The Atlanta Braves typically have a television broadcast booth of Brandon Gaudin and Jeff Francoeur. But for Wednesday’s series finale against the New York Mets, they brought back the unconventional players only booth, and it didn’t disappoint.
They even had John Smoltz showing some personally.
The booth included former Braves Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, Tom Glavine, Smoltz and Francoeur. And at one point during the game, the broadcast brought up a clip of Smoltz getting hit by a pitch from Mark Thompson in a 1996 game against the Rockies. Now, no matter the era, it’s never fun to get hit by a big-league pitch. But Smoltz didn’t exactly show off a high pain tolerance there.
John Smoltz, HBP. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/qhInXKWNho
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 24, 2023
As Smoltz tried to argue that the took the pitch to the kidney, Jones just went ahead and roasted his former teammate. “Does the tuna! So, this is what the tuna looks like,” Jones said as the rest of the booth laughed along.
And in case you were wondering, Smoltz was totally fine after that hit by pitch. He struck out 10 in 8.1 innings, and the Braves won that game, 8-3.
Fans loved everything about that clip.
This was how Twitter reacted
That's the Roger Dorn reaction against the White Sox in Major League 2. https://t.co/Y7EyX85eay
— The Brewer Nation (@BrewerNation) August 24, 2023
Best moment of the broadcast to me 😂 https://t.co/XhFp64LSGV
— Emily (@BravesEmily) August 24, 2023
This broadcast last night was absolutely a riot. Too late in the season. But give me another cast. Maybe say the last home series of the year https://t.co/2BJANDO8Pn
— Mlb regular season is here (@ATLthechamp2021) August 24, 2023
i’m ngl this is exactly how i would react too https://t.co/hVHaROKCiX
— tony beasley superfan (@tonysuperfan27) August 24, 2023
The commentary from the game last night was pure gold, just as good as the first time they were in the booth. https://t.co/lhwFGBA3jy
— Mike (@haas_haus) August 24, 2023
pic.twitter.com/lk4Mr6iUD3 https://t.co/tCHCbCzhDZ
— Reg ⭐️ (@rcater1) August 24, 2023
This was the best part 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Ifb6GhOd21
— Chipper Joñesiñ’ (@bcalhoun27) August 24, 2023
Put it on repeat 😂 https://t.co/2Sb9lb3u1j
— Matt (@TheRowdyMatt) August 24, 2023
John “The Tuna” Smoltz https://t.co/WO0lE9zmYo
— Greg Always #FortheA (@gpphipps10) August 24, 2023
The Braves need more of those broadcasts.
