• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Larry Brown Sports

Larry Brown Sports

Brown Bag it, Baby

  • Home
  • Blog View
  • NFL
  • NCAAF
  • NBA
  • MLB
  • Media
  • Headlines
  • Podcast
BaseballBuck ShowalterNew York MetsPete Alonso

Video: Mets broadcast goes ‘Kill Bill’ after hit-by-pitch

August 5, 2022 (Updated: February 11, 2025) by Alex Evans • Comments
FacebookTweetLinkedInRedditThreadsWhatsAppEmail
Buck Showalter unhappy

The New York Mets have been among the teams in MLB hit by the most pitches this season, and another hit-by-pitch during Friday’s 9-6 loss to the Atlanta Braves provided an opportunity for the Mets broadcast to break out a new special effect.

With the Braves up 8-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning and one out, Atlanta starter Ian Anderson threw a pitch that just missed hitting Pete Alonso in the face. After Alonso got up from the ground, the SNY broadcast switched to a close-up of Mets manager Buck Showalter glaring out from the dugout.

While Showalter was on camera, the screen went red and slowly zoomed in on the manager’s face as the infamous Ironside Siren sound from the movies “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” played for close to 10 seconds. The siren was sampled from the intro to Quincy Jones’ theme song for the 1967 film “Ironside.”

Pete Alonso nearly got hit in the face so the SNY broadcast put a special effect over an angry Buck Showalter 😩 pic.twitter.com/tuymwg5dm9

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 6, 2022

In the two “Kill Bill” movies, the siren is played whenever Uma Thurman’s character, “the Bride,” sees someone who has wronged her. The siren indicates that there will be trouble ahead.

Thurman’s character would takes matters into her own hands in a violent manner, but Showalter and the Mets have not often retaliated.

SNY may have been playing off of Showalter’s probable frustration with the number of his players who have been hit this season. The Mets led the majors entering Friday with 70 hit-by-pitches, five more than the second-place Cincinnati Reds.

While Alonso was fortunate that the ball just missed him on Friday, he was hit in the face during Opening Day on April 7 against the Washington Nationals. The following day, Mets shortstop Fransisco Lindor was also hit in the face. That scary hit-by-pitch resulted in a wild brawl (see video here).


  • i want more great stories!

Sign up today for free and get the best sports content sent to your inbox.

You can unsubscribe anytime. For more details, review our Privacy Policy.

.
LBS iPhone App
Get the App

Follow Us

Get instantly notified of the most viral news stories via Google!

  • Trending stories

Browns running back Quinshon Judkins looking on

Police share new details about Quinshon Judkins arrest

6 days ago
Karmelo Anthony poses for a mugshot

Karmelo Anthony will not face trial for a long time

4 days ago
Sam Ponder on the ESPN set

Sam Ponder shares reason she was fired by ESPN

3 days ago
Caitlin Clark dribbling

Indiana Fever president deletes her X account after receiving backlash for Caitlin Clark remarks

6 days ago
Teddy Bridgewater looks on

Teddy Bridgewater suspended over alleged impermissible benefits to his high school players

5 days ago

Sidebar

© 2025 · LB Sports Media Group Inc

  • X
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • About
  • Contact
  • Editorial Process
  • Staff Writers
  • Privacy Policy
Dedicated to the memory of Nevil Vega