Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alex Call criticizes Major League Baseball broadcasts after playoff advertisements featuring actor Sydney Sweeney air during the NLCS. Call posts on social media that the commercials include “half-naked” imagery, and he frames the ads as inappropriate for the postseason.
Outlet coverage notes the timing: Call is introduced shortly before the Dodgers play the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the NLCS. One report also describes a warm reception for Call at the ballpark despite his criticism. Other reporting emphasizes that Call’s comments target both MLB and the networks airing the commercials, following the appearance of Sweeney’s Novig ads during playoff coverage. The accounts agree on the basic facts that Call makes the public complaint and that it centers on the content of the televised advertisements.
