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ESPN fired Harold Reynolds.
Topic Started: Jul 25 2006, 12:58 PM (429 Views)
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FIRED!

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ESPN FIRES REYNOLDS
By ANDREW MARCHAND

July 25, 2006 -- ESPN yesterday fired analyst Harold Reynolds from Baseball Tonight, sources told The Post. The reason was not immediately known.

"We are not going to comment," ESPN VP Josh Krulewitz said.

When asked how they are going to explain that Reynolds will never be on the air again, Krulewitz still declined comment.

Reynolds did not return calls.

Reynolds, 45, had been with ESPN 11 years. He had been a fixture on the show, which is a gathering spot for baseball fans, players and team executives.

The program already is dealing with the loss of information man Peter Gammons. Gammons is recovering from a brain aneurysm that occurred at the end of last month. The show's main analysts had been Reynolds, Gammons and John Kruk.

In Gammons' absence, ex-Met GM Steve Phillips has played a bigger role on the show. The program uses several analysts, including Orel Hershiser, Tino Martinez and Jeff Brantley.

Last night, host Karl Ravech was joined by Kruk and Phillips. Reynolds usually is on Monday nights.

Reynolds was known for a smooth style that usually was player friendly. He never found himself in too much controversy for what he said on the air. In fact, ESPN was so high on him he was expected to stay with the network through its just signed eight-year deal with MLB.

Now, after yesterday, Reynolds is no longer welcome in Bristol.

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Probably because he called for A-Rod to be traded...
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Probably because he called for A-Rod to be traded...

you think that was the whole reason..... I thought that too, but when they didn't say why, something fishy was going on
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I hope Kruk gets fired soon.
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braveschopbraves,Jul 25 2006
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you think that was the whole reason..... I thought that too, but when they didn't say why, something fishy was going on

Actually I was just kidding....
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he was the best analyst they had....

now i have to listen to john kruk..
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i liked good ol Harold he was my fav analyst on BT
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I read about this not to long ago on another site and I think it's pretty odd that they can't just come out and say what happened. I wonder if someone got him in trouble and not him. :ph43r:
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He was fired probably because he likes talking about baseball other than Yankees vs. Red Sox.

Hopefully Fox scoops him soon. If he does that, I'm watching him and ditching Baseball Tonight. Reynolds was their only good guy.
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Now the show is worthless without Reynolds and Gammons. Hopefully Buster Olney can be on it more, hes good too. Kruk and Reynolds were getting into it about the whole A-rod thing which could have escalated into a fight or something. Either way it sucks to see him off the show.
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good he got fired....it's despicable for a married man with a new born child to act that way.
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i liked him..but from what i have read i think he deserved it
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Blindsided,Jul 25 2006
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He was fired probably because he likes talking about baseball other than Yankees vs. Red Sox.

I think he was the only one on the show that even mentioned the Mariners.
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Did you guys ever consider that the sexual harassment stuff isn't true? What if his name is now being ruined because of a false rumor?
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Wow, baseball tonight just went from my everyday show...to my not at all show
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Did you guys ever consider that the sexual harassment stuff isn't true? What if his name is now being ruined because of a false rumor?

well the article said that he was warned several times, so i don't see how it is a rumour.
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Deadspin is reporting sexual harrasment.

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



One of the comments..

"You had sex on your desk with the cleaning lady?"

"-Was that wrong?"

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Wow, they have an update....

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(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 guess my post before could be somewhat true.
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Boys will never learn.....how many men have lost their jobs because they couldn't control their dicks???? Pathetic!!! :rolleyes:
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true, until we hear the truth, all these allegations are just hearsay.
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