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Basically. "He never slugged over .375 in a month before!!!" Garbage.

The article was a joke.

I'll need to grab some Maker's Mark on my way home.

I agree with you. When Kimmi posted that, I was surprised because I had a completely different take when I had read the article earlier. To me, the big part of the story was that teams need to stop solely focusing on "Large N" and consider the individual.

And the blog is basically the Onion.

Orsillo-Remy On-Air Feud Intensifying Feud It began with just a hint of tension. Red Sox television broadcaster Don Orsillo would continue his play-by-play call during a Jerry Remy comment, while Remy, trying to sound pleasant while obviously agitated, would say, “Don I’d like to finish that point I was making, if you don’t mind, buddy.” In an equally magnanimous tone, Orsillo would reply, “Oh, I’m sorry, Jerry, by all means. I guess I thought you’d made the point—quite thoroughly, actually—but please, continue.” But now NESN partners Orsillo and Remy can no longer contain the mutual disdain they feel, and the feud is simmering over into nearly every broadcast. “It’s really getting ugly,” said an anonymous NESN source. “They don’t speak to each other off the air, and if Don so much as touches one of Jerry’s pens, it’s like World War III. One problem is that Jerry is a notorious neatness freak, while Orsillo at times tends to be a bit of a slob.” During a recent broadcast Orsillo was slurping down a Coke while Jerry made a point, and then tossed the empty cup on the floor. An embarrassing exchange ensued. “Hey, will you pick up that cup, Don?” said an exasperated Remy. “What do you think this is, a college frat house?” “Well, excuse me Mr. Jerry Remy Incorporated…” “Oh, here we go with the jealousy,” Remy fumed. “Why change the subject? I’m sick of this broadcast booth looking like a pig’s sty. Cups, food wrappers, chicken bones, and pizza crusts all over the place…it’s disgusting.” “I’m sorry, mom.” “It’s just common courtesy…” “A two-out double by Manny Ramirez, as the Miss Etiquette of baseball broadcasting rants on,” Orsillo said. Another familiar tension point between the two is Orsillo's apparent resentment of Remy’s incredible RemDawg success story. As Jerry was plugging his website one evening, an impatient Orsillo tersely interjected. “If we’re through promoting the Jerry Remy Empire,” he said, “perhaps we could actually continue with the broadcast.” “Don you’re so jealous it’s coming out of your ears.” “Hey, maybe you could sell a tee-shirt of that on the website,” Orsillo replied mockingly. “We wouldn't put you on a tee-shirt if we actually wanted to sell one, Don,” Remy countered. “Well, sorry I don’t have a Hot Dog stand named after me…” “You couldn’t get a lemonade stand named after you.” “Bellhorn strikes out to end the inning. We will return to the action here at Jerry Remy Industries in Fenway Park in just a moment.” The NESN source said things have gotten so bad, that the two argue about even the most trivial things. “Jerry doesn’t like it when Wally appears to be sitting closer to Don, so he moves him, then Don moves him back, and they start this childish tug-of-warm,” the source says. “When it gets to the point that they make Wally choose sides, you know it’s really tragic.” Seems like a humorous story from 10+ years ago to me.

"The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn had a story today that said, “According to industry sources, Orsillo was never a favorite of Joseph Maar, NESN’s vice president of programming and production/executive producer who arrived at the network in July 2012.” I had someone reach out to me with knowledge of the situation, who confirmed that it was Maar behind the decision to let Orsillo walk. Maar, if you recall, was the same person who was responsible for letting Naoko Funayama leave back in 2013, which was heavily criticized, and rightfully so."

"“For the last 15 years it’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Don,” an emotional Remy told a small group of reporters immediately after the broadcast. “I can remember him sitting in the booth when the job became available. He was asking me if there was any chance he could probably get it. I said a few things to a few people and he did get it. He’s been an outstanding partner for 15 years and I’m truly going to miss him ‘€“ on a work-related side, and I’m going to miss him on a personal side because he’s also become a very, very close friend of mine. I know that he’s going to land on his feet and he’s going to be in great shape. I’m sure they’re going to be lining up for his services, I really mean that. He’s terrific at what he does. He’s been absolutely fabulous to work with. I love him. He’s going to do just fine. I’m not worried about that part of it. I’ve been very fortunate because I’ve worked with a lot of good people and he’s right at the top of the list.” Hit the nail on the head Jacko!!!

@GlobeChadFinn: If NESN ever tries to claim Orsillo did something wrong, don't believe it. It'll be a crafted response to your backlash. He didn't, ever.

@GordonEdes: More Remy: "You get used to somebody...you work together for such a long time, you have such a good time doing your job, [and] it’s over.''

@MikeSilvermanBB: Remy, with deep emotion, speaks about Orsillo: "been absolutely fabulous to work with. I love him."

Seriously though, Rob Levine sucks at baseball.

@DavidCGoucher: So, I've known Don for 20 yrs. Great guy. Scary part is, he's as good as it gets, did all that was asked, loyal. And got shown the door. Dave Goucher is just great too.

ERod has come to the point in the season where they are starting to limit his innings. Blech. Wasn't Buch supposed to be back soon Dr Jacko?

Apparently, DUMBrowski urged Sox to test Hanley at 1st. Was his performance not entertaining enough for you Dave??? Dum dum. Hanley in LF = ratings. Bloopers clip reels for days!

I would be.

These White Sox stink.

Boop boop!

@PeteBlackburn: So the dude who fired Orsillo made his Twitter account private today after word got out. What a coward.

Phew, Hanley caught it.

RIP Don

Pablo and Hanley have been the two WORST defensive players per WAR, I think. Disaster. He should never step foot in LF again.

I remember the Bard game. It was scary to watch.

Unless you're Vin Scully, you're replaceable imo.

This had been hinted at all year in the media