Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 01, 2008
Disconnect

It seems the FCC is out of touch with the people. Chase Utley dropped an F-Bomb during his speech after the Phillies parade yesterday, and the crowd loved it:

Utley's utterance was heard on all of them, and the Federal Communications Commission doesn't take kindly to cursing.

Anchors from NBC10, 6ABC and Fox29 issued on-air apologies almost immediately. CBS3's came later. Despite having used a tape delay of several seconds, the word made it onto their air.

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Fans at Citizens Bank Park generally were unfazed.

"They hear worse stuff in school," said Ivette Centeno, 44, of Northeast Philadelphia, there with her two children and two grandchildren. "As a parent, we can explain that it was just excitement, and that we don't want them to say that."

Malik Muhammad, 29, of West Philadelphia, there with his daughter, Tia, 6, and Tia's mother, Tamika Taylor, 28, called the remark "surprising, but I can't say it disturbed us."

Of course, given that this was the second time Utley uttered the profanity on TV, maybe it's time to ask Chase to stop giving speeches.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:52 AM | Broadcasts | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I was in CBP and everyone around me was cool with it. It was just excitement taking over.

As for the All-Star game F-bomb, Chase gets a complete pass on that because I don't think he knew it would air.

Go Phillies!!!!

Posted by: Tim at November 1, 2008 10:16 AM

Personally, I think Utley essentially vocalized exactly what every Phillie fan had been thinking for the three previous days. I haven't heard any complaints about it, and the Philly Daily News (I believe) had it as "Utley puts it best".

Posted by: TC at November 1, 2008 02:28 PM
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