Baltimore Orioles fans show their support for play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown, who has been suspended over a comment he made on air. Fans chant 'Free Kevin Brown' and display a sign with the slogan during a game between the Orioles and Houston Astros.
over an innocuous comment he made on the air during a recent series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
The fans were making their voices heard on the matter with chants of “Free Kevin Brown” while another brought a large sign with the slogan on it. The chants were audible on the TBS broadcast of Tuesday night’s game between the Orioles and Houston Astros. “Chant of ‘Free Kevin Brown’ raining down,” one of the TBS broadcasters said on the air. “Love this fanbase standing behind their announcer. We all know the story, Kevin Brown made some extremely benign comments, was not even critical, but somebody in upper management – many believe it is the owner – made a decision to take him off the air.”
Sports Business Journal media reporter John Ourand noted on Twitter that he did not hear the chants on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network broadcast of the game.This is the TBS telecast. I did not hear this on MASN.
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