Michael McCarthy and Bob Nightengale of USA Today report:

Longtime ESPN baseball analyst Harold Reynolds has left the all sports cable network. But neither Reynolds nor ESPN will discuss the reasons for his sudden departure.

The former All-Star second baseman for the Seattle Mariners became familiar to millions of viewers during his 11 years on ESPN's Baseball Tonight show.

ESPN anchor Mike Greenberg announced on-air that Reynolds had left the network during Tuesday's 6 p.m. SportsCenter program.
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In an interview with USA TODAY, Reynolds said he was fired by ESPN at a meeting Monday afternoon while still in the first year of a six-year employment pact. Reynolds declined to discuss the reasons behind his termination.

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When Reynolds began with Baseball Tonight in 1996, it was chic to make fun of his "analysis." But he stuck, and became, at least, respected. A strange ending.