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MLB broadcasters across the league blast Orioles’ announcer suspension during Monday games

Multiple MLB broadcasters took shots at the Orioles during Monday’s games.

Broadcasters across Major League Baseball are taking shots at the Baltimore Orioles after the suspension of MASN announcer Kevin Brown.

On Monday, a report from Awful Announcing revealed that Brown — a reporter for the Orioles’ main broadcaster MASN — was apparently suspended indefinitely for factually reporting the team’s poor road record against the Tampa Bay Rays. Headed into late July, the Orioles had previously lost 15 straight road series to the Rays. The Orioles snapped that streak by taking three out of four games in their most recent series.

However, despite Brown reporting the facts — with the statistic in the team’s game notes and accompanied by a graphic the broadcasting team made — he was reportedly suspended indefinitely. MLB fans were furious at the news and not long after, broadcasters began to voice their frustrations with the Orioles and team CEO John Angelos.

Here is a running list of all the MLB announcers who blasted the Orioles’ decision to suspend Brown during Monday night’s slate of games.

Yankees broadcaster went off on the Orioles after announcer’s ‘disgraceful’ suspension

Michael Kay had some harsh criticism for the Orioles after broadcaster Kevin Brown’s suspension.

The Baltimore Orioles are catching a lot of flack from baseball fans at large after the erroneous suspension of MASN reporter Kevin Brown. And now New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay has jumped into the fray as well.

On Monday, a report from Awful Announcing revealed that Brown — an Orioles play-by-play broadcaster for the local broadcast MASN — was apparently suspended for pointing out Baltimore’s streak of road series losses to the Tampa Bay Rays. While the Orioles snapped the 15-series streak in late July, Brown was reportedly suspended indefinitely for the pregame comments, even though they were part of the team’s game notes and were accompanying a graphic made by MASN itself.

The outcry about Brown’s suspension has gotten so loud that even long-time Yankees announcer Kay had his feathers ruffled over the incident as well. On Monday’s episode of The Michael Kay Show, the announcer ripped into the Orioles for their “disgraceful” suspension of Brown.

It’s no wonder Kay’s so heated. All Brown did was do his job as a broadcaster for the Orioles, yet was suspended for stating actual facts about the team that were in the game notes, no less.

Here’s how MLB fans reacted to Kay’s passionate rant against the Orioles and CEO John Angelos.