Don Orsillo fired from Red Sox broadcasts after this season

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I must be missing something here. I thought he was one of the best play-by-play guys out there. Someone will have a tough job replacing him.

I'll assume he was too critical of the team. The White Sox should look at this guy, professional as it gets.
 

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Same way Steve Stone lost his job with the Cubs. Became way to critical and assumed he knew more than the people running the team.
 

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Same way Steve Stone lost his job with the Cubs. Became way to critical and assumed he knew more than the people running the team.

This will be a PR nightmare for Boston as he is a local guy. I hate the Red Sox but NESN games are some of the best.
 

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I must be missing something here. I thought he was one of the best play-by-play guys out there. Someone will have a tough job replacing him.

I'll assume he was too critical of the team. The White Sox should look at this guy, professional as it gets.

Dave O'Brien is said to be replacing him. O'Brien has been doing the radio broadcast the last few years when he wasn't doing TV for a game on ESPN.
Not sure if it has anything to do with Orsillo being critical. He really wasn't, although anyone would have a right to be. I think O'Brien is as good as there is and would be an upgrade. Orsillo's contract is up and not being renewed.

The PR nightmare has been the performance of the team. They did win the World Series in 2013, but finished dead last in 2012 and 2014 and almost certainly 2015.
 

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Cubs will need a new guy when they secure a huge TV contract in the next year.
 

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Dave O'Brien is pretty good, but I'm not really sure if it's going to be an upgrade. I'm thinking it's gonna take a while to get some chemistry going.
 

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Dave O'Brien is pretty good, but I'm not really sure if it's going to be an upgrade. I'm thinking it's gonna take a while to get some chemistry going.

I'm guessing Remy's contract won't be renewed when it's up. No idea when that is. Conventional wisdom is they probably wished he didn't come back after his son committed a gruesome homicide.
 

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Guy is fantastic. Team has under-performed and hes been honest the whole year
 

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I'm guessing Remy's contract won't be renewed when it's up. No idea when that is. Conventional wisdom is they probably wished he didn't come back after his son committed a gruesome homicide.
Yeah, that was my hope too, to be honest with you.
 

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Really like Orsillo... One of the few things the Sox had going for them after this season was clearly over...
 

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Orsillo has had a great run. I really like the guy. Its fun to watch him and Remy completely lose it laughing and not be able to control themselves. Like a couple of kids.
I listen to O'Brien as well and think he will do a good job.

Here is some classic Don and Jerry....They come back from commercial and Jerry is trying to do an AD and Don can't control himself in the background.

 
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Red Sox front office is making changes, and this is just another one. Orsillo is rarely critical of the team so I don't think that is why is contract is not being renewed. Writing was on the wall that this was going to happen, when Don went on a forced vacation for a couple of weeks and they replaced him with someone else. Not sure what that was all about. Dave O'Brien will be fine, but sorry to see Don go. He & Jerry could be hysterical at times.
 

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Orsillo has had a great run. I really like the guy. Its fun to watch him and Remy completely lose it laughing and not be able to control themselves. Like a couple of kids.
I listen to O'Brien as well and think he will do a good job.

Here is some classic Don and Jerry....They come back from commercial and Jerry is trying to do an AD and Don can't control himself in the background.


I just happened to be watching when that happened. I was laughing so hard when they were breaking it down....

"It seemed unprovoked"
"Let's watch it one more time in slow motion"
 

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