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zakharov posted:And now Jessica Mendoza has been added. Hopefully he won't be back next year. Cool. Her/Kruk/Schullmann was probably the most bearable Sunday Night Baseball booth I can remember.
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Dutchy posted:Cool. Her/Kruk/Schullmann was probably the most bearable Sunday Night Baseball booth I can remember. Uhhhh Schulman/Francona/Hersheiser was a legit good booth. Kruk is way worse than Schilling.
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Apparently the Red Sox asked Orsillo to tweet his firing was mutual and he said no. 
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Rand alPaul posted:Apparently the Red Sox asked Orsillo to tweet his firing was mutual and he said no.
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Crazy Ted posted:I've been out of the loop. Why exactly did he get fired? To "re-energize" the team's broadcasts. No, really. I guess the new guy is cheaper, too.
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The Dan LeBatard Show is officially taking over starting Tuesday in the 9-1 slot on ESPN Radio.
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leokitty posted:Uhhhh Schulman/Francona/Hersheiser was a legit good booth. Kruk is way worse than Schilling. I don't think I ever heard that one, I don't regularly watch Sunday Night Baseball and the A's were probably either bad or a season removed from being bad at the time so there was no way they were ever on it. And I thought Kruk was kind of charmingly stupid next to Mendoza. I like him way more than Schilling.
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ElwoodCuse posted:To "re-energize" the team's broadcasts. No, really. "It's time to trim the fat from the budget, fire Orsillo." - The organization that signed two third basemen to ~$100MM deals
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Dutchy posted:And I thought Kruk was kind of charmingly stupid next to Mendoza.
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Crazy Ted posted:I've been out of the loop. Why exactly did he get fired? He wasn't upbeat and pro-management enough with the Red Sox in last place once again.
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Orsillo got canned simply because the NESN and Red Sox upper management like Dave O'Brien more, and honestly, that's a perfectly reasonable stance. Everything else has been bungled completely of course, but going from Orsillo to O'Brien is at worst a lateral move.
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quote:In the second week of July, Orsillo — whose contract expires at the end of December — learned from a third party he would not be returning to NESN. When Orsillo confronted his NESN bosses with this rumor during the second week of August, he was told it was true. The Sox planned to keep the news secret from the public until a team caravan in January. Keeping the news secret until January would have killed any chance of Orsillo getting another play-by-play job for next season. The Sox must really hate Orsillo.
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zakharov posted:Where's that from? Because that's cartoonishly dickish. Dan Shaunagssey.
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ayn rand hand job posted:Dan Shaunagssey. Yup here's the link.
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So it turns out the one group that Boston media members won't issue Red Sox FO hit pieces against is...the Boston media?
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Mornacale posted:So it turns out the one group that Boston media members won't issue Red Sox FO hit pieces against is...the Boston media? They haven't out too many hit pieces out on this year's abomination of a season, but Lucchino left, Farrell got cancer and Cheringron stepped down so they got out of the firing line. I mean there's Hanley Ramirez, but this season is a hit piece on its own for him.
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Honestly, the last person to have a hit piece written about them was AJ Piersynki, which let's be honest was probably earned. Lester didn't sign and the general consensus was that it was the FO's fault for lowballing him, nor can I recall any dirt being thrown Ellsbury's way when he signed with the MFY.
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Scott Van Pelt's SC just launched tonight, and it started with a guest spot from Dan Patrick of all people. That just happened.
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I'm not knocking you guys because it's ESPN's problem, but who the gently caress still cares about SportsCenter
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ElwoodCuse posted:I'm not knocking you guys because it's ESPN's problem, but who the gently caress still cares about SportsCenter I haven't watched SC in years but Scott Van Pelt is one of the very few people on ESPN who doesn't suck so I figured I'd give it a try.
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ElwoodCuse posted:I'm not knocking you guys because it's ESPN's problem, but who the gently caress still cares about SportsCenter
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FlamingLiberal posted:ESPN spent an ungodly amount of money on a set So much that I believe they actually spent it at the cost of retaining talent and producers, if memory serves. I think they announced the new set right around the time a series of cuts were handed down.
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howe_sam posted:Honestly, the last person to have a hit piece written about them was AJ Piersynki, which let's be honest was probably earned. Lester didn't sign and the general consensus was that it was the FO's fault for lowballing him, nor can I recall any dirt being thrown Ellsbury's way when he signed with the MFY. I remember stuff about cespedes being arrogant, lazy, etc that was completely at odds with the rest of his career
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ElwoodCuse posted:I'm not knocking you guys because it's ESPN's problem, but who the gently caress still cares about SportsCenter It's still basically sportscenter, but it's different enough that they should probably rename it. I gave it a shot because I really like SVP. It was pretty whatever in the first episode (college football twitter seemed to love it but I think mostly because it was SVP and OMG HE MENTIONED GAMBLING) but it seems like once it finds its footing it could be pretty good.
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Mike Francessa simulcast on Fox Sports 1/2 is over. He was pre-empted all the time anyways. Smart money is he winds up on that CBS sports net channel I don't get or MSG.
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davecrazy posted:Mike Francessa simulcast on Fox Sports 1/2 is over. He was pre-empted all the time anyways. I think he said he never wanted to be on CBS Sports Net. I don't know why he didn't move to MSG to begin with, they never have conflicts. edit: Also, since he's out of football again, Tebow's back with the SEC Network: http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/09/09/tim-tebow-sec-nation-sec-network-espn Vertical Lime fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Sep 9, 2015 |
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Vertical Lime posted:I think he said he never wanted to be on CBS Sports Net. I really enjoyed Tebow's TV work. I'd like to see him get a shot at doing color for some games.
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Groucho Marxist posted:He's fine on studio stuff but I can't imagine him being that good at color commentary I think he'd be better than a few folks with high profile gigs. Both NFL and NCAA.
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My favorite part of new SportsCenter: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13627916
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