ESPN splitting up Miller, Morgan?

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2008 11:19 AM CDT Comment 26 comments

There's a report in the New York Daily News that after 19 years of being paired on the ESPN Sunday Night broadcast, Jon Miller and Joe Morgan are going to be split up.

Getting Morgan -- who, the report suggests, doesn't have the greatest of relationships with Miller and isn't popular with his ESPN co-workers -- off the high-profile Sunday night game would be a good thing, but the article suggests that he'd be replaced with Rick Sutcliffe, who isn't really an upgrade.

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Couple of thoughts

Who would actually be a good replacement for Joe Morgan, satisfying both fans of a player popularity and analyst/observer interests in the game?

Also, I can’t wait to get the FJM take. Is it fact, or a rumor?

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by Ed Coffin on Oct 26, 2008 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cal Ripken?

by slimshadty12 on Oct 26, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've heard Ripken smack down baseball truisms many, many times.

I’ve heard him say crap like “experience is overrated” and “strikeouts are just another out” and other such things.

In other words: DO WANT!

by philkid3 on Oct 26, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who cares?

I mean, why should I, as a baseball fan, care whether or not ESPN has good national announcers or not.

I can see why I would care about whether the Rangers’ local broadcasts have good announcers, since good announcers mean good ratings and since good ratings means more revenues, and more revenues means more money that can be spent on the team, and that will (generally speaking) mean a better product and more wins.

But whether or not the national audience like Joe Morgan or not…why should I give a rat’s ass?

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by DaheelzCM on Oct 26, 2008 11:28 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs

zuh

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by shroomer on Oct 26, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

great sig

by Longhorn on Oct 26, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I care...

…because I watch the Sunday night broadcast, which makes who is doing it something that has some meaning to me.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you don't really care

Because I know that you really dislike Morgan but you watch anyway.

"Colt mccoy sucks, mack brown needs to be fired." - Longhorn

by DaheelzCM on Oct 26, 2008 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver...

…but I watch the World Series.

That means I don’t care if they are replaced?

I’m confused by what your point is.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2008 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As am I.

I don’t care about Joe Morgan because I care about rating. It’s because I don’t like headaches.

by philkid3 on Oct 26, 2008 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by philkid3 on Oct 26, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are there any

nationally known color guys who would appeal to a ‘slide rule’ fan? I can’t think of one. Maybe someone else can.

Purely from an aesthetic POV I like Joe Morgan. If a guy can be found with a good broadcasting voice and was someone who would appeal to a ‘slide rule’ fan…that would be great.

by Hubris on Oct 26, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There are a few I'm just happy with.

But plugging someone like Rob Neyer in addition to someone like Ripken would be great.

by philkid3 on Oct 26, 2008 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Neyer

Have you heard him speak?

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does he sound like

Tim Kurkjian? For some reason I always imagined him sounding that way.

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by DJCahill on Oct 26, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

More flannel

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by t ball on Oct 26, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I didn’t say it would be great for everyone.

Tim Kurkjian is allowed on TV.

by philkid3 on Oct 27, 2008 2:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hhmm...

Is it possible to unrec a post??

I definitely care!!

i like baseball too

by bspate on Oct 27, 2008 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's seemed to me for a while that Jon Miller doesn't actually like Joe.

He seems to mock him very subtley on broadcasts pretty often, and I’ve seen him say things in interviews that just kind’ve hint at “I don’t really like this man.”

That said, I think Sutcliffe is actually worse than Joe Morgan. FJM is hilarious and all, and Morgan is senile, but, sad as it is, there is worse out there.

by philkid3 on Oct 26, 2008 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I really like Jon Miller...

It’s Morgan they should replace. With Harold Reynolds. Of course I’m sure he won’t be back at ESPN anytime soon.

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by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2008 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ahh...

for some reason when I first read that I saw Miller being replaced rather than Morgan.

Oh well, Sutcliffe is just as bad as Morgan.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sutcliffe may be worse than Morgan

The substance of what Morgan is saying may be ridiculous, but at least he has a decent broadcast voice. Sutcliffe, regardless of the substance, sounds like a doofus.

by Hubris on Oct 26, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

replacements for Morgan

I like listening to Dave ‘Soup’ Campbell on the radio. Much like Morgan I don’t think he will appeal to ‘slide rule’ fans. But I’m only talking about having someone who is not offensive to the ear. I think Sutcliffe is a disasterous choice from an aesthetic POV. Of course I think Joe Buck is also awful yet he continues to be given FOX’s premium events.

I can’t think of any nationally known color guy who would appeal to a ‘slide rule’ fan.

I love listening to Jon Miller and I hope someday to hear him calling the World Series. Oh for the days when Vin Scully and/or Al Michaels called the World Series.

by Hubris on Oct 26, 2008 6:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

From what I've heard, Miller/Morgan might be the worst broadcast combo in baseball

Well, aside from the clowns that do the Angel broadcasts here in socal that is.

But anyway, news that they’re going to split those two up can be nothing but good. Joe is of course an idiot, and Jon Miller puts me to sleep – I don’t get to watch too many games on ESPN, but when I do I always dread listening to the combo of Miller/Morgan. I think their harder to take than Buck/McCarver, myself – Joe Buck may not know anything about baseball, but at least he does a decent play-by-play when he’s not fueling McCarver’s old grumpy fartedness.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 26, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good!!

I think Jon Miller is the best in the business, but Joe Morgan is an idiot!!

I swear everytime I watch the broadcast, there will be 3 or 4 times that I have to cuss out Morgan because of something he says. Makes my wife hate watching baseball with me because I can’t get over it.

I would also like to see Harold Reynolds………..but I don’t see that happening!! Damn you Reynolds for being handsy!!

i like baseball too

by bspate on Oct 27, 2008 8:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs