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Why fire him before you find a replacement? Makes no sense.
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MotorCityRadioFreak wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:01 am Why fire him before you find a replacement? Makes no sense.
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I had no problem with Shep calling the games. I"ve yet to hear what these nebulously described "experts" consider to be shortcomings.
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From the Detroit News:
Detroit — Mario Impemba isn't very active on social media anymore.

But he was noticeably touched Tuesday when I told him how many Tigers fans were calling for his return to the Bally Sports Detroit broadcast booth. Even notorious local masturbator Mike Valenti called for the Tigers to make him the first call.
Anyone think this has a puncher's chance of happening?
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If they're genuinely trying to upgrade the broadcasts, bringing back Mario is the right move.

If they're just trying to be cheap (I don't know whether it's the Tigers or Bally/Sinclair who pays the broadcasters but if it's the latter this is definitely the case), though, then it's not going to happen and God knows what kind of hack they're going to bring in.
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CurlyHoward wrote: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:40 am If they're genuinely trying to upgrade the broadcasts, bringing back Mario is the right move.

If they're just trying to be cheap (I don't know whether it's the Tigers or Bally/Sinclair who pays the broadcasters but if it's the latter this is definitely the case), though, then it's not going to happen and God knows what kind of hack they're going to bring in.
I'd be willing to bet it's a cost-cutting move by BSD.

I'm with MW - I had no issues with Shep, but Gibby is godawful to listen to.
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The Tigers have hired former White Sox play-by-play man Jason Benetti as their new TV play-by-play voice on Bally Sports.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/ ... 515604007/

Benetti, 40, comes here after eight years with the Sox. Holder of degrees from Syracuse and the Wake Forest School of Law, Benetti signed a multi-year deal with the Tigers. He was hired by the Tigers directly, not by Bally Sports.
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MWmetalhead wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:30 am It wouldn't surprise me to hear him work some Red Wings broadcasts as well.
I can see the possibility, but I wonder how that would work. Considering he's a Tigers hire and not a Bally hire, he's essentially an Ilitch employee. Could Ilitch just plug him into a Wings game whenever Ken Daniels isn't available? And does Bally have any say in that?
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I’m really thinking that him being hired as a Tigers employee and not a BSN employee, the Tigers are fore-seeing that BSN may not be around much longer. I’m reading MLB is starting to grow impatient with the continual delays of the Sinclair/Diamond Sports bankruptcy
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Realist wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:45 pm I’m really thinking that him being hired as a Tigers employee and not a BSN employee, the Tigers are fore-seeing that BSN may not be around much longer. I’m reading MLB is starting to grow impatient with the continual delays of the Sinclair/Diamond Sports bankruptcy
Hopefully, it's not around by the end of the calendar year. On top of it not being readily available, it is trash that it has a casino name attached.
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