Not to distract you from the previous post about Randy Wolf and the Phillies' continued pursuit of pitching (please keep the comments coming, by the way), but I wanted to touch briefly on yesterday's announcement that Tom McCarthy will be returning to the broadcast booth.Just a guess, but it seems that McCarthy is being positioned to be Harry Kalas' successor as the Phils' lead play-by-play man. McCarthy, who did a fine job calling Mets games on the radio for the past two years, is coming back to call three innings per game on TV with analysts Chris Wheeler and Gary Matthews (the radio team of Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen will remain intact). Kalas will maintain his workload of six innings on TV and one on radio, but at age 71, it's unclear how much longer he'll continue to do the job. With McCarthy on board, it appears the Phillies are bracing for the post-Harry era.
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Cole Hamels, Jimmy Rollins and Robin Roberts will be at the Bank at noon tomorrow to model alternate home jerseys that the Phillies will wear next season. Curious to see what the new unis will look like? You can watch the unveiling at phillies.com. Once it becomes available, I'll post a picture here.
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Aaron Rowand told the Chicago Tribune yesterday that he's in no rush to sign a contract. From talking to his agent, Craig Landis, I can tell you Rowand was never going to sign before Torii Hunter. All along, Landis preferred to wait until after Hunter signed to better gauge the market. After Hunter got five years and $90 million from the Angels, it wouldn't surprise me to see Rowand get five years and $70 million from a team like the White Sox or Dodgers.
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Interesting note about McCarthy.. and I'd agree with what you say - he does a "fine" job. Not stellar. Certainly not Kalas-like (in his prime). But fine.
Don't know any of the politics involved, but I would've loved to see Scott Graham hang around long enough for this opportunity (assuming you're right and this is an opportunity and not just a single year thing). I really thought he did a good bit better than fine.
I agree about Graham. I did not want to see him go.
Marcus: I neglected to mention in the post that McCarthy signed a five-year contract, which is unusual for a Phils broadcaster. Even Harry Kalas doesn't usually sign a contract longer than three years. So, yes, this clearly is a long-term opportunity for McCarthy, who I believe will move into Harry's role once Harry decides to retire.
Wheels has his say on the addition of Tom McCarthy!!!
http://wheels4hof.blogspot.com/
Does he honestly think he should be in the hall of fame? Give me a break...
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