Issues with the SNY broadcast of Thursday night’s Mets game had fans saying ay caramba.
Fans noticed early in the Mets’ final game of a three-game set against the Twins that popular broadcasters Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling were not calling the game, as the audio was replaced by Spanish-language broadcasters.
A technical issue with Verizon Fios that is affecting customers in the tri-state area appeared to be the cause of the issue.
A spokesperson for Verizon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.
A reply from the Verizon Support X account suggested that it was “a broadcast issue with SNY.”
“We’ve been getting many reports of the SNY channel coming through in Spanish,” the account said in response to a customer’s complaint.
“After looking into it, we found that it seems to be a broadcast issue with SNY, since other customers with Xfinity are having the same issue. We’re hoping it will be resolved quickly!”
It’s the second consecutive night that the SNY broadcast has dealt with the apparent technical glitch, though some Mets fans seem to take it as a good sign after the Mets ended their 12-game losing streak.
“I mean they won when the broadcast went to Spanish last night so I guess as a superstitious #Mets fan I can roll with this but so unsure what’s going on with SNY!?!! Is it just Fios people?!” one social media user wrote on Thursday.
On Wednesday night, well-known media personality Keith Olbermann took notice of the language change and posted to X to complain about it.
“So far the Mets have blown a 2-1 lead in a bid to avoid a 13th straight loss, Lindor has gotten hurt, and the @snytv audio has been replaced by Spanish PXP in the 6th, restored, and then replaced again in the 7th,” he wrote.
Perhaps the Spanish is good luck for the Mets after they beat the Twins, 3-2, on Wednesday night off a go-ahead bloop single to right field by Mark Vientos that drove in Brett Baty.
On Thursday night, the Mets got off to another fiery start by taking a 7-2 lead through the first five innings before allowing a grand slam in the eighth inning to tie the game at 7-7.
