This past week, Atlanta Braves announcer Joe Simpson made a slip during the broadcast that suggested that Washington Nationals rookie phenom Juan Soto was perhaps not his stated age of 19, but actually older. He walked back the comments immediately the next day, but the damage was done.
Simpson has drawn ire around the game recently with his comments regarding the Dodgers batting practice jerseys, so his name being associated with raising questions on a player led to plenty of comments about the “old, white guy” views from Simpson on Facebook and Twitter baseball groups.