ESPN PICKS FAVORS OVER GOOD BROADCASTS

Keith Olbermann is probably the worst broadcaster on television.  Let's face it... he's the worst everything.  I mean, don't get me wrong... when ESPN was in it's infancy and there was no place to watch sports highlights and there was a show to highlight them... he was part of that and it was great. He was also hidden among very good anchors and on occasion, he'd share some wit.  But think about what's happened since then.  The Internet. Other sports networks... better highlight anchors... and Keith Olbermann can't hold a steady job even dabbling in politics... like his opinion actually matters.  It doesn't.  I even agree with him some of the time and he still sucks. He's the Uncle Rico of Sports...



Reminding us all with his stupid face that he could throw a football over those mountains over there... but that was in the 90's.

And he recalls it wrong... those mountains were hills.

These days? If you actually care about what Keith Olbermann says when it comes to sports... you really need to think through what you're doing.  He's useless at the mic... offers no real substance and the fact that ESPN decided that a New York audience wanted to hear him during a Yankees / Mets game is pretty unbelievable. I mean... I know... he has his only 2 friends in the booth with him in Kurkjian and Perez … so I guess that makes sense... but come on, even Tim knows the decision they made was wrong.  Perez is just happy to be in the booth.  Then Keith came along and he was like "Oh boy."

Furthermore... ESPN is over.  It's laying off people left and right.  Other sports venues have figured out their formula... and do it better.  And so this "favor" to bring Olbermann in wasn't about ratings for them... it was about shock, because, let's face it... no one watches ESPN and they were hoping some wit from Olbermann would get people all fuzzy inside like we were back in the 90's again and bring us back to their brand after the game for some highlights.  Sportscenter is dull, folks.  I can watch highlights on my phone without any distraction from people like stupid Keith Olbermann.

It's over ESPN. It's over Olbermann.  You are TERRIBLE.  Even top notch sports personalities that have passed you by know that. Even real baseball fans know it... and thank god they said something...

ESPN finds a way to punish Mets/Yankees fans by putting Olbermann in the TV booth tonight.

— bob raissman (@nydnraiss) August 13, 2018

If you think Im listening to 3 plus hours of Keith Olbermann youre out of your mind. Mute

— Ernie Acosta (@ErnieAcostaWFAN) August 13, 2018

Here is the thing on play-by-play: It is harder than it looks

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) August 14, 2018

The dead silence in this Mets-Yanks telecast on ESPN is painful. When the player being interviewed (Thor) has to basically ask if he's still on, something's amiss

— Paul Sporer (@sporer) August 14, 2018

My apologies to Joe Buck, Keith Olbermann is the worst announcer in sports

— Steven Rivera 🇵🇷 (@Srivera2327) August 13, 2018

Jesus Christ........Keith Olbermann? I think @espn tries to be insufferable on purpose.#Yankees #Mets

— Charlie Ricker (@ByCharlieRicker) August 13, 2018

ESPN allowing Keith Olbermann to announce this baseball game is the worst thing to ever happen to the sport

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) August 13, 2018

When you see Keith olbermann is callling Mets yankees pic.twitter.com/K53HEcMOcX

— Christopher Powers (@CPowers14) August 13, 2018

As soon as I saw that Keith Olbermann was on the Yankee Met broadcast team I shut it off. He is a disgrace as a human being, and your company isn’t much different.

— joe hero (@JoeHero) August 13, 2018

That ESPN thinks Keith Olbermann is a good idea tells you everything you need to know about ESPN.

— Razzball (@Razzball) August 13, 2018

Keith Olbermann is a bad person with bad opinions and maybe the worst employee on earth.

He's also still a good baseball announcer.

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 14, 2018

That last one is gold.  "bad person", "bad opinions"... "Maybe the worst employee on earth."  Boom.

ESPN, you're awful. Terrible choice for a New Yorker like me... I listened to John and Suzyn last night because they were 10 times better.  I also left the game when I saw him there and couldn't stomach it after a few innings. Never in my life did I think that a network would be stupid enough to do that.  It had to be a back room favor, right? Some idiot at ESPN had to say, "Hey, we need eyes on the game tonight... we need "shock", let's fuck with the audience and get them talking about this broadcast... let's get Keith." It's a dumb decision.  I guess that's why ESPN is tanking.

And to Keith Olbermann.  The 'expert in everything' bit? It's old.  You are no longer important...not sure you ever were. You no longer have a voice in the sports OR politics game.  You are lucky you have a friend over at ESPN. You better buy them dinner... because you might be the most terrible announcer, commentator this country has ever seen.

Stop living in the past loser. A good commentator reinvents himself.

I vote for Mike O'Hara, a guy with more heart and more wit than anyone out there.  He's done Punk'd, MLB Fan Cave, acted in movies and has no problem commentating.  You want a real baseball fan? That's your guy ESPN. Sign him up!

ESPN'S "DEBBIE DOWNER" POST ON ICHIRO

(pictured, Suzuki gets ready for his first at bat as a New York Yankee last night in Seattle)

Leave it to ESPN and Buster Olney to rain on the Yankees parade. Not even 24 hours after they acquired Ichiro Suzuki from the Mariners for D.J. Mitchell, Danny Farquhar and an undisclosed amount of cash, Olney is already on his "What if Ichiro doesn't hit?" rant.

Look, Buster's allowed to write whatever he wants to, Lord knows he does all the time anyway, but my point is, give Ichiro 20 to 30 at bats before writing that crap. We don't even have a big enough batch in pinstripes to dip from to make that leap. Plus, a new team brings new energy and I'm banking on a change in Ichiro in his last 60 plus at bats this year.  Sure, Ichiro could suck, but Ichiro also may not and it's my opinion, on a big trade day like yesterday, you really need to let it settle for 24 hours before jumping down the Yankees throats. It's silly.

This is the best part of Olney's piece. He writes: "Others ahead of him (Ichiro)  in his OPS neighborhood this year are Jeff Francoeur, Rickie Weeks and Drew Stubbs. DeWayne Wise, designated by assignment by the Yankees to make room for Ichiro, had a .778 OPS in 53 plate appearances with New York -- significantly higher than Suzuki's OPS in each of his last three full seasons."

(pictured, "Debbie Downer" character from Saturday Night Live)

Let me say something that makes all that irrelevant... If Ichiro Suzuki falls in your lap, you got for it. The Yankees went for it.  That's the problem with these types of pieces... All the stats in the world don't matter especially if Ichiro delivers. As a Yankee fan, you have to believe. I do. Look, Olney does write that Ichiro could be fine being surrounded by better players in the Bronx, but ends his piece charged, writing that the move:  "also has the chance to become something of an embarrassment."

Let's not write about embarrassments Buster, seriously.

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