This has apparently just been announced, and I don’t see any other stories that give any details as to why. I’m sure that will come out soon enough.
However, I will have to say, I’ll miss his sparring with John Kruk – those were some of the most entertaining moments of the show for me. :)
UPDATE 7/26: After reading around a bit this morning, it would appear that something behind the scenes went on. One article I read states that ESPN policy says the only three things you can be fired for on the spot are 1)Fighting with co-workers; 2) Transmitting Internet pornography; 3)Sexual harassment. Some other ESPN baseball folks who have had “issues” recently are Michael Irvin & Rick Sutcliffe. These guys had a drug paraphenelia (sp?) and on air alcohol issue, and weren’t fired, just suspended, so Reynolds’ issue was probably one of the three above, or something else more severe.
I did peek at Baseball Tonight last night, and it was just John Kruk & Karl Ravech with Tim Kurkjian (sp?) on the phone. No mention of Reynolds, although I would have been surprised if there was, tell you the truth.
However, according to this link from a site that deals with “ESPN Dirt”, it would appear it’s the sexual harrassment thing. However, it’s all rumour as if you read this link, someone denies the sexual angle, and then someone says “yes”, so we won’t REALLY know unless ESPN or Reynolds themselves say. And even then one has to wonder if they’d tell the full story.
UPDATE #2: Reynolds said something publically. According to this article, he claims he merely gave a woman a hug and it was misinterpreted. So that seems to cobborate the sex angle of the story. Of course he’s gonna spin it to suit himself – I doubt if it was “merely a hug” he would have been fired for it.