He addressed his firing while speaking to Jon Marks and Sean Brace on 97.5 today: "They did what they felt they wanted to do and that they had to do. : Astros 4 Phillies 3. After working as an analyst for ESPN the last 12 seasons, Kruk is back with the Phillies. Once I got past the point and turned the page I figured, Well, hey, I had a great run. I had a lot of fun, a lot of people like me, people didnt like ya but you can only say it one time and you do it your own way for as many years as I did and I just loved being in there.. I know how hard it was on all of them. Its something that I had to deal with. Lee Elia's rant, 40 years later: How Cubs manager's 3-minute tirade We can only hope. Or if they are going to continue to have him on they need to send him to a speech therapist. Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy will be replaced this weekend by his son, Patrick Patrick McCarthy, 26, broadcaster for triple-A Lehigh Valley, will provide play-by-play for Phillies games Saturday and Sunday while his father is in Cleveland calling an NFL preseason game. READ MORE: The Phillies are better than their record, but the winning needs to start soon. The only other one to make me turn them of was Missenelli, he set the bar so low anybody would sound good. Phillies announcer John Kruk out of the booth, to have surgery Kruk took to Twitter to update Phillies fans on his absence this weekend and an upcoming surgery. Lee Elia's rant, 40 years later: How Cubs manager's 3-minute tirade trinidad culture hair; spanish amaro liqueur. Throughout the. Odds and lines subject to change. He coached in the organization's farm system and was part of the team's TV broadcast team in 2003. Tom McCarthy's son will call Saturday and Sunday's Phillies games Baseball in the 90s, Phillies send Chase Utley to Dodgers for two prospects, Phillies restock farm with Cole Hamels trade, The Best Baseball Pants for 2020: Our Top Picks, 2021 MLB DRAFT SLEEPERS; Alex Mooney, Jaden Hill and more. Philadelphia Phillies field reporter Gregg Murphy was among several employees of NBC Sports Philadelphia impacted by a larger round of layoffs by NBC Universal, according to reports.