Wow...Renolds always seemed like a nice enough guy to me. I hope it isn't sexual harrassment.
Now it's just Kruk and Ravech.
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
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Baseball Tonight was the best damn show on ESPN for many years... now Gammons is sick, Reynolds is out. Did something happen that I didn't know about? I thought this guy was an incredible cohost.
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: RedPickle
I saw some rumors that he was dissenting with management about the latest report about the Yankees Texas game. He didn't like how ESPN wanted to overanalyze A-Rod. From a Yankees fan's persepective, I would respect that a lot, if true.
It would seem this is more plausible. They have Steve Phillips on their staff that guy had a sexual harassment filed against him and was settled.
I'm certainly not a Yankees fan but I think the obession ESPN has with Arod does get annoying. there are plenty of other stories they can cover in baseball. So the guy is in a funk, it happens to everyone. But because he gets 25 mil a year its magnified. Seriously the yankees should just trade him.
I don't know where he would fit with the As but I'd take him. He'll get out of it and go back putting up consistent numbers.
Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: RedPickle
I saw some rumors that he was dissenting with management about the latest report about the Yankees Texas game. He didn't like how ESPN wanted to overanalyze A-Rod. From a Yankees fan's persepective, I would respect that a lot, if true.
It would seem this is more plausible. They have Steve Phillips on their staff that guy had a sexual harassment filed against him and was settled.
I'm certainly not a Yankees fan but I think the obession ESPN has with Arod does get annoying. there are plenty of other stories they can cover in baseball. So the guy is in a funk, it happens to everyone. But because he gets 25 mil a year its magnified. Seriously the yankees should just trade him.
I don't know where he would fit with the As but I'd take him. He'll get out of it and go back putting up consistent numbers.
FYI, yanks only pay AROD $15 mil a year. he's a bargain since the Rangers pay the rest. I think he's the 4th highest paid yankee.
well if you'd like me to forward the text message from my friend interning there, then i probably would, but i don't really care if you believe where I got this information from. There is a reason to imply that he did something pretty big, considering what he meant to a lot of people both at ESPN and to the baseball community. You don't fire Harold Reynolds unless you have a damn good reason. As for running around like little girls spreading rumors; well i guess we shouldn't, that's the media's job.Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Where does Harold Reynolds work? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Where are these rumors coming from? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Let it play out and see what happens. ESPN has not said he was fired - they only said he wasn't working there anymore. There's NO reason to imply that he was involved in sexual harrassment. He could have very well been fired, but lets not just run around like little girls and spread rumors. Regardless of where you "heard" or read it (more likely).
Originally posted by: thepd7
Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: RedPickle
I saw some rumors that he was dissenting with management about the latest report about the Yankees Texas game. He didn't like how ESPN wanted to overanalyze A-Rod. From a Yankees fan's persepective, I would respect that a lot, if true.
It would seem this is more plausible. They have Steve Phillips on their staff that guy had a sexual harassment filed against him and was settled.
I'm certainly not a Yankees fan but I think the obession ESPN has with Arod does get annoying. there are plenty of other stories they can cover in baseball. So the guy is in a funk, it happens to everyone. But because he gets 25 mil a year its magnified. Seriously the yankees should just trade him.
I don't know where he would fit with the As but I'd take him. He'll get out of it and go back putting up consistent numbers.
FYI, yanks only pay AROD $15 mil a year. he's a bargain since the Rangers pay the rest. I think he's the 4th highest paid yankee.
fun fact: 2 highest paid people on the rangers bankroll don't play for them. Old dumbass GM and idiotic owner FTW.
Originally posted by: TheAudit
Newsday
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.
Originally posted by: Mill
Shocking to say the least. Harold was one of the great reasons to watch Baseball Tonight and ESPN. Sad.
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Where does Harold Reynolds work? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Where are these rumors coming from? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Let it play out and see what happens. ESPN has not said he was fired - they only said he wasn't working there anymore. There's NO reason to imply that he was involved in sexual harrassment. He could have very well been fired, but lets not just run around like little girls and spread rumors. Regardless of where you "heard" or read it (more likely).
Originally posted by: CTrain
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Where does Harold Reynolds work? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Where are these rumors coming from? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Let it play out and see what happens. ESPN has not said he was fired - they only said he wasn't working there anymore. There's NO reason to imply that he was involved in sexual harrassment. He could have very well been fired, but lets not just run around like little girls and spread rumors. Regardless of where you "heard" or read it (more likely).
Seems to me his friend was right on why Reynolds got fired.
You seem to be missing the point as well, but i'm not going to stoop to your level and start calling people illiterate.Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: CTrain
Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Originally posted by: PoPPeR
Where does Harold Reynolds work? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Where are these rumors coming from? ESPN headquarters, located in Bristol.
Let it play out and see what happens. ESPN has not said he was fired - they only said he wasn't working there anymore. There's NO reason to imply that he was involved in sexual harrassment. He could have very well been fired, but lets not just run around like little girls and spread rumors. Regardless of where you "heard" or read it (more likely).
Seems to me his friend was right on why Reynolds got fired.
You apparently missed the point of my statement. Let me bold if for the illiterate.
"He could have very well been fired, but lets not just run around like little girls and spread rumors."
Anyways, It's a shame really. He seemed like a nice guy. The problem is ESPN is a huge guys club and apparently a lot of guys don't recognize it's a job and rules apply.
Originally posted by: Aflac
Originally posted by: thepd7
Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: RedPickle
I saw some rumors that he was dissenting with management about the latest report about the Yankees Texas game. He didn't like how ESPN wanted to overanalyze A-Rod. From a Yankees fan's persepective, I would respect that a lot, if true.
It would seem this is more plausible. They have Steve Phillips on their staff that guy had a sexual harassment filed against him and was settled.
I'm certainly not a Yankees fan but I think the obession ESPN has with Arod does get annoying. there are plenty of other stories they can cover in baseball. So the guy is in a funk, it happens to everyone. But because he gets 25 mil a year its magnified. Seriously the yankees should just trade him.
I don't know where he would fit with the As but I'd take him. He'll get out of it and go back putting up consistent numbers.
FYI, yanks only pay AROD $15 mil a year. he's a bargain since the Rangers pay the rest. I think he's the 4th highest paid yankee.
fun fact: 2 highest paid people on the rangers bankroll don't play for them. Old dumbass GM and idiotic owner FTW.
So the owner is paid money from the ranger's bankroll?? That makes absolutely no sense.
Originally posted by: Qwest
Originally posted by: herkulease
Originally posted by: RedPickle
I saw some rumors that he was dissenting with management about the latest report about the Yankees Texas game. He didn't like how ESPN wanted to overanalyze A-Rod. From a Yankees fan's persepective, I would respect that a lot, if true.
It would seem this is more plausible. They have Steve Phillips on their staff that guy had a sexual harassment filed against him and was settled.
I'm certainly not a Yankees fan but I think the obession ESPN has with Arod does get annoying. there are plenty of other stories they can cover in baseball. So the guy is in a funk, it happens to everyone. But because he gets 25 mil a year its magnified. Seriously the yankees should just trade him.
I don't know where he would fit with the As but I'd take him. He'll get out of it and go back putting up consistent numbers.
FYI, yanks only pay AROD $15 mil a year. he's a bargain since the Rangers pay the rest. I think he's the 4th highest paid yankee.
Originally posted by: nitsuj3580
you misinterpreted that. He meant as a result of an old GM and idiotic owner, the 2 highest paid people on the Rangers payroll are A-rod and presumably another player, neither whom actually plays for the Rangers anymore.
Originally posted by: PinmasterJay
Hmmm... police find coke in Michael Irvin's car and he's back on air the next day
I hate to think how serious these sexual harrassment charges could be to warrant such a response by ESPN
I am thinking, and the article mentions this, that it is a big problem and they want to send a message?