Harold Reynolds Fired

[goonys evil twin]

Harold Reynolds was a very good analyst for BBTN, and those who don't seem to like him, prolly don't like analysts, anyway, and they were going to hate on Reyonlds, regardless. .

 

I don't like analysts who can't analyze. Guys who live in cliche land and simply follow the conventional wisdom of baseball, or guys who cannot admit that not all baseball players are great at playing major league baseball.

[Burtonbell]

Harold Reynolds was actually tolerable on Baseball Tonight.

 

Can we pay a bunch of female ESPN employees to accuse Joe Morgan of sexual harassment so he can be fired as well? Is this at all possible?

 

I'm loving this idea! I will send a team of my sister and her friends to be the sacraficial lambs. I will tell them they will have to put up with stories about how good the "Big Red Machine" was back when baseball was pure and at its best, and how big Morgan's "Big Red Machine" is, but it will be for the common good. Think they can intern right away?

[Allroy]

I agree, Reynolds is a good analyst. I always thought he was kind of goofy and his voice got a little bit annoying after a while, but he was a good analyst. He has a lot of ties to the area I live in (Eugene OR). I have met a few of his cousins and he went to college just up the road at Oregon State. I have a friend that runs around with some unsavory 22 year old girls and they met him in the Eugene Hilton last New Years Eve and two of the girls ended up going and staying the night with him. I lost a lot of respect for him at that point because he has a wife and kids. So the sexual harassment thing doesn't surprise me a bit. Whatever did happen must have been bad to just straight get the axe after 11 years.

[sherwood921]

I was thinking last night that BBTN or some other show should have a couple analysts with different styles of thinking. Example: have a guy like who points out the benefits of tools and being clutch, and have a guy who talks about saber stuff. Not sure exactly how it would flow, but I think then you'd have easy discussion. It would be very entertaining IMO.

[Drew Doughty]

I was thinking last night that BBTN or some other show should have a couple analysts with different styles of thinking. Example: have a guy like who points out the benefits of tools and being clutch, and have a guy who talks about saber stuff. Not sure exactly how it would flow, but I think then you'd have easy discussion. It would be very entertaining IMO.

 

mmm...how about any blogger ever, and Joe Morgan?

[J.R.]

Maybe Roy Smalley can get another shot. I couldn't believe it when they canned him for Reynolds, who on his best day was barely tolerable.

[JC]

Finally.

 

A Reynolds wrap.

[UMFan83]

Deadspin is saying sexual harrassment.

 

link

 

And "you're with me, leather" doesn't get touched?

[soccer10k]

Finally.

 

A Reynolds wrap.

 

I'm not going to lie, I laughed at this.

[abuck1220]

more air time for Orestes Destrade!

 

oh boy, speaking of awful. have you ever heard that guy on xm? he needs to take a few public speaking classes at a local junior college...he stutters and stammers around like he's a fifth grader giving a speech. his interviews are too awkward to even listen to.

 

as a whole, the guys on xm are possibly worse than the guys on espn. the only guy worth a crap is the guy who does the fantasy baseball show in the mid-morning.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

more air time for Orestes Destrade!

 

woo woo!

[RynoRules]

Update from Deadspin:

 

(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.)

[CubinNY]

Update from Deadspin:

 

(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.)

 

I'd much rather like to believe the former rather than the latter. If so, I applaud Harold for standing up for his belifes.

 

I haven't watched BBTN since they hired Kruck.

 

I wish they would make the show like the NFL match up show they do with Hodge, Colberg, and Jawarski. Talk about great analysis. Instead they do 12 minutes of Yankees, Boston, webgems, touch em all, then on to sportscenter. That show has as much depth as a shot glass.

[Sosa21MVP]

I always liked Harold on BBTN. Thanks to ESPN, I now have zero reason to ever watch that show again.

[circlechange]

I liked Reynolds. Maybe he was too supportive of everyone but he was enthusiastic and that added to the show. I thought he was buddies with Alex Rodriguez, it wouldn't surprise me that he stood up for him in production meetings. Especially when the AROD angle they're going for is so stupid.

[CubRock2]

Reynolds was certainly tolerable. It's not so much the main group of analysts (even Kruk has something good to say occaisionally), it's the programming of the show that sucks. Waaaaay too much time spend over analyzing and discussing... just show me some baseball please!

 

Does anyone find it odd that ESPN cans this guy, yet lets another slip by with a slap on the wrist for a drug possesion arrest? I can't believe it, personally. :shock:

[CarolinaCub497]

this really ruined my day, HR was the best analyst on TV IMO! he seemed like a great guy and seemed very personable

 

i watched BBTN when the argument occured and Kruk was the one who seemed to be very agressive and the look on Harold's face was priceless, as Kruk was gettin fired up and Harold just sat there, he looked kind of startled and shaken up, so it wouldnt suprise me if he left

[Andy]

Reynolds was slightly better than crap, but the thing I agree most with in this thread is about Ravech. I have on multiple occasions watched BBTN and seen him visibly impatient with the absurdity of what his co-hosts are saying. Somehow he never lashes out at them.

 

BBTN is now the most pathetic show of its kind on television. No one is remotely redeemable. Good luck, HR.

[TruffleShuffle]

BBTN is now the most pathetic show of its kind on television. No one is remotely redeemable. Good luck, HR.

 

Yeah, and what's sad is that for getting baseball highlights, it's still the best thing out there, so I'll continue to watch it despite the moronic babbling of Kruk and Phillips.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

The absolute worst is when Jeff Brantley is on it.

 

But, I do happen to like Tim Kirkjian.

[Balsa]

I wish the MLB had a TV channel like the NFL channel.

 

ESPN ratings would dry up faster than a sponge in the Sahara.

 

BTW, is the arguement on YouTube yet?

Edited July 26, 2006 by Balsa

[ConstableRabbit]

The absolute worst is when Jeff Brantley is on it.

 

But, I do happen to like Tim Kirkjian.

 

That hair just makes me want to kick him in the teeth.

[Balsa]

I liked Reynolds. Maybe he was too supportive of everyone but he was enthusiastic and that added to the show. I thought he was buddies with Alex Rodriguez, it wouldn't surprise me that he stood up for him in production meetings. Especially when the AROD angle they're going for is so stupid.

It really is. Give me one team that wouldn't want Arod instead of their 3B, with the exception of maybe the Mets and the Marlins.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

I liked Reynolds. Maybe he was too supportive of everyone but he was enthusiastic and that added to the show. I thought he was buddies with Alex Rodriguez, it wouldn't surprise me that he stood up for him in production meetings. Especially when the AROD angle they're going for is so stupid.

It really is. Give me one team that wouldn't want Arod instead of their 3B, with the exception of maybe the Mets and the Marlins.

 

I think Ozzie Guillen just recently said that Joe Crede is better than Arod. If anyone has heard this maybe you can clarify.

[ManCrushOnNomar]

The absolute worst is when Jeff Brantley is on it.

 

But, I do happen to like Tim Kirkjian.

 

That hair just makes me want to kick him in the teeth.

For me it's more the T-Rex arms and the constant use of his hands with everything he says.

 

Hey Jeff, you don't need to make little circles with your hands to emphasize what you say, it's annoying!