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Any day now, we should expect to hear that rubber-faced actor Jim Carrey is behind all the decisions at ESPN, as they just seem to get dumb and dumber.With the furor of "The Decision" having calmed to a low roar, the pooh-bahs at the Worldwide Leader stepped right into another mess Monday by bouncing "Sunday Night Baseball's" Jon Miller and Joe Morgan from the booth when the new season starts next spring.
Norby Williamson, the ESPN executive who took the torrent of criticism this summer for the ill-advised, horribly executed one-hour special where LeBron James took an hour of company-donated prime time to announce that he was "taking my talent" to Miami, is apparently stepping forward to take the heat for casting Morgan and Miller adrift from the Sunday night booth after 21 years together.
In a statement released on Twitter, Williamson said, "Jon and Joe have contributed greatly to the success of Sunday Night Baseball for the past 21 seasons. Over the last two decades, Joe went from Hall of Fame player to one of his sport's top analysts and Jon's Hall of Fame voice and tremendous knowledge of the game have connected with baseball fans everywhere. We owe them our deepest thanks for an outstanding body of work."
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/08/espn-makes-bad-call-in-firing-legendary-jon-miller-joe-morgan/
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