OT: Harold Reynolds Fired

[Gander]

Please dont mention Hank Goldberg in the same thread or discussion as Harold Reynolds. Its not fair. Harold Reynolds has been the best contributor to ESPN Baseball in many years.

We'll have to see what really was the reason, but even if he did hit on a few girls, he still is a great loss to their baseball team. Hank Goldberg is a complete joke, ESPN is so hard up for horse racing guys they have to hire this clown.

As far as rumors go, I recently heard that Gabe Kapler has a history of abusing his wife. Sucks to hear things like that, especially from a guy who is one of my favorite players. If thats true, not anymore. The guy would be scum.

[Gander]

Hopefully the ever elusive Hank Goldberg is not ESPN's replacement on Baseball Tonight. I mean he can get away with guessing at Bud Longshots but they cant be seriously thinking of having this clown talk baseball?

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Gander

Hopefully the ever elusive Hank Goldberg is not ESPN's replacement on Baseball Tonight. I mean he can get away with guessing at Bud Longshots but they cant be seriously thinking of having this clown talk baseball?

We get a couple hours of the Hammer down here 5 days a week. He blows. Once in a while a nut gets through on the phone and Hank goes haywire screaming at the producers.

Not really a big sports radio fan anymore, though I do remember the early SCORE days with North, Jiggets and Sherer. Used to do tons of driving thru Illinois around 92-93.

Originally Posted by boldruler

Your employess are probably not under contract. Almost impossible to fire a person with a contract. They usually just move them.

It is easy to fire someone under contract. There is always a escape clause in a contract. Plus CT is not very friendly to employees.

[Thunder Gulch]

Reynolds has been a tremendous analyst on that show for years. Why couldn't it be Morgan on the way out? He's right there with Bill Walton and Tim McCarver as worst analysts in sports.

Why would ESPN get rid of one of the best analysts in baseball if something was not amiss? I dont like baseball that much but this is a guy I can listen to all day. Something had to be messed up.
If I actually watch the guy, he has to be a big draw. Heck my wife and daughter will even listen to him when he does his little detailed proper position stuff for different situations. They were actually listening and understanding about different stances and bat positions for different players and why they all seem to work well. very good basic stuff.

You dont get rid of a guy like that for no reason. He has got to pull people to the set. Definite $ analyst.

Oops and I just realized I responded to something that probably needs to be in another section...

first Frankie Lyons gets tanked on TV, I hear "Boomer" does Scarface-style lines of coke, and now Harold pulls a Clarence Thomas
oh the humanity!

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

first Frankie Lyons gets tanked on TV, I hear "Boomer" does Scarface-style lines of coke, and now Harold pulls a Clarence Thomas
oh the humanity!

of Hindenburg proportions no doubt.

But what great commercials.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN from his job as a baseball analyst after he was accused of sexual harassment, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

The former Gold Glove-winning second baseman, a member of the "Baseball Tonight" team for 11 years, said he didn't do anything to warrant his dismissal and wants his job back.

"It 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."

The newspaper, quoting sources, reported that the woman is an ESPN employee.

On Tuesday, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Reynolds, 45, made his last on-air appearance for the network Sunday night. ESPN refused to comment on previous reports that Reynolds was dismissed, or to provide any details regarding his departure.

"All I can say is he is no longer working here," Krulewitz said.

Reynolds, who played 12 major league seasons, joined ESPN in 1996. In addition to his work on "Baseball Tonight," he also covered the College World Series and the Little League World Series.

ESPN already was dealing with the loss of another baseball analyst, Peter Gammons, who has been off the air since he was stricken with a brain aneurysm on June 27.

The guy has a history of this. I laugh how he says a hug was misinterpreted. That sounds like the typical line of a guy who does this regularly. If you are on a short rope you don't even consider hugging women. The guy has a problem. They don't fire people for hugging women.

Originally Posted by boldruler

The guy has a history of this. I laugh how he says a hug was misinterpreted. That sounds like the typical line of a guy who does this regularly. If you are on a short rope you don't even consider hugging women. The guy has a problem. They don't fire people for hugging women.

Possible scenario: She says hey Harold! goes over to hug him
he's got a boner, and well doesn't want to be rude
said boner brushes up against her innocently
and she freaks, believe me this happens a lot in the workplace

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

Possible scenario: She says hey Harold! goes over to hug him
he's got a boner, and well doesn't want to be rude
said boner brushes up against her innocently
and she freaks, believe me this happens a lot in the workplace

Sounds like you speak from experience.

Too bad Isaih Thomas didn't get fired for his sexual harassment. That guy can't be a worse GM and he still has his job.

Originally Posted by boldruler

Sounds like you speak from experience.

Too bad Isaih Thomas didn't get fired for his sexual harassment. That guy can't be a worse GM and he still has his job.

nah, I'm just saying you can't hold a guy's boner
against him
those of us who are well-endowed
have a lot of "misunderstandings"
if you "prick" us, do we not bleed?

[whorstman]

What's with this world today, a guy can't hug a chick and grab that a$$ anymore?

one point though I found was odd
is that he wants to tell his side to espn
so one can assume, they fired him w/o hearing it
which could only mean, he was on some type of probation
most likely for this kind of behavior
I like Reynolds a lot, but something seems amiss
but isn't it always "a miss" that does you in?"
suck it up Har, there's no crying in baseball