Did Jim Palmer get sent on a “sabbatical?”

[milbest77]

He hasn’t been on since the Tampa series at the Trop a few weeks back. I figured he would certainly call the Yankees series with Thorne and they usually do the Jays in Toronto if I’m not mistaken. Maybe he is simply doing fewer games these days? Or is his absence due to his critical comments on...someone we won’t mention...

[accinfo]

Palmer does abut half the games and has for a while.

[milbest77]

6 minutes ago, accinfo said:

Palmer does abut half the games and has for a while.

Absolutely, I understand that. But, the games he normally does work, he hasn’t been on. Just thought the timing was rather interesting. Of course, nobody knows what goes on behind the curtain. 

[panick]

Maybe Palmer has requested to do fewer games because he's disgusted having to work so many games of such a crummy team.

[JourneyFan]

Perhaps he's easing himself into full-blown retirement - i.e. he won't be doing anymore games within the next year or two.

[NCRaven]

Or...  maybe that's just his schedule for this year?  Might be over-thinking this one.

[milbest77]

22 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Or...  maybe that's just his schedule for this year?  Might be over-thinking this one.

I certainly hope so. I really don’t want to see him get the Jon Miller and John Lowenstein treatment...

[atomic]

5 minutes ago, milbest77 said:

I certainly hope so. I really don’t want to see him get the Jon Miller and John Lowenstein treatment...

Wait what happened to Lowenstein? 

[Moose Milligan]

I can't stand the thought of him not calling games.  Every time I tune into a game, I hope he's the one doing the color commentary and I wince if it's Bordick.  

Thorne makes mistakes, but his pipes are golden and you can tell he's having a good time.  Together with Palmer, it's a dream team for me.  

Hunter is insufferable.  Bordick tries really hard, I appreciate that about him.  I hope Palmer keeps doing color commentary for awhile.  

[Lucky_13]

41 minutes ago, JourneyFan said:

Perhaps he's easing himself into full-blown retirement - i.e. he won't be doing anymore games within the next year or two.

Oh man I don't want to think about that. More Bordick is not something I'm looking forward too

[milbest77]

20 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I can't stand the thought of him not calling games.  Every time I tune into a game, I hope he's the one doing the color commentary and I wince if it's Bordick.  

Thorne makes mistakes, but his pipes are golden and you can tell he's having a good time.  Together with Palmer, it's a dream team for me.  

Hunter is insufferable.  Bordick tries really hard, I appreciate that about him.  I hope Palmer keeps doing color commentary for awhile.  

Amen

[milbest77]

23 minutes ago, atomic said:

Wait what happened to Lowenstein? 

Understand that I know he has a ginormous axe to grind and many don’t agree with his opinions, but I read Nestor Aparicio’s “Peter Principles” series on the WNST website. I believe it is in chapter 4 where he said Lowenstein was let go from HTS without warning or reason after the ‘96 season. Then, Miller was not given a new contract. Apparently, at the time, Angelos said they “did not bleed orange.”

http://wnst.net/free-the-birds/the-peter-principles-ch-5-king-peter-silences-jon-miller-and-anyone-else-who-doesnt-bleed-orioles-orange/

[TonySoprano]

Jim has cut back his travel for a while.  His devotion to his special-needs step son is well documented and very admirable.

[milbest77]

1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

Jim Palmer is NOT on any kind of sabbatical, any kind of protest, any kind of reluctance to broadcast the games. He returns for the Red Sox series. He broadcasts about 81 games a year..mostly decided through his choice, his region, and his convenience. He earned that right.

Thank you for the clarification. Palmer is by far the best commentator I have heard in my lifetime as an O’s fan. I am also 32 years old, so I wasn’t around for Chuck Thompson. I didn’t mean to stir the pot, but I just would hate to see him get reprimanded for being honest and fair. 

[clapdiddy]

2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Jim Palmer is NOT on any kind of sabbatical, any kind of protest, any kind of reluctance to broadcast the games. He returns for the Red Sox series. He broadcasts about 81 games a year..mostly decided through his choice, his region, and his convenience. He earned that right.

Agree with all of this.  Out of the player/analysts around, he's the best I've heard.   I used to love when Brooks did the color on old broadcasts.   I believe he was on the telecast when Gary Roenicke hit the grand slam to win someone a million dollars.   I tried looking it up, but couldn't find video, but I found an article on it.   

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/06/18/home-run-scores-1-million/b3ddcb2b-79d9-43be-8850-cbc4dd326b6e/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7fb25680db9d