Why is mark grace not announcing

Dempster would survive, of course. Last weekend he was seen moonlighting as a Wrigley Field ballhawk , where he caught a ball while on his bike on the corner of Kenmore and Waveland avenues. People are looking for normalcy during these abnormal times, and a Cubs game with just Len and JD sounds about as normal as it gets.

Skip to content. Or were you unaware the Cubs had a Mark Grace dilemma in the first place? Or maybe not. And Grace was being Grace, until he messed up. It was gross! Even if his story had been, you know, not wildly sexist at best, it was completely irrelevant to the actual game being played, and it forced Kasper and DeShaies to try and call the actual game around him while also being way more indulgent than they needed to be.

I want everyone to know how very sorry I am about that. My remarks were offensive and inappropriate, and I deeply apologize. Word on the street is Mark Grace will be off Cubs broadcasts the next five games for inappropriate comments on his Ex. Jay is a writer and editor for The Comeback, and a contributor at Awful Announcing.

He is not a strong swimmer. My remarks were offensive and inappropriate, and I deeply apologize. On Sunday, there was talk at Wrigley Field that Grace would not be part of the next five Cubs telecasts.

A Marquee spokesman, neither confirming or denying that, said the channel does not comment on announcer schedules. Grace has had a tendency to ramble too much during his subsequent Marquee appearances and, with this latest episode, he came across like a dinosaur sinking in a s tar pit mistaking misogyny for wit.

And even though he will not return to the broadcast booth next season, a grateful Grace, in turn, has described the club's warmth and support as "humbling" and "awesome. Prior to submitting a guilty plea, Grace had been facing as many as 15 years in prison spurring from four counts of aggravated DUI.

However, Grace appeared repentant in early , saying of his DUI arrest and pending criminal charges, "I have nobody to blame but myself I think it's important to own this.