Mike Schmidt was forced to apologize after a joke he told at the expense of the #MeToo movement during a Phillies broadcast landed with a thud.
Schmidt, the Hall of Fame third baseman who has been calling Sunday Phillies games on NBC Sports Philadelphia since 2014, was discussing an injury to a pitcher during Sunday’s 10-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves when the conversation made an unlikely detour into #MeToo territory.
Schmidt’s joke was prompted when reporter Gregg Murphy brought up a tweet by Amanda McCarthy, the wife of Braves pitcher Brandon McCarthy.