The OP has a quote that said they are looking for soemone to call games besides Castig so I guess he's staying.
I have to imagine the only way he doesn't apply is if he's networking to get in front of the decision-making producers instead of going in the front door.
Unless he's out of the picture, Flemming already brings too much artificial intelligence to the booth.
Holy shit.
Who wants to listen to 5 minutes of current baseball discussion followed by 90 minutes of whining about the Mookie trade every week?
Do you know how many baseball podcasts are out there from non-credentialed bloggers?
audio content moving away from terrestrial radio was way before 2021...peak podcasting was the mid-2010s
If it is, this is the Red Sox game I will most remember him for.
It's almost certainly Sean after he roasted the Betts trade during the Dodger series last year. If I remember correctly, the line, after Betts' HR in the rubber game, was "a trade that can never be forgiven and a stain that will never be erased."
Throw in a hologram projection for in-person appearances and I'm in. And actually only half joking as it would be sooo cool and original to pull something like this off. Would original Gowdy play-by-play be included like "Ground ball to Buddin...and he boots it!"?
This would be awful. McDonough was easily the best part of the radio broadcasts and deserves to once again be the voice of the Red Sox, either on EEI or on TV, replacing and ending the failed Dave O'Brien experiment. Turning the team's broadcast partners into house organs that won't tolerate dissent is petty and gross.
Do the Red Sox need to approve the booth for WEEi? If yes he would be gone.
Ericka Nardini (CEO of Barstool) used to put out a short podcast that essentially took questions on how to navigate through your career and move up the ladder and understand your worth. I can remember listening to an episode years ago where she mentioned if you were coming to them to pitch a podcast you've already lost.
I remember when he said it. I absolutely love Sean and Joe together, they make listening to a game so enjoyable. But he got way out over his skis on this one.
Yeah, I love Sean, too, but I agree that comment was a little aggressive. “Stain that can never be erased” is pretty much Jackie Robinson and nothing else. The Mookie situation, not mailing Fisk’s contract, letting Fred Lynn go, etc. -- these are all very bad baseball choices, but they‘re not “crimes against humanity“-type stains that can never be erased.
McDonough was very well known for being a heavy drinker who has made multiple inappropriate advances towards people in Boston. There was an incident around 2002-03 that I’m aware of through friends where he crashed his car into the Elks Lodge in West Roxbury at 2am that BPD let him ride on and there was a bit more to the story. From what I’ve been told from folks in the know, once Will passed away, a lot of Sean’s behaviors were no longer tolerated.
NESN didn't pick up his option for the 2005 season.
2005 was also the last season that any games were broadcast on over-the-air TV (WSBK and WBZ). Since those were the only games McDonough was doing by 2004, he was probably gone at the end of 2005 anyway. Sox just pulled the plug a year early. But yeah, it was likely more about saving money. Wouldn't shock me if McDonough was due the same salary as Orsillo (or more) for working a quarter as many games.
