Former Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has left MLB's flagship station, MLB Network, for the world-wide leader in sports ESPN, according to a tweet from USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
Booo. I heart MLB Network
Former Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has left MLB's flagship station, MLB Network, for the world-wide leader in sports ESPN, according to a tweet from USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
Booo. I heart MLB Network
That sucks. I really enjoyed Barry on MLB Network.
At least we still have Millar. lol
I didn't even realize that ESPN still covered baseball.
Where we gonna go?
Well that's stupid.
Benzinger backing and calling! And the 1990 world championship series belongs to the Cincinnati Reds!
I would wager that ESPN pays more than MLBN, and it also reaches more homes = more exposure. For the casual baseball fan, I think Baseball Tonight and MLBN are comparable. If Barry wants to be a broadcaster/analyst as his second career, it is hard to fault his choice, whatever you think of ESPN's coverage.
He wants to be able to talk. Reynolds talks way too much. WAY TOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
Taylor High School
Home of the "Yellow Jackets"
He needs to get back to the 'nati.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Nati can not pay him the amount of money he wants.
Taylor High School
Home of the "Yellow Jackets"
Not just BBTN exposure, but likely will get occasional time on SC not to mention spots as an analyst on espn radio shows every so often. Makes sense to me.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Bummer - 1st year with Direct tv and MLB TV - I was looking forward to this!
I can watch ESPN on any of 5 TVs in my house. I can only watch MLB Network on the one TV at my house that has a cable box connected to it. I'm sure my household is not that unusual and there are probably plenty of houses that can't watch MLB Network at all.
IMO, Barry's moving to a higher-profile media outlet.
Nice, I don't get MLB Network. ESPN needs more guys like Lark on their baseball side of the operation. This is great news for me.
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