MLB The Show 16: Hands-On with Hosmer | PlayStation

I handled location audio for PlayStation’s MLB The Show 16 commercial featuring Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, shot shortly after the Royals’ 2015 World Series championship. Hosmer was one of the Royals’ most popular players and brought a genuine World Series champion energy to the production.

The MLB The Show commercial series typically involves the player playing the game, reacting to their digital counterpart, and delivering a mix of scripted and natural dialogue. Getting clean audio from a professional athlete in a gaming context — where they’re physically engaged with the console and moving naturally — requires good lavalier placement and close mic work to capture both the scripted lines and the authentic reactions.