My First Experience at Petco Park
In San Diego, there is no football team anymore. There is no basketball team. There is no NHL hockey team. The only sports franchise still around in San Diego, California is the Padres.
Founded in 1969, I wa...
Don Orsillo: “I Never Really Knew People Felt That Way”
With just six weeks left in the 2015 major league baseball season, longtime beloved Red Sox broadcaster Don Orsillo received some terrible news: NESN was not going to renew his contract after the season. In oth...
The Braves Have Become Unwatchable, And It’s Not Just The Team
It is no secret that, to this point, the 2016 season has been an unmitigated disaster for the Atlanta Braves. It seems that every week the team is setting another record for incompetence. This week, by starting...
Red Sox Offer Radio Job to Tim Neverett
After four months of relentless fallout and scrutiny from the media and the fans in Boston since the abrupt dismissal of play-by-play man Don Orsillo, the Red Sox may have found the replacement for his successo...
Farewell, Don Orsillo: An Amazing Chapter Comes to an End
Today, after 15 phenomenal years, the Boston Red Sox lost the voice we have grown so accustomed to hearing. A 3-1 Red Sox loss to the Cleveland Indians will be an afterthought to this October 4 game.
As we a...
Don Orsillo to Join Padres Broadcasting Crew
After an ugly fallout with NESN, Boston Red Sox announcer Don Orsillo will be heading west in 2016 as a new member of the San Diego Padres broadcasting team.
As Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg finishes ...
Don Orsillo: One Month Later
Although it feels like yesterday, Friday marks the one month anniversary of the Boston Red Sox much ballyhooed announcement of broadcaster Don Orsillo's termination. The decision was cited by Red Sox management...
Orsillo Situation Continues to Worsen for NESN, Red Sox, and now the Boston Globe
It's not everyday you hear that the local nine on the field took a backseat to the team's play-by-play guy.
And that's been exactly the situation for the past week.
Last night was the first time Boston Re...
Eulogizing The Voice: Shedding Tears Over The Dismissal Of Don Orsillo
It seems oddly fitting that I sit down to begin writing this on an off day for the Boston Red Sox. The absence of Don Orsillo’s low, smooth tenor is something to ruminate on going forward into a future without ...
Report: NESN Cutting Ties with Red Sox Voice Don Orsillo
Standing as the gatekeeper between the fans and the organization, the broadcaster is the lifeblood of the team. Through winning and losing their voices resonate authoritatively and become the soundtrack of summ...