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| Don Orsillo |
Full disclosure. Even though
Don Orsillo and FN's
Editor-In-Chief are both Northeastern University grads, we were never
huge fans of his broadcasting style. That said, his chemistry with the legendary
Jerry Remy was—on
most days— a pure delight. Some of the uncontrolled giggling (during key parts of games)
was annoying, but, all in all, Orsillo was
way above average on play-by-play. In our view, the manner in which the NOG cut him loose was despicable—especially from owners who
claim to be so "sensitive" and politically-correct. In an interview with
WEEI.com's Rob Bradford, Orsillo
opened up on his departure. Said the new Padres announcer,
"I think the realization that the job I loved so dearly and did for 15 years was coming to an end, and really trying to figure out why it happened. To this day, I really don’t know. So that part was really hard." Indeed. We wish him the best in
Tijuana North.
