Connolly: P.A. Announcer Ryan Wagner fired on Opening Day

[Moshagge3]

What in the world in going on with this organization?

 https://theathletic.com/2509560/2021/04/09/orioles-pa-announcer-ryan-wagner/?source=emp_shared_article

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

This weird part is it happened before the game yesterday when Ryan was already at OPACY preparing for opening day. Hope this isn't over something petty. 

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Wagner, who was entering his 10th season behind the microphone for the club, was at Camden Yards early on Thursday morning recording spots for local television stations in preparation for the team’s first game in front of fans in 18 months.

But at some point Thursday morning, prior to the game, he was told to leave the stadium. On Friday he was officially terminated.

 

[Can_of_corn]

The timing is beyond questionable.  I wonder if an accusation of questionable behavior is involved.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The timing is beyond questionable.  I wonder if accusation of questionable behavior is involved.

That’s my first thought. 

[Philip]

If you’re firing announcers, I think almost everybody would be in line before this fellow.

[Natty]

Maybe they found someone to work cheaper. Same as we are doing with ballplayers.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Natty said:

Maybe they found someone to work cheaper. Same as we are doing with ballplayers.

That was my first thought but why wait until opening day?  They probably had to pay mileage for the replacement announcer.

[LA2]

Connolly mentions unspecified sources saying it may have something to do with his Tweets. But the one he quotes is harmless, as far as I can tell.

[Yossarian]

1 hour ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

This weird part is it happened before the game yesterday when Ryan was already at OPACY preparing for opening day. Hope this isn't over something petty. 

 

I think the likelihood of it being over something petty is quite high.  It all depends on whose definition of "petty" is used, however.

[TradeAngelos]

This wasn’t for cost, it was for cause. Someone who would know says that he has had numerous run ins with......various people. Not exactly the friendliest of guys when you even slightly disagree with him, rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. Allegedly. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, Natty said:

Maybe they found someone to work cheaper. Same as we are doing with ballplayers.

I heard a public address announcer from the Dominican Summer League is getting the call to replace Wagner. 

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I heard a public address announcer from the Dominican Summer League is getting the call to replace Wagner. 

I'd hate to rush someone.  I think they should have to publicly announce at all the various levels and earn their way to the majors.

[Hazmat]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'd hate to rush someone.  I think they should have to publicly announce at all the various levels and earn their way to the majors.

Did we gain an extra year of public  announcer time by waiting to call him up now?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

17 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

I think the likelihood of it being over something petty is quite high.  It all depends on whose definition of "petty" is used, however.

I'm starting to think that too and if any controversial social media postings  did exist they've been deleted. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Hazmat said:

Did we gain an extra year of public  announcer time by waiting to call him up now?

I think the Elias screwed this one up.  Unless they send them down the O's don't get the extra year.  Pretty sloppy mistake IMO.