Broadcasting Career
During the 2006 post-season, Byrnes was an analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight show. He has also appeared on Fox's baseball pre-game show and The Best Damn Sports Show Period talk show. He was a guest analyst for the first two games of the 2006 World Series pre-game show and for some of the 2007 World Series on FOX Sports. During the off-season, Byrnes often fills in on KNBR, a San Francisco radio station. He currently resides with his wife Tarah, daughter Chloe and their bulldogs, Bruin, Mr. Hitch and Bella. During the 2007 MLB All Star Game at AT&T Park, he was in a kayak in McCovey Cove with Bruin during the pre-game and game itself for the FOX Sports broadcast.
Byrnes also has had his own TV show, called "The Eric Byrnes Show," which aired on FSN Arizona during the Diamondbacks' regular season. The show featured behind-the-scenes looks at the Arizona Diamondbacks, as well as Byrnes' personal life. During the 2007 off-season, Byrnes began a weekly radio show on XM Satellite Radio, called "Hustle with Eric Byrnes."
He worked in the booth with ESPN for the 2010 College World Series and is now a contributor to the MLB Network.
On March 18, 2011, Byrnes was hired by KNBR to host a nightly talk show, holding the 7-10 pm slot, as well as doing a Giants post-game show. Byrnes began his talk show on March 23, 2011.
During the opening of his May 10, 2012, show, Byrnes was bestowed with the nickname "Charmin" by the 3-7 pm host, Tom Tolbert, for being soft. Byrnes immediately fulfilled the nickname by declaring Miley Cyrus to be "good music" and mocking Tolbert for listening to GWAR, who he described as resembling Satan.
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