ESPN Let Hershiser Go?

The Giant · 03-30-14, 08:18 PM

Yeah, he works for the Dodgers broadcast team now in some capacity.

BennyBigNuts · 03-30-14, 08:21 PM

Good, Orel was awful as a commentator.
It's amazing how long they let the shitty guys stay in there just because they were players.
IT's hard to find guys who can call a good game that used to play it.
1 out of of 20 of them are tolerable.
Harold Reynolds is one of the worst I ever heard and he was on there forever.

jjgold · 03-30-14, 09:06 PM

He was a boring guy
I thought he loved to play poker

InTheDrink · 03-30-14, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by BennyBigNuts

Harold Reynolds is one of the worst I ever heard and he was on there forever.

dont remember reynolds calling games but back when him, ravech and gammons did bball tonight that was must see tv

mlb net mixes up their gueys almost every night but him, amsinger and plesac are pretty good together....they were working on the last day of the 2012 reg season...best night of baseball i might have ever watched

The Giant · 03-30-14, 09:18 PM

Isn't Harold Reynolds working with Joe Buck this year?

I'm pretty sure he took over for McCarver.

Dirty Sanchez · 03-30-14, 09:18 PM

NO...they hired him away from ESPN:

Dodgers hire Orel Hershiser as new team broadcaster

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/08/sports/la-sp-dn-dodgers-hire-orel-hershiser-20131208

Old bulldogs never die, they just come back in a new incarnation.

InTheDrink · 03-30-14, 09:33 PM

Originally posted by The Giant

Isn't Harold Reynolds working with Joe Buck this year?

I'm pretty sure he took over for McCarver.

nothing gets past thegiant

face · 03-30-14, 10:54 PM

oral knew pitching at least (was boring though). dan shulman brings zero. kruk is ok

TheMoneyShot · 03-30-14, 11:12 PM

I know no one will like my opinion... but I really enjoyed Jon Miller with Joe Morgan. Miller always kept Morgan in the broadcast... people always speculated that Morgan was always "spacey" when commentating. I really liked the pair. They just kept it simple... I found them somewhat professional and entertaining. I thought they were perfect for baseball but ESPN thought otherwise.

crustyme · 03-30-14, 11:28 PM

hershisher provides great insights you rarely get from other analysts.

not to mention the guy had the greatest season of any athlete in history.

too bad dodgers didnt fire that bum donnie and named him the manager.

BennyBigNuts · 03-31-14, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

I know no one will like my opinion... but I really enjoyed Jon Miller with Joe Morgan. Miller always kept Morgan in the broadcast... people always speculated that Morgan was always "spacey" when commentating. I really liked the pair. They just kept it simple... I found them somewhat professional and entertaining. I thought they were perfect for baseball but ESPN thought otherwise.

Joe Morgan is the only one worse than Harold Reynolds.
they really need to quit their quotas with the brothas. They are all terrible.
And you are correct, Jon miller, as annoying as his voice can be at times, kept Morgan his job for a long time. He prevents him from looking like a fukkin idiot constantly.

tb1984 · 03-31-14, 12:24 AM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

I know no one will like my opinion... but I really enjoyed Jon Miller with Joe Morgan. Miller always kept Morgan in the broadcast... people always speculated that Morgan was always "spacey" when commentating. I really liked the pair. They just kept it simple... I found them somewhat professional and entertaining. I thought they were perfect for baseball but ESPN thought otherwise.

I don't watch the Sunday Night baseball much, but I did not like Joe Morgan because of his too much ego. It was even worse when Joe Morgan worked together with Steve Phillips. It was so uncomfortable...