NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Something wasn't right about ESPN's presentation of a baseball game.
WCBS880 Sports Director Jared Max was watching the Yankees-Mets game on ESPN Sunday night. When they came back from commercial, he saw this on TV:
When he looked outside, he saw this:
Do you see the difference? Well, look closely at the Empire State Building. You'll see Christmas time red and green in the ESPN picture and a mixed Mets-Yankees lighting scheme in real life.
Most would assume that, given ESPN commentators having mentioned the weather, it was a live shot. All you had to do was look out at the skyline to see that it was, instead, stock footage of Manhattan.
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