Note: Steve Phillips and ESPN
Typically, I get lots of e-mail about Jon Miller and Joe Morgan following a Mets game on ESPN.
However, today, I’m getting twice the normal level of complaints, with Mets fans seemingly very, very irritated with ESPN’s Steve Phillips, who was GM of the Mets from 1997 to 2004.
…i try not to listen to closely when the game is on ESPN… i tend to DVR it, and buzz through all the nonsense, because there is just so much of it… there are times when i feel the broadcasters forget a game is even being played… the funny thing is, i don’t mind it so much when i’m watching, say, Cardinals-Phillies, but when the Mets are on it drives me crazy… so i find it best to just ignore them… last night, though, was tough… it started to feel like phillips planned his attack in advance, confirmed by all the pre-packed graphics and video segments that went along with his hits, especially when talking about Carlos Beltran, who he had a particular gripe with all night… sorry, i mean bel-TRON…
In a post to Amazin Avenue, Sam asks that ESPN fire Phillips.
Meanwhile, Ted Berg of SNY.TV writes the first of a two-part series inspired by things Steve Phillips said in ESPN’s broadcast.
Speaking of children, and broadcasting…
SNY is holding a contest for kids who can enter and win the chance to call half an inning with Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling in the SNY broadcast booth during an upcoming Mets game.
The online entry period ends this Wednesday, May 20.
To learn more, go here.
