Taryn Hatcher (who was, among other things, the in-stadium reporter for broadcasts of Phillies games) is, unfortunately, out at NBC Sports Philadelphia. This is said to have been a "standard contract dispute," although it might also have involved the amount of "commitment" she was willing to make. As a regular Phillies game-watcher, I am disappointed; she was really good in addition to being really beautiful. https://awfulannouncing.com/local-n...s-philadelphia-contract-expired-phillies.html
Sad news -- Taryn Hatcher is out at NBC Sports Philadelphia
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Yes, Philly's loss will be someone else's gain. I believe that at some point she will have a job where the whole nation can see and hear her.
There's s really no need for a stadium reporter at a baseball game. (I'm not sure there is for any sport.) But what I don't understand is why Taryn wasn't part of post-game shows the way Ashlyn Sullivan and Amy Fadooli are for NBCSP.
C'mon Rutgers hire her for sideline coverage in all sports
I guess what I’m not understanding with this dismissal is what new ground are they expecting to break with the sideline reporter position? Are they planning something completely different (not like Monty Python)? Generally these things are about cost cutting or someone new in management bringing in someone they want. The official explanations are bs.
It sounds like they don't want a sideline reporter and that they weren't willing to find another place for her (for instance on the post-game shows). It's Philly's loss, but I am sure she will find another job that's at least as prestigious.
Taryn Hatcher is now with the CW Network covering bowling.https://943thepoint.com/ixp/942/p/taryn-hatcher-pba-reporter/
You do what you have to do to stay in sports media now. Michelle McMahon from BTN moved on to become the studio lead/main announcer for the Pickleball Channel. I have so many different sports channels on my streaming service now it's hard to keep up. Maybe she will be on Padel Channel soon. 
Honestly total fail by RU to not have her on BTN as a regular. All these reporters that played baseball at Michigan State in 2002 all over BTN, we don’t have enough representation. We are not taking advantage of the attention she would bring to RU. Get her calling womens games, football sideline reporter, on the Big Show, come on. Need someone with vision (Keli?) to get this going but wonder if anyone in athletics administration even thinks like this
How does Rutgers get her hired by BTN?
She's pretty without looking all bleachy with fluorescent teeth and Mattel lashes. Alas natural good looks dont seem to matter much for the in-stadium women these days. Erin Andrews had the bounce as she traveled the sidelines but from live games I saw she had to put up with a lot of commotion from goons as she did her thing
Looks like this job is for health reasons and she had better offers after the Phillies job went kaput !
> Hatcher told the Inquirer’s Rob Tornoe it has been “so much more fun” than she anticipated, calling the opportunity “a perfect fit.” That’s notable given that she recently revealed on her personal Instagram that she’s been dealing with a health situation that has caused her to turn down other roles, including a full-time MLB sideline reporter position with a franchise she declined to name. The health situation is not dire, per Hatcher, but it has been enough to shape which opportunities she has pursued since leaving NBC Sports Philadelphia.<