As the Orioles continue their run to the top of the American League standings, a controversy involving the team’s majority-owned broadcast network has taken center stage. Kevin Brown, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network’s lead play-by-play announcer for Orioles games, was removed from the club’s television broadcasts a day after listing off statistics about Baltimore’s poor play in recent seasons, sources with knowledge of the team’s decisions told The Baltimore Sun. Brown hasn’t been featured on MASN broadcasts for the past two weeks but is scheduled to rejoin Friday, when the Orioles begin a series in Seattle to start a three-city trip out west, a source confirmed. The decision has rankled many across the baseball world, with several notable broadcasters lambasting the Orioles, MASN and chairman John Angelos on social media and live television. Here’s a look at what broadcasters, analysts and other observers are saying about the news: SNY’s Gary Cohen “Let me just say one thing to Baltimore Orioles management: You draped yourself in humiliation when you fired Jon Miller, and you’re doing it again,” Cohen said during the broadcast for Monday’s New York Mets-Chicago Cubs game.

 

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