The third base line wasn’t the only place the Mets took advantage of some dramatics on Monday night. As the pitch clock continues to establish a firm foothold across the MLB, the SNY broadcast team decided to ham up an at-bat between New York’s Max Scherzer and San Diego’s Trent Grisham.
How? They overlayed the pitch clock in the center of a “faceoff” angle between Scherzer and Grisham.
I know the pitch clock was instituted to establish some urgency for the players, but this might have been taking it a little too far to add more weight to a routine at-bat.
this shot + pitch clock overlay on the SNY broadcast makes it feel like a nerve-wracking episode of 24 where the safety of everyone at Citi Field is entirely reliant on Max Scherzer striking out Trent Grisham pic.twitter.com/FDtlSjP2Uk
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) April 11, 2023
I mean, come on. It’s early April, with just over 10 games in the books. I can understand playing up the theatrics for viewers at home on occasion, but this feels like too much. At the very least, it makes everything seem overdramatic.
For what it’s worth, the SNY broadcast has become known for experimentation with its artistic shots. Perhaps it’d be good to dial this idea back.
MLB fans were torn by the dramatic pitch clock angle during Mets-Padres
This shot had no business being that dramatic, but also I would be completely for this overlay during a key moment in the playoffs https://t.co/1Hr0jRzAt4
— Andy (@awesomeeandy) April 11, 2023
I just hear the 24 beeps in my head lol https://t.co/vbqQJm4kMF
— rayskicksnthings (@rayskicksnthing) April 11, 2023
Everything about the Mets SNY broadcast is so good – announcers, direction, graphics, production values, tone, but especially the way they're not afraid to be innovative and give you new ways of seeing a baseball game even though you've watched thousands of games before. https://t.co/FjMYmr0Cqh
— Mateo Mateo (@Mateyush) April 11, 2023
The entire appeal of baseball was its weird, old-timey farcical nonsense. All of these rule changes to make it televise better don’t work and miss the whole point. https://t.co/czXKEvDgGc
— Tristan Schweiger (@tjschweiger) April 11, 2023
I think the overlay is fun not sure what there is to be mad about https://t.co/I0oGBsB03b
— grace toucher (@spaghetti) April 11, 2023
https://t.co/NLiGKoRsLD pic.twitter.com/mTWcpnPDbI
— ArtDopeDealer 🎨 (@SeeMid_Tweet) April 11, 2023
Man this is so good https://t.co/kaOjbot2pl
— Good Tweetman (@Goodtweet_man) April 11, 2023
I hate this shot that the SNY production team does. I generally really like the overall SNY broadcast. But I don't like the artistic shots like this that are distracting — the focus is on the broadcast and not the actual game. The moment doesn't need it. https://t.co/Tsk1mGMqgG
— Lori Rubinson (@LRubinson) April 11, 2023
This is what it’s like during every game in the mind of a Mets fan https://t.co/WStRC6Ziib
— Amy B (@amybeleckas) April 11, 2023
