Tigers radio broadcaster caught on hot mic with F-bomb after ALDS crusher
Dan Dickerson accidentally said what every Tigers fan was thinking after their season ended in heartbreak.
The longtime Tigers radio announcer was caught dropping an F-bomb into a hot mic following Detroit’s 15-inning, season-ending loss to the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALDS on Friday night.
After the instant classic that lasted nearly five hours, punctuated by a walk-off single from Seattle infielder Jorge Polanco, the devastated Dickerson didn’t see a need to recap the game with radio partner Dan Petry, begging the question: What else is there to talk about?
Warning: explicit language
“I don’t have to do a game … ah f–k,” he said. “F–k this game recap … Oh, I’m sorry, was that out loud?”
Dickerson, in a statement to the Detroit Free Press, apologized for his comments.
“I want to sincerely apologize for swearing during a break in the post-game last night,” Dickerson said. “Our mics were inadvertently left open — but I know better than to swear into an open mic. It was said in a moment of frustration, and not a reflection about how I feel about doing the game recap — just how I felt about doing it in that moment after a five hour, 15 inning, season-ending loss. I’m very sorry any fans had to hear it — my apologies again.”
“I’m very sorry any fans had to hear it — my apologies again.”
The Tigers took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning on a two-run homer from Kerry Carpenter, while ace Tarik Skubal spun six innings of one-run ball with a whopping 13 strikeouts — the most ever by a pitcher in a winner-take-all postseason game.
But the Mariners evened it up as soon as Skubal exited, and the score remained deadlocked until deep in the night.
At 15 innings, Friday’s contest was the longest winner-take-all postseason game in MLB history — one filled with 13 calls to the bullpen and even a 14th-inning stretch.
When Polanco finally broke the tension with a single on the ground to right field, it made the end result all the more excruciating for the losing side.
“We have nothing to hang our heads down on,” Tiger manager A.J. Hinch said.“There’s going to be plenty of time to talk about the season, this game, the peaks, the valleys. But I’m extremely proud of that group in there for what we accomplished, and we fought tonight to try to extend our season.”
A season that once held so much promise for the Tigers comes to a disheartening close, while the Mariners advance to their first ALCS appearance since 2001.
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