NESN announced Thursday night that color analyst Jerry Remy will be back for the 2016 season, his 29th with the network, dispelling speculation that the regional sports network had plans to introduce a new partner for Dave O’Brien, who is succeeding Don Orsillo as play-by-play man.
Remy will be in the booth for “at least 100 games,” according to a statement released by NESN. In a new development, NESN announced that analysts Dennis Eckersley and Steve Lyons will also be in the booth for a “significant number” of games, and that at times NESN will go to a three-man team for game broadcasts.
Eckersley has been a studio analyst for NESN since 2003 and filled in for Remy as analyst on an intermittent basis since 2009. Eckersley is highly regarded by the network, but the Hall of Fame pitcher, who also has worked on TBS as a color analyst during the postseason, has long made it known that he is unwilling to take on the travel required of a full-time game analyst.
Lyons joined NESN as a studio analyst in 2014 and also has filled in for Remy as color analyst for a handful of games.
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