Kevin Brown is a pretty good, popular, young announcer. His main gig is play-by-play for the Orioles, he also does gigs with ESPN. So, in pregame talks, he commented that the Orioles had won more games against the Rays this year, than they had in the last 2 years combined.
The owner suspended him for that.
This has become a total disaster...for the owner.
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/free-kevin-brown-orioles-suspension-reaction-PTACZLYJ35EQ7JICOJ5LDHTJMQ/
O's are up against the Astros tonight; it's a TBS game, in Baltimore. So the fans in the stands...who're buying up that shirt...start chanting "Free Kevin Brown!" in the middle of the game.
And this was a PLANNED comment, as was pointed out. Scroll down that link, you can see the clip. There's a graphic about it.
Part of this is, Peter Angelos, the owner, released Jon Miller for criticizing bad play when it happened. I somewhat prefer Miller as a radio broadcaster; his style fits radio a bit better, IMO. But he's a hall of fame broadcaster, and deserves to be. So this is the second time...because as was pointed out, ya gotta think Brown is LIKELY to look for a new gig. If there's an opening? He'll be HIGH on anyone's list.
Another take:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2023/08/08/kevin-brown-suspended-baltimore-orioles-announcer-angelos/70553885007/
The ownership needs to grow up. Me...and probably many of you...when the broadcaster's team makes a mistake, and the announcing team blows it off? I lose respect for them very quickly. And here, my gosh, how stupid can they be? Even the most casual fan recognizes how disastrously bad the Orioles were...so the resurgence now, so quickly, is something to take pride in.
There's a side point here...about whether the Orioles can sustain success. They've got a young team. We know about this incident because it went public. The USA Today story talked about some other aspects. Well, what kinds of petty moves does management try to impose on the players? Don't know, but baseball's contract situation isn't like the NBA's, where re-signing with your current team is the way to max out your contract, so there's no implicit reason to stay. If you're not sure how management is gonna treat you? Of course, we won't know if this is gonna actually be an issue for a while....
After disparaging these mid-August elections as too expensive, for too little...Ohio Republicans forced a single-issue election today. On the ballot was a change to Ohio law that would change how voters could force an amendment to the Ohio constitution. Currently, all it takes is a majority. The proposed change would make it 60%.
The overwhelming belief is, this was being tried now to make it harder to pass an amendment protecting abortion rights in November.
It crashed and burned. WIth over 60% of the ballots in, it's 57-43 to reject the change, according to a live count from a local TV station.
Logan D. Hurricanes got a reaction from Grailknight in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.
