowski

Costas has been calling the American League Division Series between the Yankees and Royals, but he has faced a lot of criticism from baseball fans over the way he’s called games. 

Fans had demanded he be removed from the broadcasts during Game 1 for his sleepy call of the game and the criticism from fans on X continued on Monday night for Game 2. 

The once-revered broadcaster is sure to draw even more attention with the odd hot mic moment during Monday’s game.

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