A couple days ago, in a surprise move, ESPN announced it would not renew the contracts of baseball announcers Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. The pair had worked together for 21 years on ESPN's Sunday night prime time game.
Miller, known for his gleaming bald head and loud neckties, is well-respected for his many years of good work behind the mike for the Baltimore Orioles and, currently, the San Francisco Giants. He's already in the broadcaster's wing of the baseball Hall Of Fame.
Morgan's an HOF'er too. He was the catalyst for the Big Red Machine teams in Cincinnati, and also played for the Astros and the Giants. A great player, as an announcer Joe's known for being stubbornly opinionated and for occasionally mangling the English language. Some fans don't care for him. For years, there has been a website called FireJoeMorgan.com. Personally, I always liked him. He knows baseball.
ESPN gave no particular reason for their decision. Just the usual -- time for a change, for new perspectives, blah blah blah. Whatever. As always, the game's the thing, and whoever the new anouncers are, I'm sure they'll be fine.
But Old Jon and Old Joe were an institution on Sunday nights. I'll miss 'em.
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