The 2011 ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Early Schedule

Here is the early part of the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Schedule. On the TV Side, Dan Shulman, Bobby Valentine, and Orel Hersheiser form the new team of TV announcers, replacing the legendary duo of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, who did ESPN Sunday Night Baseball for twenty years since it's inception in 1990. On the ESPN Radio side, Jon Sciambi will be joined by Chris Singleton. Singleton is replacing veteran baseball broadcaster Dave Campbell.
April 3 San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers (ESPN 2)
April 10 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
April 17 Texas Rangers at New York Yankees
April 24 Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
May 1 New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
May 8 Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
May 15 Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees
May 22 Chicago Cubs at Boston Red Sox
May 29 Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves (ESPN 2)
June 5-July 3 TBA
July 10 New York Mets at San Francisco Giants
July 17 Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays
It will be interesting to hear the new trio of announcers. Hershiser was a big game pitcher for the Dodgers in the 1980s, and Bobby Valentine played and managed the game for a long time.

Contrary To Popular Belief.....

This blog is still alive and kicking. So much has happened since the last blog post. I will probably be doing MLB Division Previews again this year. That will probably be my next blog post.

Chicago Cubs Legend Ron Santo Dies

Ron Santo, one of the greatest players in Chicago Cubs history and a longtime WGN radio announcer, has died of bladder cancer at age 70. Santo was a nine-time all-star in 15 big league seasons.

I am stunned to hear about the passing of one of the greatest third basemen in baseball history, Ron Santo. Santo was a legend in Chicago Cubs lore. In his 14 years with the Cubs and his final season across town with the White Sox, the third baseman hit .277 with, 2,254 hits, 342 home runs and 1,331 RBIs. He won the Gold Glove award five times. (How the man is not in the hall of fame, I will never understand, and they may induct him one day, but they should have given him the honor when he was alive!)

Santo joined the Chicago Cubs radio booth in 1990 and lived with the Cubs and every pitch. He basically was a fan in the booth! He had the energetic calls of "YESSS!" or "Oh Nooo!" were legendary and showed just how much this man loved his team.

I haven't even talked about his fight with diabetes. He was diagnosed with the disease when he was eighteen, undergoing surgery over a dozen times on both legs before ultimately losing both legs to the disease. This man was a warrior.

The Cubs have lost a great ambassador, and more importantly, the world has lost an even better peson.

Rest In Peace Ron.

LeBron's Return....

Less than 24 hours from now, LeBron James will make his return to Cleveland for the first time since publicly breaking the heart of the Cleveland fans who treated "The King" like royalty.

Video: Derek Anderson Gets Caught, Goes Crazy

The first memorable moment that the Arizona Cardinals gave us was that legendary speech by Coach Dennis Green over how "The Bears Are Who We Thought They Were!"


The latest Comedy of Errors that is the Arizona Cardinals is Derek Anderson getting caught smilling on the sideline while his team was trailing 18 points to the San Francisco 49ers. He gets caught red handed laughing on National TV, and let's see how he dealt with the question:


Yeah, I know there was a Super Bowl appearance for Arizona in between these two moments, but I would much rather remember the Cardinals for these two Press Conference blowups.

Funny Friday: Somebody's Getting Fired.

An Ohio power plant's 275-foot tower was demolished on Wednesday, but the blast knocked it the wrong direction. No one was hurt but the collapse knocked out power to 4,000 customers.

The Projected 2011 ESPN MLB Announcing Lineup

It was announced earlier today that after twenty-one years of doing ESPN Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN, Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will not be coming back next season. Joe Morgan will not even be returning to ESPN Next season. There is talk that Jon Miller may return next season to do the games on ESPN Radio.

With that being said, here are the PROJECTED 2011 ESPN MLB Announcing Lineup.

SUNDAY NIGHT TV: Dan Shulman, Orel Hersheiser, Bobby Valentine
Sunday Night (ESPN Radio:) Jon Miller, Dave Campbell

Monday Night Baseball: Jon Sciambi, Aaron Boone, Chris Singleton
Wednesday Night Baseball: Dave O'Brien, Rick Sutcliffe