In Lieu Of Crowd Noise, Might Players Let Us In On Their "Sound"?

Bill Shaikin of the LA Times is using baseball’s downtime to consider improvements to the sport and this from Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss seemed tailored for golf, too.

“If there’s no crowd noise, you’ll be able to hear all the trash-talking. You might as well embrace it. Start mic’ing up players, or use directional microphones, so you can hear everything that’s being said. That’s something the audience hasn’t had before. Having been on the field at games, hearing it is really exciting. That’s the thing I think would be the best.

“I would be trying to replace the excitement of the fans screaming and the pulsating cheering with the inside scoop of what it’s really like to be in the game and hear everything that’s being said, and even the stuff on the mound.”

Maybe not everything, at least not in real time. A brief delay would allow producers to select the most compelling dialogue, mute objectionable language, and protect the integrity of the game, particularly

While there are physical complications with attaching mics to players that all golfers can all relate to, increased eavesdropping on player-caddie chats when live golf restarts would be hugely beneficial.

Now, players and caddies just have to be convinced that the state secrets bandied about between them are nothing more than player-caddie conversations.