Harold Reynolds Fired by ESPN

Man this came from out of left field.

It used to be that Baseball Tonight used to be my favorite show on TV. Karl Ravech is vastly under-rated as a host who smoothly transitions bits, does highlights and asks the right questions to get the panel involved. And BBTN had Peter Gammons! Reynolds had been a mainstay of the show and while I almost never agreed with him - he was never grating on your nerves. Plus Reynolds did double duty by doing the color at the College World Series each year. In fact - I had started associating Reynolds with the College World Series as much as BBTN.

Now with Reynolds gone and with Gammons recovering and maybe not returning - the show is Ravech and a bunch of hacks. John Kruk and Jeff Brantley aren't Tim McCarver annoying but they are close. Plus there's a reason Steve Phillips doesn't have a job as a GM. This show used to be Happy Days - now its Joanie Loves Chachi.

I'm sure there is more to the story of why Reynolds got fired. I hope that it wasn't over money.