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Your friend and ours Harold Reynolds showed up at Safeco Field on Sunday and is still trying to find gainful employment. And he's still not over the whole ESPN thing.
"The thing that's amazing to me is how long the legal process takes," said Reynolds, who says depositions haven't yet been taken and the case isn't scheduled for trial until February of 2009. "I've never had any upper-management person tell me why I got fired," he said. "I'm not bitter, but I'm definitely angry. Had I had a chance to sit down and explain situations, we wouldn't have been in this."
We continue to find it amazing that still no one from ESPN has talked to Reynolds yet. And February 2009? Jeez, by then the case will be settled by President Kucinich.
Reynolds Returns [Seattle Times] (via Sports By Brooks)
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President Kucinich?
As long as it's not President Clinton (any of 'em).
He' a black man going up against a White company. Of course this is going to take a while.
Do not anger Kucinich. God, we're trying to get rid of him here.
At least it won't be settled by President Gravel. Dude's crazy.
I hear the Mandingo Party team is hiring...
Kucinich will be president right after Captain Caveman joins the Monestary.
Baseball Tonight needs Harold Reynolds back. Fernando Vina is the worst studio analyst this side of Jamal Mashburn.
Oh wait.
President Kucinich? Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
President Kucinich? So by 2009 we'll also have abolished the legal system and the president will be deciding cases? DAMMIT! What a waste of law school!
"gameful employment?"
By that time he'll have a job on The Baseball Channel. Sweet?
Or the Monastery. One of those.
Who needs a hug????
Reynolds must have the black crusaders after him.
Sure Kucinich acts like a hippy, but the dude is just jonesing to declare Martial Law.
/threadjack
Panthers have already released Keyshawn. That's cold.
/threadjack
President Kucinich.
Idealism is so...quaint.
yeah, what the heck is "gameful employment"?
@Matt_T: they must've seen his work on draft day and decided he'd make a better commentator
/sarcasm
@Hank Scorpio: All I imagine when I hear Martial Law is that movie with Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, and Annette Benning.
Oh no! Who will provide color analysis for ESPN's coverage of the College and Little World Series?!
@Matt_T: If they had just gotten him the damn ball, you know?
@Muggsy Bogues:
Last night John Kruk and Steve Phillips yelled at each other for ten minutes about God knows what. If HR's departure hastens the arrival of the day we get to watch Kruk and Phillips fight to the death, then it will be worth it in the end.
(Fernando Vina was nowhere to be found, btw.)
@Dewey Decimal System: Little League World Series
@The Man with No Name: Which actually turned out better then I thought it would. All in all The Siege could've been worse.
President Camacho would say, "Shit. I know shit's bad with all that dismissal bullshit, and the lawsuits, and we are running out of Boston Market franchises. But I got a solution."
Of course, the solution is Brawndo.
@Lady Andrea: President Bush? So by 2009 we'll also have abolished the legal system and the president will be deciding cases? DAMMIT! What a waste of law school!
Changed via signing statement.
@Dewey Decimal System: I assumed Little World Series was just another new reality show...
Honestly, I think Vina is an upgrade. I wanted to keep my "jocks can't form sentences" stereotype going in my mind. Vina provides that quite nicely.
Plus, hearing Steve Phillips talk about "developing young talent" is a gas, man.
@George of the Jungle: well, actually, I thought he was the best commentator at the draft.
I'd rather have President Tracy Jordan. But we'll never elect an Irish Catholic president again.
@Dewey Decimal System: Midgets have a baseball league?
What about Eric Young?? He's likeable and all, but I think that's just because you always think there's a 50% chance he's retarded every time he opens his mouth. I'm pretty sure he was actually singing on Baseball Tonight a few nights ago.
Feb. 2009? That's crap. He has enough money to hire a private rent-a-judge like every other millionaire and finish the case within a year. He needs to get Marv Albert's lawyer stat.
@Matt_T: in retrospect, that makes Saturday's draft interview between Keyshawn and Dwayne Jarrett even more awkward, if that were possible.
Keyshawn was excited to take that new receiver under his wing, little did he know
@businessorleisure: Now, hopefully someone will get him the damn microphone. I thought he was solid at the draft.
In the meantime, he said he watches a lot of televised baseball, and "the funny thing is, you always have some comment you want to make. So I just yell at the TV now. You get a little different perspective when you're not sitting in the studio watching."
A different perspective from the studio? I suppose it just takes time to adjust to harassing yourself at home. Keep the faith, HR. You'll get the hang of it soon.
President Colbert doesn't see race, so he will summarily dismiss the case and add HR as his new black friend.
@Lady Andrea: Damning with faint praise...
BBT is actually kind of funny this year because Karl Ravech isn't even trying to hide his disgust at the ridiculous claims Phillips and Kruk make any more.
I hear Outback Steakhouse is hiring.
@George of the Jungle: well, I should've said then that I actually thought Keyshaun was good.
@Ricky And His Sticky Icky: I love it when you answer your own questions.
I'm pretty sure Eric Young has gone the way of that Kevin Smith "Fletch" project. At least I hope so.
Give Keyshawn a job! Maybe NBC will add them to Football Night in America making the number of studio blowhards, what, about 14 now?
@Lady Andrea: you're probably right... it was just an opportunity for me to take a shot at Me-shawn... so I took it.
@The Man with No Name: 15. Pretty sure they hired Imus.
@The Man with No Name: Oh, I think the wwl is keeping the Michael Irvin chair warm for him.
@businessorleisure: that's my bad, I didn't hear about that.
Did ESPN start paying John Kruk in hair gel?
Harold Reynolds in Network. Wait wrong thread.
Who is going to do the Little League coverage now!?
@Hank Scorpio: Now, that honestly wouldn't be a bad addition. I like Tom, Keyshawn and Steve;
Liverpool just scored! 1-0 against Chelsea in a Champions league game.
Did I just threadjack my own post?
I'm good.