r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

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u/Cabanarama_ Philadelphia Phillies 10h ago

It blows my mind that there are people out there who watch commercials without pressing mute. Mute is the second most important button on the remote, behind Power.

(Most of these are still pretty obnoxious even on mute, though.)

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u/No_Difference_9195 New York Yankees 10h ago

I do this when ads get repetitive and my brain can’t take them anymore. But normally, I use the sound as a signal when the game is back on. I’m doing something and listening for the commentators or other intro, as opposed to staring at the screen without sound or constantly looking up to see if it’s back on.

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u/HellDimensionQueen San Francisco Giants 4h ago

Yah, usually I can tune out the ads and look at my phone or use it for a bathroom break. But ads these games, oy vey

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u/fid_a Seattle Mariners 9h ago

Sadly, when using an Apple TV, the only way to mute is the phone app remote or if you have a separate sound system and remote for that specifically. I even mute / ffwd the mid inning 2/3 screen ads but after a while I give up cause it’s exhausting to keep opening my phone app. But yeah, Muting is the way.

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u/CrabbingSkiff Baltimore Orioles 9h ago

That is unhinged and sociopathic.

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u/budmanthecubfan Chicago Cubs 6h ago

How the fuck did apple manage to make muting proprietary?

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u/aratingas Houston Astros 5h ago

The Apple TV remote has a mute button. I’m not sure what that guy even means? You obviously have to set it up once to connect it to the TV/sound system but after that it works fine.

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u/fid_a Seattle Mariners 4h ago

Eh, mine doesn’t but clearly others do:

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u/fid_a Seattle Mariners 4h ago

They added it eventually, it’s likely just a design decision to keep the grid on the remote as minimal and simple as possible and feedback said that a mute button was less helpful than a…microphone/Siri button? Who knows.

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u/Low-Crazy-8061 Baltimore Orioles 4h ago

What? The Apple TV remote absolutely has a mute button

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u/fid_a Seattle Mariners 4h ago

Newer versions apparently do, but mine is like the two left options here. Fair point but it’s not worth an upgrade for my situation.

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u/hellajt New York Yankees 7h ago

Usually I'll get up to take a dump or grab a beer or something, and I'll leave the volume on so I can hear when the game is starting back up

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u/crow_revolution Seattle Mariners • Arizona Diamondbacks 6h ago

I started muting them and just reading in between innings, honestly getting a lot of reading done that way