Kevin Brown.Photo:Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty
Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty
The Baltimore Orioles’ decision to suspend one of its announcers over mentioning the team’s losing streak against a rival has left a “horrendous” stain on the team’s otherwise storybook season, according to one fellow broadcaster.
Brown had made note of the team’s change in fortune, referencing their history against Tampa Bay in a pregame segment that appeared to highlight the team’s overall improvement. The Orioles are currently leading the American League’s eastern division after finishing in either last or second-to-last place in each of the past six seasons.
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However, Brown appeared upbeat when he said the Orioles had “a chance to do something special” if they won their upcoming game because it would mean they won their four-game series against the Rays. The Orioles ultimately did win, beating the Rays 5-3 and winning their first series there since 2017.
But Brown’s seemingly innocent pregame segment did not sit well with Baltimore’s management, according to The Athletic, who reportedly suspended him afterwards. Brown has not appeared on an Orioles television broadcast since the July 23 game.
Cohen, the Mets’ announcer, was among Brown’s fellow broadcasters who slammed the Orioles over the decision while calling him “one of the great young talents in broadcasting,”
“Let me just say one thing to Baltimore Orioles management — you draped yourself in humiliation when you fired Jon Miller and you’re doing it again," Cohen said during the Mets’ game Monday night, referencinganother incidentin 1996 when the Orioles punished a broadcaster over commentary they viewed as too critical.
“And if you don’t want Kevin Brown, there are 29 other teams who do,” Cohen added.
“If John Angelos, the owner of the Orioles didn’t like that, then he’s thin-skinned, he’s unreasonable, and he should actually get a call from Rob Manfred, the commissioner of baseball because it’s unconscionable that you would actually suspend a really good broadcaster for no reason whatsoever,” Kay said. “He didn’t do anything wrong.”
source: people.com
