World Series Buzz

Direct TV or cable, it doesn't matter. It's crowd noise. They allow it in so you feel like you are at the game. It's always there.

Fox Sports uses many crowd mics and really cranks them up. It's supposed to be that "you are there" effect, but mostly it's just ambient noise. There's even a mic to capture the crack of the bat.

I just turned off Game 3 (in St. Louis).
DirecTV is sponsoring the blimp (so I know there is one) but there is no "electric razor" noise in tonight's broadcast.
I'll tune in Game 6 (if the series returns to "Baston")
and hear what I can hear!

I did not hear any buzz on Sat game via Uverse, it sounds fine

I turned the game back on just after 8 p.m. (PST) and was hearing the buzz.
This has to be some kind of control signal used for setting microphone volumes, dynamic range etc..
Another possible is that it's some kind of "dithering" or digital artifact (the whole bloomin' broadcast is digital, right?).
I guess I'll just wear earmuffs. This should mitigate the buzz so I won't be reminded how crappy living in the future is.