Read this earlier, nice shout out for Kyle and a cool story about a fan getting to meet Mike Lowell.
(Lowell gets a police car to the airport – that’s MVP living for you!)
Good to see that someone there classified Kyle’s outing as ‘good’. Makes me happy.
Also found this article from a couple of weeks ago about how critical and blunt most of the broadcasters for the Cincinnati Reds are. I think it’s part of the job to be a little critical instead of a complete homer, but I listen to these guys on a fairly regular basis and I think they cross the line. Imagine Dan Shaughnessy if he did play by play for the Red Sox. Ugh.
There was also an interesting quote from Bronson about a former Red Sox pitcher:
Arroyo recalled former Boston teammate Derek Lowe reading newspaper articles and listening to sports-talk radio until it “ate him alive.”
Sadly, this doesn’t surprise me. Again, I have nothing against a little criticism, but the unapologetic and complete bashing of players is ridiculous. (I watched the game live where Brantley was ripping into Encarnacion. It was a disgusting display. You want to make a name for yourself in broadcasting, Jeff, don’t do it at the expense of someone else.)
(And this photo is Day 2 of “Photos that make me smile”. This one taken this year at spring training by Kelly O’Connor.)
Off-day for the Sox today. Bronson is pitching in St. Louis and the PawSox are in Rochester – so there will still be baseball to watch if I’m looking for it.
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