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Joe Morgan is pretty damn good. I like Harold too, but Joe Morgan knows his stuff. Chris Berman is a hack
how many substances do you think rob dibble and john kruk have abused?
Joe Morgan is pretty damn good. I like Harold too, but Joe Morgan knows his stuff. Chris Berman is a hack
That is a damn shame. HR used to be horrible when he first started. But now, he's as polished an analyst as there is. I am sure he won't have any problems finding another job.
Man, I loved those commercials ESPN spoofing the Bad News Bears and A League of Their Own. Didn't HR do the "there's no crying in baseball" rant? That was hilarious.
You've gotta be kidding. Joe Morgan was a great player, but his commentating skills are horrible and he makes the wrong calls 1/2 the time. He always goes off on a rant about how this player should do this in a certain situation and it's mostly wrong. I've heard him say - "well, I thought that was what they were gonna do" I dont know how many times. You know why? Because he makes calls that don't make any sense. Joe - you know 2nd base. That's all. Leave the rest to someone else.
About Berman... yeah, he's a hack as far as football goes but he's THE FACE of Primetime and his delivery along with TJ is what keeps people watching. He annoys me after a while, but you can't dispute his ratings.
ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
REYNOLDS WANTS ESPN JOB BACK
July 26, 2006 -- After being accused of sexual harassment and fired by ESPN, former "Baseball Tonight" analyst Harold Reynolds said yesterday he doesn't think he did anything wrong and is still hoping to regain his job.
"This was a total misunderstanding," Reynolds told The Post. "My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted."
Reynolds declined to give any more details. The woman who accused Reynolds of the sexual harassment is an ESPN co-worker, according to sources.
Yesterday, ESPN confirmed The Post's report that Reynolds had been fired, but they would not comment any further.
"He no longer works here," ESPN VP Josh Krulewitz said.
Still, Reynolds is hopeful ESPN executives will change their minds. Besides being with the network for 11 years, Reynolds had just signed a new six-year contract to remain in Bristol and he recently got married.
Reynolds limited his comments, because he didn't want to go into too many details for fear of saying something that could hurt his chances of reversing ESPN's decision.
Reynolds, 45, started with ESPN after a 12-year major league career.
ESPN has been vigilant about sexual harassment because it reportedly has been a problem in Bristol for years. In 2000, the book "ESPN: The Uncensored History" reported rampant cases of harassment of women. Most prominently mentioned was Mike Tirico, who was even suspended at one point.
Tirico, though, never was fired and now is one of the main faces of the network. This fall, he will be ESPN's new voice for "Monday Night Football." Since the book's release, ESPN has denied its validity.
ESPN is known for giving its top on-air employees warnings. There are many cases where ESPN executives have chosen to provide on-air personnel with second chances.
Last NFL season, Michael Irvin was charged with a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Despite Irvin's past problems, he was only suspended for a weekend and that was mostly because he did not immediately report the incident to ESPN executives.
Earlier this baseball season, Rick Sutcliffe conducted a rambling on-air interview while intoxicated. Sutcliffe was only suspended for one game.
Without Reynolds, "Baseball Tonight" will continue to have an unfamiliar look. The show was already dealing with the loss of its other fixture, Peter Gammons, who suffered a brain aneurysm last month. Gammons is recovering nicely, but is not scheduled to return soon.
Karl Ravech is still the show's main host. He will be joined by the other mainstay, John Kruk, on most nights. Ex-Mets GM Steve Phillips, who already was seeing more time in place of Gammons, figures to become an even more integral part of the program.
ESPN also can call on Orel Hershiser, Jeff Brantley, Tino Martinez, Orestes Destrades, Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney as replacements for Reynolds.
"We'll get contributions from everybody from our deep commentator pool," Krulewitz said.
http://www.nypost.com/sports/accused...w_marchand.htm
Harold Reynolds Update: Outback Steakhouse, an Inappropriate Hug, and a Termination
So after a few hours of digging, and kicking over a few rocks, here’s what we’re hearing about the termination of ESPN baseball analyst Harold Reynolds, who worked at the Worldwide Leader for 11 years until Monday: All the stories you’re reading over at Deadspin are accurate: Reynolds was a skirt-chasing cad, and last weekend, says a source, he reached an unfortunate tipping point.
Over the weekend, Reynolds allegedly took a PA for a meal at Outback Steakhouse. Afterward, he hugged her in a way that may have been deemed inappropriate. Apparently, the PA felt weirded out, and decided to file a complaint.
When the complaint was lodged, it became evident to ESPN brass that Reynolds had a massive file full of complaints of this nature. Supposedly, he was terminated sometime Monday morning.
While we’re hearing plenty of swell stories about the former Mariners second baseman, the sexual harassment claims are quite serious, and extremely unfortunate, because as we said earlier, we enjoyed his work on Baseball Tonight.
http://thebiglead.com/?p=714
Good work Pistons<Spurs.
Reynolds gets axed by ESPN
BY NEIL BEST
Newsday Staff Writer
July 26, 2006
Harold Reynolds, one of ESPN's most visible analysts and a longtime panelist on "Baseball Tonight," has left the network in the wake of one or more incidents of sexual harassment.
An ESPN spokeswoman yesterday confirmed Reynolds' departure but repeatedly declined to provide a reason for it.
Three people who work at ESPN and were familiar with the case said the cause was a pattern of sexual harassment, apparently culminating in a recent incident involving one of the network's young production assistants.
Reynolds, a major-leaguer for 12 seasons before joining ESPN in 1996, did not appear on "Baseball Tonight" on Monday after having worked the Sunday show, during which he and fellow analyst Steve Phillips suggested the Yankees trade Alex Rodriguez.
Harassment charges are nothing new at ESPN, which operates out of a sprawling "campus" in relatively isolated Bristol, Conn., and employs many production assistants in their early 20s. The network has an extensive program of education and sensitivity regarding gender issues and an elaborate system for pursuing claims of sexual harassment.
Keith Olbermann of MSNBC, a former ESPN host, told The New York Observer in 2004 he had testified in "three or four major cases at ESPN."
Among the prominent ESPN personalities accused of improper behavior in the past is Mike Tirico, who will debut as the play-by-play man for "Monday Night Football" in the coming season. He was suspended by ESPN in 1992 for what were reported at the time to be allegations of sexual harassment. Another host, Jason Jackson, was fired in 2002, reportedly for harassment.
In addition to "Baseball Tonight" Reynolds, 45, who is married and has an infant daughter, worked as a game analyst for the Little League World Series and College World Series.
Reynolds was very popular personally among ESPN staffers, many of whom were shocked by his dismissal.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseba...orts-headlines
Well that sucks if he was actually harrassing anyone.
But with the things people consider harrassment these days, who knows.
What's an inappropriate hug? He grabbed her ass or something, or she just felt like it was too close?
Maybe he was still holding his bat when he gave the hug...
Maybe he had a roll of quarters in his pocket?
So this girl is gonna go to dinner with him and then turn him in for giving her a "hug" after dinner? BS. Either she's full of or HR really grabbed hold of the goods.
The key point in this is the word "pattern". Typically companies allow for a mistake or a misunderstanding, but once the evidence that someone hasn't learned their lessson begins to pile up, the liability becomes way too big for the company to keep the employee. No company wants a pattern sexual harasser working for their company, because the company can be considered complicit for not terminating the employee should something happen down the road.
I say we email to ESPN to get his job back. That guy was the .
the guy is an excellent analyst but you can't go around groping women.
I say we email to ESPN to get his job back. That guy was the .
I remember I gave a female co-worker a hug on Halloween one time and accidentally touched her ass because she was wearing a fairy costume with wings. I was trying to wrap my arms around her but I didn't want to mess up her wings so my hands ended up on her behind. I guess since I didn't grab, she didn't freak out about it.
but was he really harassing them? He says he was misinterpreted, but of course, theres always two sides of a story. He was the reason why I watched baseball tonight
So does that mean he won't manage in the annual celebrity and legends all star game?
Well that sucks. He was probably my favorite baseball analyst, he was charismatic, well spoken, knew the game, and always seemed good natured and easy going. I don't know what happened but if I was an ex-athlete who made millions of dollars during his career and doing analysis now at ESPN I wouldn't go within 5 feet of any interns, literally I would ignore them completely.
Total absolute shame.
Harold Reynolds, other than being a total Cardinals homerwas a fantastic analyst, and I thought he was BEYOND great.
A dark day in ESPN history.
If he's got multiple complaints in his file but he still took a PA to dinner, and gave her a hug, he needs to be gone. Once someone files a complaint you'd be smart to chase tail only from outside the office.
I think she wants money.....
guy is not guilty tell proven that
also espn now has the right to fire people until they are given a chance to be proven innocent?
Just stick to pasting other people write, junior.
Ducks,
ESPN can fire whoever they want.
As the business, they have that right.
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