I'm not in any way implying that sexual harrassment is okay.

However, it appears Harold Reynolds was fired over an allegation of this harrassment.

Yet today, Michael Irvin is still on the air. How many times he been arrested for drug possession, weapon possession, domestic assault, etc?

bigger....

Irvin is a jerk and the whole world knows about it. They are afraid to fire him. He did his deeds while he was playing football and the NFL didn't know how to handle it.

Harold, on the other hand, is an employee who "allegedly" did some things with other employees at the workplace. We should wait how this thing plays itself out. I'm a big fan of his and I'm disapponted that this has happened to him.

The NFL, in my opinion, buries stuff about players because there are so many problems with so many of them. You can violate their "league" drug rules at least 3 times and then no one is certain as to what the penalty might be.

ESPN, on the other hand, is a huge division of a major public corporation and they don't need the negative publicity.

Is anybody else happy with who is on Baseball Tonight these days? I never really liked Kruk, I really dont like Hershiser and Tino. They both arent fluid like HR was. I guess i'll have to get used to it..

I thought Harold was pretty good and likeable........Kruk isn't bad, Orel Hershiser is okay, but he is excellent as an analyst during live games.....Tino needs some work.

We don't really know what happened with Harold; we can all only speculate based on what we have read and heard. My guess is that he must have exhibited a pattern of behavior that can be considered as sexual harrassment. I highly doubt ESPN would fire him over an allegation.

Michael Irvin is another story.

Have to agree with Grateful.. HR is saying in public that it was just one instance.....and only a hug.

Well....that's difficult to believe......he has his rights to.....and ESPN must have some really good Human Resource specialists and lawyers on staff....they had to have investigated the allegation(s).......think there is more to it then what HR is telling the media.

As a former LR Mgr....my job was on the line if I didn't investigate every complaint...objectively...and termination was always considered the "capital offense".....the evidence had to be there...verified....before anyone lost their job....despite postings on another thread asserting otherwise...no one is fired (in major corporations certainly)...on just say so.....and employees in good standing, or with longevity....were usually offered leaves, suspensions, and assistance.....because.....litigation works both ways....

It's all very unfortunate....HR was one of my favorite broadcasters.....

In the late 80's and early 90's, as ESPN exploded, apparently, at least according to one book, harassment was a HUGE problem and the management at that time, did not handle it well. Now, it could well be a knee-jerk over reaction, or it could be something HR had coming. I sure hope it was all a misunderstanding, b/c Tino and Destrades are
BRUTAL!!!!

There is another card yet to be played, I think---no black baseball guys now on the set---I don't like it and it should not matter in the least but I think it will be rear its head shortly

This entire thing is a shame because he was the best baseball guy that they had, in my book anyway

I don't care if they're black, white, green, or orange--just as long as they know the game and have a great presentation/personality. Personally, I'd like to see them feature Jeff Brantley more in HR's slot.

JT...you may not care...but ESPN, and other major corporations do....I understand what you are saying, and I couldn't agree with you more...but TR has a point....as you know...it's called affirmative action......and the television end of the entertainment industry does seem to work at it.....

....and because of affirmative action, et al....in addition to private litigation...one has to think that HR was given every opportunity to a fair hearing/investigation prior to termination.

Reynolds was the best ESPN had.

Kruk is ok,brantley is a complete moron,destrade just seems to have no clue.

I do not condone what Reynolds did,if he did it,but the quality of ESPN has and is dropping like a rock into the sea.

ps.who else is sick of the NFL coverage that is on ESPN 24/7,yet you cant hear about baseball during BASEBALL SEASON!

I havent watch BBTN since harold left.

To me ESPN is no longer a true sports network--they are now more of an entertainment network

agreed.Im sick of drag racing,poker/darts,paintball,etc.Who fricken cares about that?And cut the NFL live crud for 2 minutes please!

And if Harold did harrass someone,he deserved this.That being said we live in a much different era.Now,if you hit your child,its abuse.If you hug a kid,you are looked at as a pedophile.I wonder what really happened.

Since baseball is considered our national pastime, there should be a national organization to promote the game at all levels.

Baseball at all age levels is being played in this country year round. Televise baseball during baseball season.

Oops, there already is a national organization promoting baseball.

Orestes Destrada is actually pretty good, in my opinion.

BOBO

Are you suggesting a communistic/socialistic country ??????

Are you saying that you would be opposed to such a thing?

I would like to know your reasoning, if you would indulge me.

It isn't HR or ESPN related but I'd be interested in your logic.

Harold Reynolds is the man when it comes to baseball tonight. Realeasing him until this alligation is over is the right thing to do. I do agree that Hersh and Tino are not the right answer for all of us baseball fanatics. Tino is not in sync with what he should be saying. Hersh is good at talking about pitching and that is about it. Be patient everyone, I have this real good feeling that HR will be back.

BOBO

I happen to like our great country the way it is

You thinking is a "sick" thinking---why do you have this grudge?

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Originally posted by futurecatcher27:
agreed.Im sick of drag racing,poker/darts,paintball,etc.Who fricken cares about that?

I'm with you on this one. More baseball during the season. I'd like to see more variety of teams shown. I may be alone on this but I want to see the Royals, Devil Rays and Pirates etc play once in awhile.

After all some of those players may belong to HSBBW families.

Promoting baseball was almost a natural thing in this country. Games were all on free TV and they were on at times when kids could still be awake.

There needs to be some common sense in this country where our national pastime is more available to the youth of this nation.

Sports networks like ESPN should be promoting sports rather than poker or food eating contests.