By now most of you have turned on the MLB Network to either watch a game, highlight shows, or discussions and highlights with "look ins" at the various live games. The MLB Network rules, especially during the season.
Remember when we all loved Baseball Tonight? But like everything else on ESPN, it has become as tired as John Kruk's belt.
The nightly discussion of games is done by a panel of experts made up of studio hosts and former major leaguer players and front office personnel.
For the most part everyone is good, though there are exceptions. There are three studio hosts- Victor Rojas (has a great rapport with us fans on Twitter), Greg Amsinger, and Matt Vasgersian that moderate/control the discussions with ex-pros. Rojas and Vasgersian are excellent. Good pipes, very knowledgeable, enjoyable to listen to. Amsinger on the other hand should be hosting a game show. He's awful in his delivery, the quality of his voice his grating, and he doesn't seem to be much of a subect expert.
Among some of those ex-pros rotating in and out are- Harold Reynolds (who I never liked on BBTN, but do on MLB Network), Mitch Williams (my personal favorite), Joe Magrane, John Hart (my Dad's favorite), Dan Plesac (who is a real loon), Billy Ripken Jr., Sean Casey, Dave Valle, Barry Larkin, Al Leiter (very rarely) and "newly acquired" Tony Clark.
Ther are baseball writers who appear occassionally as well - Tom Verducci, Jon Heyman, and Ken Rosenthal chief among them.
Quick Pitch is another good feature, showing game highlights in rapid, or quick pitch, fashion. Hazel Mae and Matt Yallof do a good job pulling it all together.
You can see the rest of on-air personalities right here.
But who do you like? Take the new polls and let me know.
Showing posts with label Baseball Tonight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baseball Tonight. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2009
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Tonight's Lineup (8/21)
Mussina vs. Escobar
Yankees
Yankees
| M. Cabrera cf | |||||||||
| D. Jeter ss | |||||||||
| B. Abreu rf | |||||||||
| A. Rodriguez 3b | |||||||||
| H. Matsui lf | |||||||||
| J. Giambi dh | |||||||||
| R. Cano 2b | |||||||||
| A. Phillips 1b | |||||||||
| J. Molina c | |||||||||
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| Angels | |||||||||
| C. Figgins 3b | |||||||||
| O. Cabrera ss | |||||||||
| V. Guerrero rf | |||||||||
| G. Anderson lf | |||||||||
| G. Matthews Jr. cf | |||||||||
| C. Kotchman 1b | |||||||||
| M. Izturis dh | |||||||||
| H. Kendrick 2b | |||||||||
| J. Mathis c | |||||||||
Tonight's Lineup (8/21)
Mussina vs. Escobar
Yankees
Yankees
| M. Cabrera cf | |||||||||
| D. Jeter ss | |||||||||
| B. Abreu rf | |||||||||
| A. Rodriguez 3b | |||||||||
| H. Matsui lf | |||||||||
| J. Giambi dh | |||||||||
| R. Cano 2b | |||||||||
| A. Phillips 1b | |||||||||
| J. Molina c | |||||||||
| | |||||||||
| Angels | |||||||||
| C. Figgins 3b | |||||||||
| O. Cabrera ss | |||||||||
| V. Guerrero rf | |||||||||
| G. Anderson lf | |||||||||
| G. Matthews Jr. cf | |||||||||
| C. Kotchman 1b | |||||||||
| M. Izturis dh | |||||||||
| H. Kendrick 2b | |||||||||
| J. Mathis c | |||||||||
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Harold Reynolds Returns
While reading Deadspin yesterday I came upon a piece on Harold Reynolds getting back into the broadcasting game. MLB.com is hiring to do various things. My thought is , who cares? Now I know a lot of people love H.R., and they can have him.
His speech pattern is annoying, he sounds like he has a sandwich in his mouth, and all of a sudden he gets real "street", for lack of a better word, when talking to a fellow black athlete.
ESPN probably wishes they had him back though. Baseball Tonight's quality, is dropping faster than your Grandma's boobs. Steve Phillips, to put it simply, is an idiot. He'll throw out anything (e.g. Cliff Lee is the best lefty in the A.L.) to draw attention to himself and butt heads with John Kruk and whoever else is on the panel. How he ever got a GM job is beyond me. Notice he hasn't had one since?
His speech pattern is annoying, he sounds like he has a sandwich in his mouth, and all of a sudden he gets real "street", for lack of a better word, when talking to a fellow black athlete.
ESPN probably wishes they had him back though. Baseball Tonight's quality, is dropping faster than your Grandma's boobs. Steve Phillips, to put it simply, is an idiot. He'll throw out anything (e.g. Cliff Lee is the best lefty in the A.L.) to draw attention to himself and butt heads with John Kruk and whoever else is on the panel. How he ever got a GM job is beyond me. Notice he hasn't had one since?
Harold Reynolds Returns
While reading Deadspin yesterday I came upon a piece on Harold Reynolds getting back into the broadcasting game. MLB.com is hiring to do various things. My thought is , who cares? Now I know a lot of people love H.R., and they can have him.
His speech pattern is annoying, he sounds like he has a sandwich in his mouth, and all of a sudden he gets real "street", for lack of a better word, when talking to a fellow black athlete.
ESPN probably wishes they had him back though. Baseball Tonight's quality, is dropping faster than your Grandma's boobs. Steve Phillips, to put it simply, is an idiot. He'll throw out anything (e.g. Cliff Lee is the best lefty in the A.L.) to draw attention to himself and butt heads with John Kruk and whoever else is on the panel. How he ever got a GM job is beyond me. Notice he hasn't had one since?
His speech pattern is annoying, he sounds like he has a sandwich in his mouth, and all of a sudden he gets real "street", for lack of a better word, when talking to a fellow black athlete.
ESPN probably wishes they had him back though. Baseball Tonight's quality, is dropping faster than your Grandma's boobs. Steve Phillips, to put it simply, is an idiot. He'll throw out anything (e.g. Cliff Lee is the best lefty in the A.L.) to draw attention to himself and butt heads with John Kruk and whoever else is on the panel. How he ever got a GM job is beyond me. Notice he hasn't had one since?
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