Jim Palmer - Broadcasting

Broadcasting

Palmer is currently a color commentator on MASN's television broadcasts of Oriole games. He is known for his incisive criticism of the team's play and unwillingness to give steroid-era hitters the equal approval with regard their statistics. From 1985-1989, and again from 1994-1995, Palmer formed an announcing team with Al Michaels and Tim McCarver at ABC. Palmer, like Michaels, McCarver, MASN colleague Gary Thorne, and fellow 1990 Hall of Fame inductee Joe Morgan, was present at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit prior to Game 3 of the World Series.

In July 2012, while still a broadcaster for Baltimore, Palmer announced he had made the decision to put his three Cy Young trophies and two of his four Gold Glove awards up for auction. "At this point in my life, I would rather concern myself with the education of my grandchildren." Palmer also noted his autistic teenage step-son would require special care and that "my priorities have changed." Palmer had put one his Cy Young trophies up for auction on behalf of a fundraising event for cystic fibrosis in years past, although he stated the winning bidder "had paid $39,000 for that and never ever took it. It was for the cause."