God, Winfield sucks as bad at the All-Star break as he did in the off season. How can they keep that guy on the air? He cannot form 2 consecutive sentences without loooooong pauses and stumbling about. I don’t care if he has a contract, get rid of the guy because he makes your whole program look worse every single time he opens his big lips.
Oh, and I think, no, I know, that using the phrase “contributing” when describing what the PD writers do with BBTN a bit generous. I think they sum up “not ready for prime time players.”

Actually, Chosen One, you do not know what the Post-Dispatch writers contribute to Baseball Tonight.
There is an entire network of baseball writers from the major papers across the country that provide daily news beyond the box score that ESPN doesn’t always get on its own and gives its on-air talent the background for their shows.

Really Reid? Wow. Thank you for the enlightenment. Nobody would have ever been able to guess that ESPN doesn’t have people working full time in each city that has a sports team. Your pearls of knowledge are greatly appreciated. Your break is over, go flip some Whoppers.
And the day PD writers are providing news ‘beyond the box score’ is the day I win the lottery. These guys are NOTORIOUS for not conducting interviews on their own, and ripping quotes from other sources. I can’t remember the last time I saw an in-depth piece that resulted from one on one communication with a PD writer and a member of the front office or management. Even the column called “Bird Land” never features the results of those type of interviews.
Even the New York Post has guys so wired in they get interviews on a daily basis. And the Post is a dang tabloid.