If new Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon had his druthers, there wouldn’t be fake crowd noise during games, or the intrasquad games the team is playing now at summer camp in Anaheim.
“It’s like two of your senses that aren’t coinciding with one another. That’s like, if you’re looking at a pizza, but you’re smelling a hamburger,” Rendon said on a Zoom call with reporters. “You hear the noise, but you know there’s nobody in the stands. You don’t see anybody. So I’d rather listen to music.”
When asked about Rendon’s comments, Angels manager Joe Maddon smiled.