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Ozzie Guillen Will Appear On Baseball Tonight Throughout The World Series

Jack Dickey — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:05:00 EDT

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It dawns on me that we could play a game with two tentpoles of recent Chicago White Sox squads. We'll call the game "Guillen OR Pierzynski." Said the White Sox drink rally beer during games to get themselves going? (Pierzynski.) Went on a profane tirade after the White Sox lost to Bruce fucking Chen? (Guillen.) Got slapped by a Cubs catcher? (Pierzynski.) Kicked a Cubs catcher's mask while complaining? (Guillen.) More »

Rock Out With Your Box Out

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:28 EDT

ESPN once again begins its summer programming guaranteed to annoy and alienate most of its viewers, though this time instead of "Who's Now-ing" people into a self-mutilating rage, they'll induce copious amounts of ear blood. Awful Announcing points us to the latest in silly synergistic promotional attempts: "Baseball Tonight's Battle Of The Bands" More »

Momma Werth Just Don't Know

Christmas Ape — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:45:34 EDT

The Slanch Report caught Orestes Destrade getting a little distracted during the replay of the Phillies-Brewers contest on Thursday's Baseball Tonight. The objet du distraction: Jayson Werth's mother,. More »

Wade Boggs And His Mullet Appear On ESPN

Leitch — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:00:52 EDT

For those of you who saw Wade Boggs on "Baseball Tonight" this weekend — the one ESPN show we never, ever miss — you are probably wondering the same thing The Sports Hernia was wondering: When's "Road House 3" coming out? More »

Wade Boggs Doomed To Fail On Baseball Tonight

DAULERIO — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:10:02 EDT

Wade Boggs, venerable hit machine and moustachioed gadabout, has always seemed to be an odd, shady guy. There was that messy affair with Margo Adams. Then he started popping up in hair plug commercials. Then he inducted WWE's Curt Henning into the Wrestling Hall of Fame last year. His boozing on road trips was other wordly. More »

Everywhere You Look, There Is Steve Phillips

Leitch — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:00:38 EDT

After watching this Steve Phillips gimmick segment on "Baseball Tonight" last night, we await, with much dread, the attack of the Steve Phillips clone army. More »

John Kruk, Straying Off Message

Leitch — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:45:37 EDT

Anyone who has watched "Baseball Tonight" in the last few years, when it has transformed from an entertainingly wonky baseball fan's fever dream into yet another chapter in ESPN's ongoing "People Screaming At Each Other" novel, suspects that the "panelists" often make ridiculous claims on air just to have some sort of effect, whether or not they actually believe them. This is, after all, how the network breads its butter these days. More »

Baseball Tonight Hijinks

Leitch — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:19:12 EDT

We've become pretty addicted to Fire Joe Morgan, a hideously designed but riotously funny daily rip on ESPN's baseball coverage. Today's rant is on something we noticed as well: The awful, brain-dead banter about the AL Cy Young between analysts John Kruk and Harold Reynolds and anchor Karl Ravech on the GMC Diamond Cutters feature on SportsCenter this morning. The highlights: More »

The Sweet, Beautiful Face Of Derek Jeter

Leitch — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:44:03 EDT

What is it, Tim Kirk ... JUN, that makes you swoon? Is it candlelight dinners? Long walks on the beach? John Kruk all lathered up in bacon fat? More »