Dodger Great Orel Hershiser Joining ESPN 'Sunday Night Baseball'
If you look at the picture of Orel Hershiser on the right, you might think he's a pretty unimposing guy. However, the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher is something of an Einstein when it comes to playing the game of baseball. Therefore, it makes perfect sense and is a brilliant move that he will be joining ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' broadcast as an analyst.Hershiser should have been put in the booth as soon as he was signed with ESPN, but all good things in their time. Now the former MVP, Cy Young award winner and World Series champ will be lending his expertise to the broadcast anchored by Jon Miller, the play by play guy, and former Cincinnati Reds star Joe Morgan as the lead analyst.
Hershiser is actually replacing Steve Phillips as the third member of the telecast. Phillips was booted from ESPN last year after a highly-publicized sexual harassment case involving Phillips and a network lackey. Phillips wound up in a sexual addiction rehab facility, supposedly the same one that Tiger Woods checked into last January.
Back to baseball, how's this for a milestone: Miller and Morgan will be celebrating 21 consecutive seasons calling games on Sunday Night Baseball. Wow! Where has time gone ...

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