Dear Eric Byrnes:

[BYH]

GO GET A ****IN HAIRCUT!!!!!

:D ;D ;D :D

(or at least a comb, Jesus Christ)

 

[Oz]

And stop appearing on ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, etc.

 

[ballscribe]

LOVE the look. Looks like himself.
If he did go and get a haircut, and slick it all back, and wear a pin-striped suit, you'd all be ripping him for "sellout out to the man". :D

 

[Freelance Hack]

He looks like he's been out on the town with Nash and Nowitzki.

At least button up the shirt. Only the top button should be unbuttoned.

 

[BYH]

LOVE the look. Looks like himself.
If he did go and get a haircut, and slick it all back, and wear a pin-striped suit, you'd all be ripping him for "sellout out to the man". :D

There's got to be a middle ground. He looks like he just rolled out of bed after an all-night bender (which just might be the case).

I give him credit, he looks very at ease in the studio. He also came up with the line of the playoffs tonight when Jeannie Zelasko asked him what the players call Scott Spiezio's silly wisp of a goatee (just a small strand from the middle of the lip on down below the chin).

Byrnes: "The tickler." :D ;D ;D :D

 

[dooley_womack1]

LOVE the look. Looks like himself.
If he did go and get a haircut, and slick it all back, and wear a pin-striped suit, you'd all be ripping him for "sellout out to the man". :D

There's got to be a middle ground. He looks like he just rolled out of bed after an all-night bender (which just might be the case).

I give him credit, he looks very at ease in the studio. He also came up with the line of the playoffs tonight when Jeannie Zelasko asked him what my wife calls Scott Spiezio's silly wisp of a goatee (just a small strand from the middle of the lip on down below the chin).

Byrnes: "The tickler." :D ;D ;D :D

 

[ballscribe]

Yeah, I couldn't believe he said that out loud :D

No doubt ol' Jeannie knew exactly what he was talking about. Not sure about Kennedy.

 

[BYH]

Yeah, I couldn't believe he said that out loud :D

No doubt ol' Jeannie knew exactly what he was talking about.

Yeah she couldn't change the subject fast enough could she?! :D

 

[casty33]

Would you youngsters please tell me something. Do guys Byrnes' age, many of whom wear their hair that way, think it looks good? What do I know? All I know is my hair is always combed and, at my age, I'm happy I still have all my hair.

 

[dooley_womack1]

I think Byrnes was showing Zalasko the shocker.[/footballbat]

 

[leo1]

Would you youngsters please tell me something. Do guys Byrnes' age, many of whom wear their hair that way, think it looks good? What do I know? All I know is my hair is always combed and, at my age, I'm happy I still have all my hair.

casty, i'm 33 so i don't know if that qualifies as youngster in your book but i think when people like byrnes look that way, it's because they can. they just don't care what other people think. and if i was a professional athlete i probably wouldn't care what other people thought of my appearance either.

 

[casty33]

Yeah, leo, you are a youngster to someone who turned 60 a week ago. Funny, I don't feel any different than I did at 59, or 58, but suddenly it sounds a lot older.

 

[XXXX]

dear eric byrnes,
keep being the man

 

[Editude]

The goofiness works, because he adds actual insight as well.

 

[Ashy Larry]

Would you youngsters please tell me something. Do guys Byrnes' age, many of whom wear their hair that way, think it looks good? What do I know? All I know is my hair is always combed and, at my age, I'm happy I still have all my hair.

So Casty....I take it you kept your hair high and tight in the late 60's early 70's? You didn't have a "Beatle 'do"?

:D

 

[KP]

My brother sent me a text message during one of Byrnes first appearances on tv, he thought it was odd they were asking for his input on the importance of baserunning in the playoffs. [/Game 3 2003 ALDS]

 

[BYH]

My brother sent me a text message during one of Byrnes first appearances on tv, he thought it was odd they were asking for his input on the importance of baserunning in the playoffs. [/Game 3 2003 ALDS]

I think Michael Gee said the same thing, but the silliness of Eric Byrnes offering advice on baserunning during the playoffs cannot be pointed out enough for my taste.

 

[Bubbler]

Byrnes' hair doesn't bother me as much as the awesome wasteland of blandness that is Kevin Kennedy.

Anyone ever heard his XM show with Rob Dibble? Dumbest ****ing thing coming out of space since Jar-Jar Binks. Ungodly bad.

 

[BYH]

Byrnes' hair doesn't bother me as much as the awesome wasteland of blandness that is Kevin Kennedy.

Anyone ever heard his XM show with Rob Dibble? Dumbest ****ing thing coming out of space since Jar-Jar Binks. Ungodly bad.

In Kennedy's defense, Stephen Hawking would have a hard time making intelligent radio with Rob Dibble.

True story: In Cooperstown last year, Dibble and Kennedy are doing their show from Main Street. Torrential rains arrive, complete with thunder and lightning, and Dibble says, sarcastically, "Well, they're telling us we have to go, it's raining a little bit."

No more than 10 seconds later, half a tree falls into the street about 30 feet in front of my car.

I wish Rob had stuck around on the air just a little longer.

 

[MC Sports Guy]

I don't know about the haircut, but in the pantheon of athletes turned part-time broadcasters, he's pretty f-ing good.

By the way, there's a small school in our coverage area where pretty much every male athlete has that haircut. It's kinda annoying.