Have you ever felt like sports commentators like Cris Collinsworth and Joe Davis can get a little wild on NFL and MLB broadcasts sometimes? Their real-world tangents are nothing compared to some recently uncovered voice lines for MLB Slugfest 2003.
“Enjoying some smoked whale meat up in the booth today,” one of the fictional casters says mid-game. “I don’t really care for it, but I can’t stop eating it.”
Other lines talk about players getting drunk, the commentators walking into traffic, audio engineers getting electrocuted, and even families being murdered. It’s some truly unhinged stuff.
The lines were uncovered by the Video Game History Foundation, which found a CD that included a number of lines that never made it to the ears of players.
“Still need more baseball?” a post from their Bluesky account read. “We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 2003 rejected by the MLB. Here are some of our favorites.”
It’s obvious that the MLB would never want to be associated with such inappropriate conduct, even in the form of a video game.
“A lot of families at the ballpark,” said another caster. “You know Tim, that’s good because my family was murdered.”
