Blyleven given 2-game suspension

[BeefMaster]

Bert Blyleven has been suspended from TV for two games for using profanity during a live segment he thought was being taped.

Anybody know whether the video is floating around online anywhere?  A youtube search for "blyleven" turned up nothing.

[Stock]

Viewers are pussies.
I hate the FCC.

[fknmclane]

I read an article the other day somewhere about the Twins team pictures and Blyleven taking the liberty to moon the team numerous times.

[BeefMaster]

A Twins message board happened to mention another Blyleven booth incident during a discussion of this - in a game earlier this year, they had a guy in the booth from American Idol, and Blyleven said to him, "Let's talk about Paula Abdul ... Did you get lucky with her?"

Also, his Wiki page has a list of a few other Blyleven on-air episodes, including this gem:

On August 15, 2006, the Twins were facing the Cleveland Indians. Shin-Soo Choo pinch hit in the ninth inning. When Bremer said Choo's full name, Blyleven responded by saying "Bless you."

[Attezz]

[BeefMaster]

[Attezz]

How...embarrassing.

[BeefMaster]

No fair - it didn't give me a warning when I posted.

I'll leave it there anyway, just because I don't like deleting posts.

[Big Hath]

the other guy was very professional about it, he tried to pick up on the highlights immediately after the slip up and didn't miss a beat when the camera was back on them


I just wish that when Blyleven spoke it sounded all boomy and robotic like a mecha-blyleven

[Nacho]

That's classic.  They did transition back into the broadcast very well.  The looks on their faces are awesome after it happened.

"We've gotta do this fuckin' thing over because I just fucked it up..."
"Oh, we're live!"

[ultimate7]

For some reason they increased his suspension 2 or 3 more games and he apologized again not really sure why

[VerlairWightSL]

It's probably because the FCC are a bunch of pussies, and they felt like giving him more time off? I just wish the FCC would go defunct already because they blow goats during their time.

[malnuboy]

I'm not sure that the FCC hands out individual suspensions.

[Nacho]

I'm not sure that the FCC hands out individual suspensions.

I'm also fairly sure that cable TV is out of their jurisdiction.