Orsillo To Work TBS Playoff Games

"For those of you looking for your Don Orsillo fix past Sunday's regular season Sox finale, the veteran announcer will call a yet-to-be-announced League Division Series for TBS, joined by former ML catcher Buck Martinez. This is Orsillo's third year working for TBS in their playoff coverage. It is uncertain who will call the Red Sox-Angels series, but the candidates are -- Dick Stockton and Bob Brenly, Orsillo and Martinez, Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play man Brian Anderson and Joe Simpson or Chip Caray and Ron Darling.

NESN baseball analyst Dennis Eckersley will work in the TBS studio with Ernie Johnson, Cal Ripken and former Sox pitcher David Wells. Yes, he actually pitched 38 games with Boston in 2005 and '06 (Boston.com)."

A couple years back I really didn't like Orsillo, but he has grown on me. When you listen to some of the other broadcasters around the league you realize how lucky we are. Orsillo, Remy, and Eck are some of the best in the game, and to see two of them make the playoff broadcast is awesome...

Remy Back Tomorrow

"Jerry Remy, the popular color analyst on NESN’s Red Sox telecasts, will return to the booth tomorrow when the club begins a series against the Yankees at Fenway Park. Remy has been on an extended leave of absence since early May as he recuperates from the effects of lung cancer surgery (Boston.com)."

I am glad everything seems to be going well for Remy. The cancer wasn't his biggest problem it was the depression that followed that delayed his return for this long. He will not be back full time yet, and will continue to split time with Dennis Eckersley and Dave Roberts (Roberts is terrible). Long term I would actually like to see them go with 3 guys in the booth. I think Eck should be kept long term. He does a great job analyzing the pitchers, and you add that with Remy's knowledge of hitters, and I think you got the best color guys in the game. It's just a thought, but that's what I would do.