Still hazy in radio booth for PadresCourtesy
San Diego Union Tribune
(March 5, 2010) If you think things are uncertain for the Padres on the field — how good are they, when will Adrian Gonzalez be traded, etc. — just check out the media world surrounding them.
The first radio broadcast of the season is at 12:05 p.m. today on XX Sports Radio, but it could be the last “opener” for Ted Leitner. Beginning his 31st season as a Padres announcer, Leitner is rumored to be in danger of not being asked to return, although the club promises no decision will be made until after this season. There’s also no way of knowing how the reshuffled booth will work this season, with Leitner and Andy Masur (whose contract also is up after this season) working sans Jerry Coleman for all but 40 games once the regular season begins. Oh, and don’t forget the idea that Leitner and Coleman are not scheduled to work together except for a few spring training games (including today, when Masur won’t be there), although the Padres are now saying it’s possible the two veterans could be teamed for some games later in the season. The TV situation also is unsettled, with Dick Enberg scheduled to work 109 games (as of now) on Channel 4 San Diego, but none in spring training due to his CBS basketball commitments. That means no “get-acquainted” time with new partner Mark Grant. But Enberg won’t be coming in cold. He’s already spent several days in Peoria this spring meeting players and staff members — he even hired an aide who speaks Spanish to help him communicate with the Latin players — and this week he addressed the team. “I wanted to introduce him to the team,” manager Bud Black told my colleague Bill Center yesterday. “Dick said he was excited to be back and said he wanted us to know how much it meant to him to be a part of the Padres. Obviously, everyone in the room was thrilled to meet him. He’s one of the best in the game. I think we’re fortunate to have him. He’s into it.” Last year’s No. 1 voice, Mark Neely, will call all the games Enberg doesn’t, starting with five exhibitions (the first is March 14). Neely will spend more of his time contributing to the pregame and postgame shows, replacing Steve Quis, who has been at Channel 4 the past four years but did not have his contract renewed and will leave the station next month. But how all those shows will come together remains uncertain. Not counting his appearance with Jenny Cavnar on “Postgame” this week, Enberg will make his Channel 4 “debut” at 11 a.m. Sunday calling the Missouri Valley Conference championship game. With the San Diego Humane Society Telethon scheduled, KFMB Channel 8 farmed out the MVC game and the 1 p.m. game between Michigan and Michigan State to Ch. 4. _______________________
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(March 5, 2010) If you think things are uncertain for the Padres on the field — how good are they, when will Adrian Gonzalez be traded, etc. — just check out the media world surrounding them.