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Don Orsillo

By adamg - 4/21/22 - 9:03 am

Seems the Sox and NESN asked Orsillo to video a remembrance for the Remy memorial, then uninvited him for some reason. Here is what he would have said about his longtime broadcast partner and friend.

By adamg - 9/27/15 - 4:50 pm
Don Orsillo gets standing ovation

Josh Jacobs was among the thousands who gave Don Orsillo a standing ovation at the last Red Sox game at Fenway he will likely ever announce, given the grade of cement that makes up the heads of NESN executives.

By adamg - 9/1/15 - 11:31 pm

The Globe's appended this to Dan Shaughnessy's column about Orsillo:

Clarification: Because of a reporting error, an earlier version of this story made reference to signs being confiscated at Fenway Park. The reference has been removed because the Globe could not independently verify that any signs were confiscated at the ballpark. ...

Via Dan Kennedy.

By adamg - 8/30/15 - 10:35 am

Because? Yes, because, the Herald reports. That's it? Well, O'Brien is "well known for bringing out the nuances of baseball strategy, sharing insights about players." Wait, isn't that what Remy's supposed to do?

By adamg - 8/26/15 - 5:15 pm

An online petition to NESN to bring Don Orsillo back to announce Sox games next year had more than 20,000 backers as of 5:10 p.m.

Baseball won't be the same without him.

Separately, Saugus residents are organizing on Facebook to save the iconic orange Saugusaur now that the miniature golf course it sits in has been sold to a developer who wants to use the land for a hotel and luxury housing. The page has more than 1,100 likes.

By adamg - 8/25/15 - 12:26 pm

The Entire "Here Comes The Pizza" Affair

Dennis and Callahan report. We'll always have the Pizza Toss.

By adamg - 8/14/12 - 8:25 am

Joy of Sox is no longer getting much joy from Sox games - and not just because of what's going on on the field:

NESN gives us worthless "tours" of concrete hallways in other stadiums and asinine non-baseball segments. Worse than that, the network often fails to show the action on the field.

By adamg - 9/5/11 - 3:30 pm
By adamg - 4/12/11 - 7:10 am

Joanna notes:

Don Orsillo was attired in an academic tweed jacket accented by a professorial paisley tie. Appropriate, because the Red Sox were schooled by the Rays in a 16-5 blowout.

By adamg - 3/31/11 - 9:30 pm

Don Orsillo Catchphrase Bingo - ready for printing; even comes with appropriate markers.

By fibrowitch - 5/9/07 - 5:26 am

Yes a shame has occurred, something that questions the esteemed academic abilities this city is self known for. In this place, with forty plus colleges and universities. where engineers and architects out number artists and musicians, depending on the street corner. A city full of educators, including ignoble and noble prize winners, where the only sport enjoyed more than the long running soap opera of the Red Sox, is throwing things at other people.

Could not some one come forward to teach Don Orsillo how to craft and pilot a paper airplane?

By adamg - 10/6/06 - 1:59 pm

Boston Fan in Michigan, for one:

... They sit on my desk and nod encouragingly. It's quite nice.

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