ESPN fires Harold Reynolds

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Just an FYI, and I didn't think he did a bad job on Baseball Tonight.

http://www.nypost.com/sports/espn_fi...w_marchand.htm

[Obstructed_View]

Well we know he didn't say " " on the air because you don't get in trouble for that at ESPN.

[2centsworth]

I thought Harold was fantastic.

[Marklar MM]

ESPN is going down the ter...but that is just my opinion.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

What the ?

This sucks...I think he gives great analysis.

What's weird is I was reading ESPN's ombudsman's column from last month recently and he had nothing but high praise for Harold.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

I don't understand ESPN sometimes. They fired Gary Miller for pissing out of a second-story window but they keep Irvin after hitting the pipe.

I wonder what Harold did...

[leemajors]

weird, i am interested to see what the details were when they leak.

[johngateswhiteley]

WTF!!! ...he was the face of baseball tonight...???

[degenerate_gambler]

Hope he didn't pull a Gary Miller, the former host of ESPN's Baseball Tonite.

[usckk]

WTF? ESPN is going down hill.

[TxJudsonRocketTx]

Fire Reynolds and keep Kruk? This really blows, he was the only one on that show I could ever stand listening to or watching.
Maybe he made a sex tape

[G0D]

if you guys want me to tell you why, just ask...

[daflash3]

y did he get fired

if you guys want me to tell you why, just ask...

[G0D]

y did he get fired

ESPN is racist and orestes estrada will be fired on september 4, 2006

[Phenomanul]

I thought he did a splendid job... who, knows what happened though.

I will be curious to know 'the reason' behind this unexpected decision was whenever the details leak out.

[atlfan25]

A rumor from this site says it's sexual harrassment.

http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/w...axe-189733.php

[T-Pain]

WTF???? Harold is the !!! how can you fire him?

[timvp]

Man first Gammons now Reynolds.

Can baseball die any quicker?

[Melmart1]

Did you guys read the latest update to the blog link that atlfan posted? Here it is:

(UPDATE: Another reader, with "contacts on the inside," refutes the sexual harassment whispers: "Anyone who is saying sexual harassment either has been given bad third-hand info or is lying. Harold has had a couple of rather heated arguments with the producers at "Baseball Tonight," and some of the suits at ESPN over the program's coverage of Alex Rodriguez. At the last production meeting, when it was made clear they were going to really play up the A-Rod angle during coverage of the Yankees-Texas series, Harold had a colossal meltdown, which led to his dismissal. The sexual harassment allegations are even more laughable when you consider that he is being replaced by Steve Phillips -- a man who has never met a skirt he wouldn't chase and who was caught in one of the more embarrassing front office sexual harassment scandals in MLB history."

True? Not true? This, like the rest of it, just reinforces our point: We don't know. And the longer ESPN pretends like nothing happened, like they're a corner shop with three employees, believing this stuff can possibly remain private, the more talk there will be. Still, this is the lone "it's not sexual harassment email" we've received.)

[tlongII]

This sucks. Harold is from Corvallis, Oregon so of course I like to hear him on-air.

[T-Pain]

well its been confirmed on sportscenter, hes officially out.

[FreshPrince22]

ing stupid. He was my favorite of all the baseball analysts.

[Beer is Good]

Damn Shame. You're gonna tell me that ESPN is gonna keep that ty ass Joe Morgan who says the stupidist during the games and can Harold Reynolds? He was the only one worth watching on ESPN in regards to baseball. What's next, are they gonna can Boomer from NFL Primetime? You keep talent like HR, I don't care how many skirts he chases. Like they all don't try to get the ass?

[T-Pain]

from ESPN.com

BRISTOL, Conn. -- Harold Reynolds, a baseball analyst with ESPN since 1996, is no longer with the network, the company confirmed Tuesday afternoon.

ESPN offered no further comment.

Reynolds, a member of the "Baseball Tonight" team for 11 years, made his last appearance on the show Sunday night, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday.

Reynolds, who played 12 major league seasons with the Mariners, Orioles and Angels, joined ESPN in 1996. In addition to his work on "Baseball Tonight," the former Gold Glove-winning second baseman also covered the College World Series and the Little League World Series for the network.


that in sucks. I hope ESPN Baseball Tonight ratings plummet.

[timvp]

I'm just waiting for the crack rumors to surface