Fire Joe Morgan Succeeds

[subnuclear]

ESPN doesn't renew Joe Morgan's contract for Sunday Night baseball, Jon Miller might stay on as a radio announcer:

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/espn-breaks-up-sunday-night-baseball-team/

Joe was my favorite player as a kid, so I never minded him all that much.  I'm sure Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine will be much better.  

[Bench]

Valentine is sure to make me laugh at least once every two innings.

[Ron Brand]

Hell, I really enjoy Miller.

[chuck]

Hell, I really enjoy Miller.

I do, too. Or at least I do as I scramble to find the remote so I can mute that other fucking idiot.

[Alkie]

FJM and SABR dorks aside, Joe Morgan really was a fucking idiot.   Good riddance.

[chuck]

FJM and SABR dorks aside, Joe Morgan really was a fucking idiot.   Good riddance.

I'm in mild shock to discover that someone at ESPN thought so, too. I mean, these people happily employ all manner of idiots.

[JaneDoe]

Great news.  Morgan was fucking awful.

[Reuben]

What Chuck said.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I can still count on ESPN to be annoying. Can't I?

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

I can still count on ESPN to be annoying. Can't I?

They still have a few other idiots who are rumblin' stumblin' and bumblin' around.

[Ron Brand]

They still have a few other idiots who are rumblin' stumblin' and bumblin' around.

Boo-yah!

[geezerdonk]

Morgan is excrutiating. Hershiser is worse, much worse.

[Alkie]

Boo-yah!

I understand who Boomer relates to; the fat middle American who loves his classic rock (only) and finds comfort in the same tired 25 year old "jokes." 

But Stuart Scott...I don't get.   I know his pseudo-street talk doesn't resonate with me or my child.   I'm fairly positive he doesn't resonate with the Chris Berman crowd.   I know the Asian kids flat out want him dead.   And if I had to guess, I would imagine the urban Black kids find him embarrassing; as if their grandmother was wandering around in their underwear uttering shit like "that's DEF, yo."

Which segment of the population is supposed to find Stuart Scott good/interesting/worthy of sharing our oxygen?

[Ron Brand]

Which segment of the population is supposed to find Stuart Scott good/interesting/worthy of sharing our oxygen?

I would guess that some folks would refer derogatorily to his fanbase as consisting of middle-aged Oreos.

[Ron Brand]

Although now that I think of it, that quickfire response is probably much too simplistic. He's generic enough that suits probably thought he'd be some sort of hip crossover instead of a very sad joke that gets even more painful with every retelling.

I don't get ESPN at all. They were so good and went so horribly wrong.

[Taras Bulba]

I understand who Boomer relates to; the fat middle American who loves his classic rock (only) and finds comfort in the same tired 25 year old "jokes." 

But Stuart Scott...I don't get.   I know his pseudo-street talk doesn't resonate with me or my child.   I'm fairly positive he doesn't resonate with the Chris Berman crowd.   I know the Asian kids flat out want him dead.   And if I had to guess, I would imagine the urban Black kids find him embarrassing; as if their grandmother was wandering around in their underwear uttering shit like "that's DEF, yo."

Which segment of the population is supposed to find Stuart Scott good/interesting/worthy of sharing our oxygen?

Maybe the segment that is fascinated by which eye they should focus on?

[Limey]

They still have a few other idiots who are rumblin' stumblin' and bumblin' around.

Someone needs to photoshop Morgan, MacCarver and Buck into a gang bang with Nancy Grace so that we can be rid of the whole fucking lot of them.

No , I am not in a good mood this morning.

[Bench]

Although now that I think of it, that quickfire response is probably much too simplistic. He's generic enough that suits probably thought he'd be some sort of hip crossover instead of a very sad joke that gets even more painful with every retelling.

I don't get ESPN at all. They were so good and went so horribly wrong.

Philistine.  The man is a poetic genius.

[Ron Brand]

You just made me have a bowel movement in my pants. I ain't never gonna forgive you for this.

[Bench]

You just made me have a bowel movement in my pants. I ain't never gonna forgive you for this.

The power of the spoken word.

[MusicMan]

You just made me have a bowel movement in my pants.

"You usually have to pay extra for that kind of action, Cotton."

[Ron Brand]

The power of the spoken word.

The Brown Sound.

[Limey]

The power of the spoken word.

He said he liked it better than Pirates of Penzance.

[Mr. Happy]

Lil Joe done burnt his bridges. That's why he took that advisory spot with the Reds. And he sucked to boot.

[Ron Brand]

I got an email from an upper-level manager this morning.

"Poor move, I think." (with a link to the story on NBC Sports)

Me: "Morgan's horrific, but I like Jon Miller a lot."

Manager Guy: "Morgan is not a TV person, unlike McCarver, but he really knows the game."

[MusicMan]

What is your company policy on kicking a manager in the nuts?

[Ron Brand]

What is your company policy on kicking a manager in the nuts?

This guy is as unreachable as if he were in a coma. In Antarctica.

[Houston]

I understand who Boomer relates to; the fat middle American who loves his classic rock (only) and finds comfort in the same tired 25 year old "jokes." 

But Stuart Scott...I don't get.   I know his pseudo-street talk doesn't resonate with me or my child.   I'm fairly positive he doesn't resonate with the Chris Berman crowd.   I know the Asian kids flat out want him dead.   And if I had to guess, I would imagine the urban Black kids find him embarrassing; as if their grandmother was wandering around in their underwear uttering shit like "that's DEF, yo."

Which segment of the population is supposed to find Stuart Scott good/interesting/worthy of sharing our oxygen?

I think the Jewish hip-hop crowd likes him.

I'm looking at you Beastie Boys.

[Alkie]

I think the Jewish hip-hop crowd likes him.

I'm looking at you Beastie Boys.

I already said I don't get him.

Or were you talking to TTB?

[BlownRanger]

I'm in mild shock to discover that someone at ESPN thought so, too. I mean, these people happily employ all manner of idiots.

Nothing will top the placement of a recently-fired Matt Millen in the studio to critique the front office moves of various NFL teams.

[Astroholic]

Nothing will top the placement of a recently-fired Matt Millen in the studio to critique the front office moves of various NFL teams.

C. Casserly analysing the NFL?