Baseball fans frustrated as announcers get caught in discussion about Wordle

A pair of announcers at a San Francisco Giants baseball game found themselves taking part in one of America’s favourite pastimes this week: openly chatting about something other than the game being played out in front of them.

Commentators Dave Flemming and Jon Miller found themselves on a hot mic, as they discussed the minutiae of the online game Wordle on Wednesday night as the Giants took on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The chummy conversation about The New York Times word puzzle broke out as the Giants, who led 2-1 in the series going into Wednesday’s game, entered the fourth inning and would continue for nearly half the turn of bat.

Mr Miller, who appeared to have not known about the popular online game that became a global sensation when it launched back in October 2021, begins by telling his co-commentator that “he’s looked it up on my app here” before Mr Flemming begins to relay with announcer-like clarity how to play the game.

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