November 23, 20178 yr Wow! This sucks even though I preferred Kapser over Rich he was way better than most announcers out there!
November 23, 20178 yr Whatever happened with Forte by the way. Did he get canned too in the past? Nevermind, Twitter says he’s still with FSN(for now). Did they move him to a new role?
November 23, 20178 yr Whatever happened with Forte by the way. Did he get canned too in the past? Nevermind, Twitter says he’s still with FSN(for now). Did they move him to a new role? He could still be with FSN just not with the Marlins. I'm pretty sure I've seen him doing things with the Panthers broadcasts in recent years.
November 23, 20178 yr But guys seriously.... where is L A R R Y? negotiating his contract with FSN to be the next analyst
November 23, 20178 yr when this story broke, the wife and I made the mutual decision to not pay for the MLB Season pass next season so we can watch the Fish way out here in Phoenix. As someone else mentioned, the best things about the Marlins were Rich & Tommy, Jose, and G (100% he's gone). Both of us certainly appreciated and enjoyed watching other players (my wife is in love with Bour, who will also likely be gone unfortunately) but those 4 were what made this team watchable day in and day out. None of the idiots they ran out there came close to replacing T-Hut. I wondered how well Rich would hold up not having his sidekick with him and although the spark wasn't there with any of the people over these last two seasons he showed that he is a damn fine analyst and can carry a game on his own. Jose's death brought the team closer together than ever. I don't know if I'll ever see another player like him. Talent-wise of course there will be others but not that combination of talent and just electric personality and such a joy of the game. When G was on his gigantic MVP tear this year my heart hurt from wanting to see Jose going nuts in the dugout with each bomb. You KNOW he would have practically been doing cartwheels along with Dee. Generational talent. 110%. So G finally puts it all together for a season and becomes an absolute monster. I was a little surprised to see the vote THAT close actually. His trade will be devastating from a PR standpoint. It is such a shame that the marlins basically had shit luck on nearly every pitching FA they brought in because they have a WS caliber offense now and made games so much fun to watch once our MVP got rolling finally. Jose, Chen (had he continued his career norms), Urena, Straily, and (insert journeyman here) would have been a competitive starting rotation to go with this offense. There has been so much "classic Marlins" with this new regime so far - dark cloud of the impending firesale, ditching a beloved analyst (don't give 2 shits what FSN said in a release, this is 100% new ownership), whining about finances (shouldn't have bought the fucking team, assholes), dumping the international money via trade, Mike Hill remaining (the one guy that should have been shown the door ASAP), and just the general constant reminder that once again (and seemingly always after some positive strides made during the season) we aren't going to be players in FA and are generally going to be worse off again next season. So yeah, i will be following them via boxscore and I'll watch them when they play the Diamondbacks since they'll be on locally but I am not shelling out one cent to them any longer. MLB fucks this team over time and time again by allowing garbage owners to take the reigns. If Jeter hadn't been attached to Sherman there is no way in hell he'd have been the winning group (yes, I know..Loria's yankee obsession) or the finances been approved. Blah. Letting Rich go was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Only sport to watch now is hockey. P.S. Happy Thanksgiving everyone lol
November 23, 20178 yr checking downgrade in cable to delete FSN - they're looking at Jay Randolph...........
November 23, 20178 yr checking downgrade in cable to delete FSN - they're looking at Jay Randolph........... Where did you hear that?
November 24, 20178 yr sad to see Rich go, I initially didn't care for him but really came to like him over the years. I'll miss watching him call the games like I miss Hutton. Not a great sign from Jeter there IMO. Agreed though, Waltz was a class act, he'll have plenty of work.
November 24, 20178 yr checking downgrade in cable to delete FSN - they're looking at Jay Randolph........... He's 83 fucking years old. I seriously doubt it will be him. Him and Gary Carter did the first couple of seasons for the Marlins if I remember correctly.
November 25, 20178 yr Geeeesh I'm really starting to hate this franchise. Was this at the behest of Jeter ? So he can bring in some A-Hole from the NYY that calls the team "The Floriderrr Mawwwlins" by mistake 20 times a game ? [ATTACH]1654[/ATTACH]
November 25, 20178 yr You F’ing kidding me. What the F is going on with this franchise and fox sports. Fox must be losing their ass on the TV deal and now we get some cheap Yankee TV or radio neophyte that will be horrible. Losing Tommy and now Rich. May not even be worth watching on the TV anymore......or worse having to listen to the senile one on the radio. Has he been canned yet ?
November 25, 20178 yr I dont know why but I thought about if this would happen a few days ago. This is ridiculous. Why the fuck would they get rid of Rich Waltz? Has to be to save money.....because Fox knows the team will suck for at least a few years and no Stanton to drawn any viewers at all....they need to get cheap young talent, that when they are getting their ears wet doing play-by-play with the Marlins no one will be watching to hear their mistakes
November 25, 20178 yr Who replaces Waltz? Guarantee it'll be someone you never heard of that just graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. :DudeComeOn-min:
November 25, 20178 yr Rich wanted to broadcast major League baseball, so they fired him. I assume. :DudeComeOn-min:
November 25, 20178 yr I tend to think this was a move by Fox because I find it hard to believe that Jeter would have much of an opinion on this either way. Unless he has some NYY duflunky from behind the scenes of their broadcasts that has been nagging at him about a job with the Flaraderr Mawwwwlins
November 25, 20178 yr I think he's more of a producer now. Well after stating that the team does have influence in these decisions, he may not be producing much anymore.... "Mr Forte, His Imperial Fuckerhead, The Tsar Derek the First will see you in Ihis throne room now, he has some news for you".
November 25, 20178 yr He leaved this website by a personal issue. No longer involved here. He sold the website ? To who ?
November 25, 20178 yr checking downgrade in cable to delete FSN - they're looking at Jay Randolph........... And isn't he dead ? Well that will be appropriate....since the ratings will be in the graveyard
November 25, 20178 yr He's 83 fucking years old. I seriously doubt it will be him. Him and Gary Carter did the first couple of seasons for the Marlins if I remember correctly. yes they did.....I remember watching them
November 26, 20178 yr Son of a bitch this is horrible. Why would this be done? They are trying to make a fresh start all over again, Rich waltzs to them represented the old Marlins. And bad memories, remember the first game after Jose died. To them, they want to forget the past. So a new voice would do that. But for me I liked Waltzs, he was in my home everynight for so many years. I strongly disagree with him being let go, makes 0 sense really.
November 26, 20178 yr If Tommy and Rich teamed up again and started up some streaming service for us to listen to them call games I know i'd be down to pay whatever fee they requested. Someone buy them a suite at MP and let them do their thing = )
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