Kevin Brown absence explained?

[Roy Firestone]

1 hour ago, ExileAngelos said:

Disagree here, Roy.  I think this is a huge boost for KB.

might be, we will see..

 

1 hour ago, ExileAngelos said:

Disagree here, Roy.  I think this is a huge boost for KB.

 

[LA2]

9 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Wouldn’t be surprised if Kevin Brown has already fielded some calls today about his availability for a new job. 

Frankly, I hope KB does leave. Though not as obtuse and stumbling as Newman, he's histrionic, spews more weak puns than YES's John Sterling, and is deluded to think his pop cultural trivia somehow earns him a place beside those with true baseball perception and wisdom.

KB is not so perfectly mediocre that he can't be replaced. He as much as anyone else--including the pathetic JA--has allowed this to become something that the national media centers can use to take easy pot shots at the Orioles with one eye shut. I would be surprised if there hasn't been a lot of back-channel chit-chat between Brown and his professional "colleagues" working for other teams or networks. Their moral outrage comes off a bit self-serving to their own field.

Dismayed that so many fans here are fine w gloating along with broadcasters for the Yankees, Mets, Angels, and White Sox, etc. over their success at distracting from our team's fantastic achievements--and away from those blindly over-financed LOSER teams' miserable failures. Rather convenient that they can weep over the suspension--not even a firing--of a kid (relatively speaking) announcer rather than face the dismal realities of their own stupidly-run teams: Severino's hopeless collapse, Germán's violent drunkenness, the Rodón and Rizzo medical fiascos, the jettisoning of the Mets' outrageous contracts to pitchers at the end of their careers, the Angels' wasting of two of the greatest talents in the history of the game, and Tim Anderson turning 2nd base into a boxing ring.

Funny how suddenly none of that is as important as a squeaky-clean announcer who, I admit, could run the score up on Jeopardy.

Edited August 8, 2023 by LA2

[joelala]

An Angelos has again angered the baseball Gods. 
 

In all seriousness though, I actually do think this has the ability to affect the team on the field. It puts such a microscope on them. Hope they withstand, but such a f***ing unfortunate thing to happen in the midst of our best season in a decade. Very sour taste right now. It’s sad. 

[Oriolesfan1988]

14 minutes ago, joelala said:

An Angelos has again angered the baseball Gods. 
 

In all seriousness though, I actually do think this has the ability to affect the team on the field. It puts such a microscope on them. Hope they withstand, but such a f***ing unfortunate thing to happen in the midst of our best season in a decade. Very sour taste right now. It’s sad. 

Doubt it affects the team on field. If anything them playing may quiet the talk down

[Jagwar]

I thought this whole issue was a joke when it was a 3-page thread. All of a sudden the thread is a hot topic. 

TLDR all of the pages... I wonder... has this gotten any national news coverage?

[ChuckS]

43 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Frankly, I hope KB does leave. Though not as obtuse and stumbling as Newman, he's histrionic, spews more weak puns than YES's John Sterling, and is deluded to think his pop cultural trivia somehow earns him a place beside those with true baseball perception and wisdom.

KB is not so perfectly mediocre that he can't be replaced. He as much as anyone else--including the pathetic JA--has allowed this to become something that the national media centers can use to take easy pot shots at the Orioles with one eye shut. I would be surprised if there hasn't been a lot of back-channel chit-chat between Brown and his professional "colleagues" working for other teams or networks. Their moral outrage comes off a bit self-serving to their own field.

Dismayed that so many fans here are fine w gloating along with broadcasters for the Yankees, Mets, Angels, White Sox, etc., over their success at distracting from our team's fantastic achievements--and away from those blindly over-financed LOSER teams' miserable failures. Rather convenient that they can weep over the suspension--not even a firing!--of a kid (relatively speaking) announcer rather than face the dismal realities of their own stupidly-run teams: Severino's hopeless collapse, Germán's violent drunkenness, the Rodón and Rizzo health fiascos, the jettisoning of the Mets' outrageous contracts to pitchers at the end of their careers, the Angels wasting of the two of the greatest talents in the history of the game, and Tim Anderson turning second base into a boxing ring.

Funny how suddenly none of that is as important as a squeaky-clean announcer who, I admit, could be making a fortune on Jeopardy.

Other announcers are speaking out because this kind of behavior from an owner is a threat to their livelihoods and basic principles of being a journalist. Freedom of the press. It’s warranted, not in any way connected to the performance of the teams they are covering. I’m glad his fellow broadcasters are uniting against the tyrant. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by ChuckS

[Brian88]

9 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

I thought this whole issue was a joke when it was a 3-page thread. All of a sudden the thread is a hot topic. 

TLDR all of the pages... I wonder... has this gotten any national news coverage?

ESPN has covered it and announcers for several other teams have brought it up during their games and ripped the Orioles for it. 

[joelala]

43 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Frankly, I hope KB does leave. Though not as obtuse and stumbling as Newman, he's histrionic, spews more weak puns than YES's John Sterling, and is deluded to think his pop cultural trivia somehow earns him a place beside those with true baseball perception and wisdom.

KB is not so perfectly mediocre that he can't be replaced. He as much as anyone else--including the pathetic JA--has allowed this to become something that the national media centers can use to take easy pot shots at the Orioles with one eye shut. I would be surprised if there hasn't been a lot of back-channel chit-chat between Brown and his professional "colleagues" working for other teams or networks. Their moral outrage comes off a bit self-serving to their own field.

Dismayed that so many fans here are fine w gloating along with broadcasters for the Yankees, Mets, Angels, White Sox, etc., over their success at distracting from our team's fantastic achievements--and away from those blindly over-financed LOSER teams' miserable failures. Rather convenient that they can weep over the suspension--not even a firing!--of a kid (relatively speaking) announcer rather than face the dismal realities of their own stupidly-run teams: Severino's hopeless collapse, Germán's violent drunkenness, the Rodón and Rizzo health fiascos, the jettisoning of the Mets' outrageous contracts to pitchers at the end of their careers, the Angels wasting of the two of the greatest talents in the history of the game, and Tim Anderson turning second base into a boxing ring.

Funny how suddenly none of that is as important as a squeaky-clean announcer who, I admit, could be making a fortune on Jeopardy.

Sure, but wouldn’t you prefer free press? 

[Jagwar]

I'm going to mass produce and sell outside of OPACY

 

[catseyepub]

Tuned into 105.7 this morning and it's 25; minutes about Pat Ricard and nothing about the Kevin Brown situation yet.

Way to have the fingers on the pulse of what's making news.

Edited August 8, 2023 by catseyepub

[dystopia]

Angelos would make a good Ingsoc Minister. 

[joelala]

5 minutes ago, dystopia said:

Angelos would make a good Ingsoc Minister. 

Haha yea I think we should be more worried about a move to Moscow rather than Nashville. 

[seak05]

16 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

I'm going to mass produce and sell outside of OPACY

 

If this is for real: when, where, and how much?

if it’s a joke:

[Etch]

NY Post has a front page article on this. Big picture of Kevin Brown with an article entitled: "Laughingstock ... broadcasters blast Orioles over play-by-play controversy."

https://nypost.com

Edited August 8, 2023 by Etch

[Frobby]

8 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

It has been astonishing to me how people have actually doubted this and wanted to defend Angelos on this. They didn’t want to believe it..couldn’t believe he would be this petty.

Really shocking to me that after all this time people still don’t believe this family would go this low and be this petty.

 

The doubts I had (and to a degree, still have) have nothing to do with Angelos being petty.   It’s just that there’s nothing in that Brown clip that is even remotely insulting or negative.  It’s just a remark about how much the Orioles have improved.  It’s like if you planted a new flower bed in your front yard and someone said, “your new flower bed really makes your yard beautiful,” and taking that as an insult to how your yard looked before.  

Also, there have been hundreds of times when announcers have mentioned how quickly the O’s have gone from a 52-win team to a contender, both last year and this one.   What is different about this remark?