Following Up on the Harold Reynolds-ESPN Settlement
Baseball, Courts, Legal, ESPN April 17th. 2008, 4:45pm
If we’re lucky, we’ll get somebody to leak a settlement figure to us in the Harold Reynolds vs. ESPN lawsuit. Yesterday, a source made it sound like Reynolds walked away smiling, but a source at ESPN saw it another way:
Depositions started in October and were going well. The evidence from the women involved was very compelling and totally supportive of our case. [Norby] was scheduled and he would have been an outstanding witness. It settled because Reynolds’ side came way down on its offer and it became a financial no brainer for [for ESPN]. He essentially gets nothing when you factor in legal fees and other expenses. This was not a windfall for him.
Allllll rightly then.
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April 17th, 2008 at 4:48 PM
the roller coaster known as Eric Gagne. Can someone pass me a tissue?
April 17th, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Was he after a windfall?
April 17th, 2008 at 4:50 PM
We need to all put this behind us so Harold can focus on passing Tom Emansky in the baseball instructional video rankings.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:51 PM
sad…
April 17th, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Can’t a guy hug/cop a feel a co-worker without worrying about losing his job? What the hell is this world coming to? Next you’ll be telling me I can’t call my off-shore account manager from the work phone. Bullshit!
April 17th, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Ben… ever watch Madmen? Its about a marketing agency in the ’60’s when the women wore tight ass sweaters and were there just to please and wait on their male bosses.
Sounds right up your alley.
I kid, I kid.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Tom Emansky needs to update his videos. No one cares that you won back to back to back AAU national championships in the 80s!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:00 PM
The Crime Dog can throw a ball in a bucket all the way from first base.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Somewhere, Mike Tirico is laughing at Reynolds and Salisbury.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I heard the Crime Dog never got paid for that ad, he was friends with a producer and did it, but never received a check. That’s probably why they can keep running hte ads, no royalties need to be paid.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
the worst part is that assholes like mike tirico get away with stalking and salisbury can photograph his dick and get away with it…yet the guy people actually like gets the shaft.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Prince Fielder needs to pick up a copy of “Fundamentals of the Major League Swing II”. He has yet to hit a bomb!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
nomo…beat me to it.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:04 PM
@Spencer: I think Harold was trying to give the shaft.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:04 PM
@justin: I’d take that in a heartbeat. In this particular engineering office, there are 20 men and one woman (secretary – women aren’t smart enough to be engineers – ha!) and her name is Beatrice and she’s every bit as young and hot as her name implies.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Prince homered today
April 17th, 2008 at 5:08 PM
@Smith: Finally! ESPN Fantasy crashed so I didn’t get the update.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Prince homered today
DONT. TRADE. PRINCE. FIELDER.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Gonzo…when the Phillies trade Ryan Howard in July of 09, will you burn down Citizen’s Bank ballpark…becuase the Phillies and the Brewers are on the same path regarding their All_star 1B…the path to losing them over cheapness
April 17th, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Yes, about freaking time Prince Fielder. I replaced him at first in favor of Loney from the Dodgers, and stuck him in at Utility over Thome.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Dude, I block that from my mind. The way I think of it; Ryan must prove he deserves a $100 Million dollar deal. He would be wise to hold out next year’s spring training if he is really serious. Until then, I’m just going to enjoy it.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:20 PM
you mean a few 50 HR years don’t prove it…he is a Black All-Star slugger in Philly ..you have your white all-star locked up…it is perfect (I know Jimmy is locked up too) and I hate to bring race into it but it is Philly we are talking about here and Gonzo knows what I am saying
April 17th, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Put whatever stock you want in Baseball Prospectus comps but based on the similar career trends the Phils might be better off not giving him a long term deal, he is projected to have a down turn in three years. I do not have it in front of me but Cecil Fielder was one of them.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I saw him play in Lakewood as a young guy and he reminded me of Dave Kingman, Home Run or Strikeout. Clearly he has fixed the hole in his swing but that type of slugger does not often have a long career without the aid of performance enhancers
April 17th, 2008 at 5:28 PM
i’m out boys, i have a dance to practice.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:30 PM
OK, so it’s a wash for both sides and they both look dumber for it; now MAN UP AND GET REYNOLDS BACK ON BASEBALL TONIGHT!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Good luck benji.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I’m not trading Fielder. I made that mistake last year for pitching help.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Roman, I know it’s Philly. He’s done it for basically 3 seasons. fastest ever to 100 homers. But Pujols had to go thru the same thing. The Phils aren’t required to give him a boatload of money. If they don’t do it before next season starts, (And he has a great 2007), then he should sit out. My team has basically never given out a $100Mil contract before, so I have no experience dealing with it. But you are right.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:35 PM
i think there are as many AZ people here as North Eastern Ohio people here now…
i smell a musically theatric knife fight coming on.
i dont care who the rest of my ohio brethren take, but nobody gets to kill Hef except for me.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:36 PM
I wouldn’t lock Howard up for too long. He’s already 28 and doesn’t exactly have the body type that lends itself to aging well. Plus he offers nothing on defense. Why not use him for his cheap years, then see about trading him at the deadline of his last year (no clue when that is) to some AL team that needs a DH?
April 17th, 2008 at 5:38 PM
i smell a musically theatric knife fight coming on.
Yeah save that for the Philly guy and the Florida guy.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:39 PM
@spence: Are we the Jets or the Sharks?
April 17th, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Sharks…chomp chomp
April 17th, 2008 at 5:43 PM
If we Buckeyes brawl with the AZ, Broadway-style, I’m foshizzle in.
As for Hef, I say you’ve earned the honor of killing him. I say you kill him, then you hang him. I say you scalp him, then you tattoo him, then you hang him and then you kill him.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:44 PM
I was thinking the “Beat It” video by Michael Jackson, cue Eddie Van Halen on guitar…
April 17th, 2008 at 7:07 PM
ESPN Lost.
April 17th, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I actually did that today.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:15 AM
@RomanWarHelmet: I hate to bring race into it
I really hate when somebody “hates” to do something and does it anyway. if you “hate” to do it, then do us all a favor, and don’t
i hate to be a pest, but…i hate to bother you, but…i hate that i have a small penis, but…
April 18th, 2008 at 1:27 PM
I hate to hijack a thread but…
@RomanWarHelmet
You’re right. If anyone deserves that deal it’s Howard. And dont have misgivings about bringing something up if you believe you are speaking the truth. Think about the way they treat Donovan McNabb for God’s sake.
Better yet, let the Onion do it for you:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/eagles_fans_give_mcnabb_three_week
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/donovan_mcnabb_has_perfect
Ryan Howard is Philly’s new McNabb.