In addition to working with MLB.com, Harold Reynolds has joined SNY as a baseball analyst during the Mets pre- and post-game show featuring Lee Mazzilli and Matt Yallof.
Reynolds’s first appearance on SNY will be in-studio on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm when the Mets face the Braves.
…i like this…i like his on-air work…i don’t always agree with him, and i’but i like that he has fun and enjoys the game, and enjoys the fact that he’s talking about baseball…he doesn’t take it too seriously, like some analysts, who tends to forget they’re covering baseball and not war and peace…welcome aboard, harold…
…added to by Regis Courtemanche…
…i like reynolds a lot and haven’t watched baseball tonight nearly as much since his departure…good pickup SNY…
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OMG HAROLD REYNOLDS!
I hope this spells the END for Lee “Caption-Obvious-Brings-Absolutely-Nothing-Insightful” Mazzilli.
I worked with Harold at MLB.com and this guy is great. This is a great pickup by SNY, he so knowledgeable and he really loves the game.
This is AWESOME.
Harold Reynolds is the best. I can’t believe SNY landed this guy.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great move SNY! Harold is very knowledgeable and he has a great rapport with the players. Now we just need to remove Wayne from the radio broadcast booth;)
Back to Harold though–He really helps to elevate SNY above the typical standards of a local sports broadcast network with his ESPN cache and I’m looking forward to the pre and post game shows more than before. Maz is fine but Harold guy brings a more affable quality to the broadcast.
HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS FROM INNOCUOUS HUGS!
That was wrong! Yet too FUNNY! LOL
Slash can he hit 2nd and play 2nd?
Why, when we have Luis?
“He’s one of the best number-two guys in the league,” adding, “Jose Reyes is our catalyst and Luis knows what to do when Jose is on base.”
Luis knows what to do….too bad he can’t f’n do it anymore.
This is great news. Baseball Tonight has gone in the crapper since he’s been gone.
I agree…ESPN hired Tino Martinez after Reynolds departure. As you can see that didn’t last too long. He’s out of broadcasting. But, I think I am in the concensus…this is a good sign for SNY. Where does this leave Mazzili? Platoon work? LOL
Could not agree more.
Yesterday on his show on 1050ESPN, Michael Kaye said that YES is superior to SNY. He was referring to SNY as “Snie” and called the shows low-budget. He referred to the programming from 5:00-6:30 a bunch of ‘people screaming at eachother.’ He doesnt know why people would watch SNY for sports coverage, rather than ESPN or YES.
He is Bush League. I know he works for YES, but he’s now the biggest homer on that network.
On that note, another great move by SNY — the channel that occupies 90% of my TV watching time.
what…no quote from Susan Waldman?
Honestly, man. To take what Michael Kaye or anyone from the Yankee network says to heart is not worth your time. I would say they are even more irrelevant than the clowns at Baseball Tonight, or ESPN in general.
Taken from Susan Waldman:
“Oh my goodness gracious…Out of all the dramatic things I have seen…Look at Reynolds sitting on that desk at Rockefeller Plaza.”
LOL, if SNY showed L&O reruns instead of infomericals, it would occupy 100% of my TV watching time.
As much as I would love to see Kay doomed to an eternity of working the Antique Road show, he has a point with regard to SNY’s PTI aproach.
Wheel House and Load Mouths is just annoying. To be honest with you, I get enough uniformed rantings and yelling when I get together to watch a game with my friends. I don’t need to see this for two shows straight. I think NYdaily news live accomplishes the same things, but in a way more palatable format. Mind you, I don’t like that show either.
I like when they just stuck to reporting on the news, with a Mets heavy tilt.
Oh, and another thing……New York sports writers know nothing about football. Football is a chess game within a chess game, and to truely understand it and evaluate a players perfomance, you have to watch game film. These shlubs clearly don’t so how can they be so confident with regard to their draft analysis if they don’t watch film (that means you Benigo).
and yeah to Harold Reynolds!
i gotta agree with you on this SNY attempt at a tabloid espn-wanna be approach to broadcasting. These guys are nothing but noise and hot air, and I honestly don’t learn anythign from them. There non-news guys are just not good. In fact, they are annoying. I was highly disappointed at SNY’s coverage of the GMEN parade. Cotter and Tierney were just non-stop talking, and a lot of it was negativity.
Tierney simply killed the moment with overly negative banter and sarcasm during a time intended to be positive. He called out the fans for being fair-weather within the first 10 minutes of the broadcast, and then continued with that theme throughout the coverage
Cotter was just horrible at directing the topic of conversation and making the moment positive. Seriously, it was as if SNY just grabbed some frat boys off the street, handed them some microphones and a case of Rolling Rock, and let them run the studio show that morning. Their coverage was epitomized when they opted to have the studio feed blaring Tierney’s big mouth at the exact great moment when Strahan pulled Eli onto the float with the crowd going nuts for a good 2-3 minutes.
I was steamed at the coverage b/c, living a 1000 miles away, this was the closest I could get to the celebration.
So going with Harold Reynolds is a step in the right direction towards making the SNY network more legit. More professionals and less NY-style loud mouths who are unaware of occurences west of the Hudson.
Still better than Yes, which does a great job of making me naucious with all the yankee loving-ness
I hate Kay, but I agree with him on the screaming point. I did a blog post about this a little while ago. There’s nothing worse than sitting back and enjoying a nice, peaceful installment of SportsNite when all of a sudden Scott Ferrall’s voice comes leaping out of your TV to strangle your eardrums.
YES sucks, everything about it sucks. SNY does a great job, it might not be up to par with ESPN but the fact that it is almost entirely local sports related makes up for that.
Why was he cast away from ESPN anyway? wasnt it some dumb comment or something?
Actually it was some sort of sexual harassment thing.
Some girl alleged Harold hugged her in an inappropriate manner. Harold said she misinterpreted he gesture.
I agree with everyone else. Baseball Tonight is unbearable now with John “Phillie Fanatic” Kruk and Eric “Beetlejuice-Incarnate” Young. Phillips is decent because he’s the only one who brings any insight/intelligence.
Welcome to SNY, Harold!
Yeah I agree. I don’t mind listening to Phillips. At least he brings something to the table as a former GM.
I also don’t mind Karl Ravech. Tim Kurkijan though…. ugh. I hate him.
Awesome! Love Harold Reynolds. He’s the man. Baseball Tonight has never been the same since he was forced out.
Oh, and Michael Kaye is an ASS.
I love Harold Reynolds as an analyst and thought he really got the shaft with ESPN. I am glad that I will be able to watch him on the Mets pre-game every day. Fantastic hire for SNY.
(Still miss him on Baseball Tonight though.)
Yes! Definately echo the sentiment above, Baseball Tonight is nowhere near as good as it was when Harold was on the staff. I still watch BBTN but only because I love baseball so much, I used to enjoy the show!
I met Harold on opening day….was in the elevator going up to the DiamondBox and he got in because some lady with humongous umm…melons… got in the elevator and yelled “Harold!” they appeared to know eachother..
good for him and glad hes aboard!
Listen “MRose,” I shook his hand!
Awesome. Even worse than him not being on Baseball Tonight is him not being a part of the Little League World Series. THAT is a travesty.
Harold Reynolds was the best “analysts” baseball tonight had. Now we have to listen to fatso Kruk, who is TERRIBLE. I love Raynolds, welcome aboard! Great move!
I went to a Yankee/Mariner doubleheader at Yankee Stadium back in ‘88, and our seats were 1st row visitor’s dugout. While everyone at BP was calling out to Alvin Davis and Jay Buhner, I targeted Harold Reynolds. He turned around, smiled, and told me to wait a minute as he fielded grounders. He then came over, gave me a ball, signed it, and then signed his ‘87 rookie card that I brought with me. The guy was very upfront and personal. Just a great impression…especially to a 12 year old at the time. And he was no scrub…at the time, he was an All Star and AL SB champ (only one in the 80’s not named Henderson).
Interesting thing about both autographs….along with his name, he wrote a bible verse reference from the book of John. I thought that was interesting.
Apropos of nothing, believe it or not, I had a similar experience with a different player at around the same time period — player told me to wait while finished preparing, then came over and signed. That player was . . . Ozzie Guillen. No four letter words, either!
Sooo…Danny1986 is a closet Skankee fan?
Reynolds is awsome. I thought he got screwed at espn but it all worked out as he is with us now. This is great news! The LLWS has not been the same since he left.
By the way, Kaye can kiss my a**. SNY is very good and I like the new shows prior to the games. Carlin is a little rough to look at, but he does a decent job.
Carlin is rough to look at?
Susan Waldman is on the RADIO for a reason, you know? Think how bad that would look in HD…alomost Chris Berman-like.
welcome harold.
happy birthday to carlos beltran and congratulations on the birth of your daughter a couple of months ago. it was a touching story told on sny last night.
Harold is one of the few analysts out there who not only know what they’re talking about, but are able to communicate it properly and entertainingly to the masses. What a great pick up for SNY! I’m actually going to watch the post and pre game show now….
I agree and I’m glad to see all the Mets fans here agree. Harold is a GREAT addition – he knows his stuff and loves the game. Baseball Tonight just hasnt been the same without him – they really made a big mistake by letting him go. Now we can listen to him analyze the Mets everyday – couldn’t be happier.
This stinks! I dont get SNY out here on the left coast. I’m jealous of you guys. He was Baseball Tonight. Good for him!
I like Reynolds a lot, Dawg. I like him a lot. I like Reynolds, Dawg. I like Reynolds a lot, Dawg. I like Reynolds.
This is awesome! Harold Reynolds made Baseball Tonight back in the day. He was the best analyst they had and now they’re stuck with Kruk as the best one, which is kind of sad. Steve Phillips may be their 2nd best analyst which is absolutely absurd…Baseball Tonight hasn’t been the same since he was stupidly fired.
Great landing for SNY…
What’s insane is that Harold was ousted….but Dana Jacobsen is still on that network after the horrible statements she made at an ESPN-related function. So hypocritical.
this is such great news, i just want to hug all of you!
Awesome.
Good thing I don’t bother with pregame or postgame shows, I can’t stomach this talking head.
I remember him making a case for utlity players like Ryan Freel to make the All-Star team.
Great news…nice job SNY!
I agree that this is a good hiring. I look forward to Reynolds’ insight and commentary. I do wish SNY didn’t try to mimic the PTI/Around the Horn stuff though.
Harold was the best part of BBTN for years, his analysis is spot on and ALWAYS top-flight. BBTN isn’t the same without him.
Great sign by SNY! Reynolds is the Man. I only wish the Baseball Package would actually show a little post game. half the time they turn it off before you get to hear an interview from the player of the game
I can’t believe I’m thinking of putting brilliant and SNY in the same sentence… but WOW. I can’t believe I get to hear this guy every day talking about the Mets. The best broadcasting team in baseball somehow got better….
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