The Rangers' 2012 Broadcast Teams Have Been Announced, And ...

Per Rangers P.R. man John Blake, the Rangers are going to roll with Dave Barnett and Tom Grieve on the television side, and Eric Nadel and Steve Busby on the radio side. 

There's no immediate word as to whether Bryan Dolgin will continue to serve as an occasional color man behind Busby on the radio side, or whether he'll be sticking to pre- and post-game show duties. 

This is a somewhat interesting announcement, in that there had been a lot of speculation about there being a less than amicable relationship between Grieve and Barnett, and some comments from at least one member of the DFW media -- and the BBTiA community -- that seemed to confirm that things weren't all just peaches and cream there.

There was also the very bizarre on-air incident during the waning days of the 2011 regular season, where Grieve seemed to bristle at Barnett's on-air suggestion that Mike Scioscia played a significant role in Mike Napoli being traded out of Anaheim, and then proceeded to lay out on Barnett for an extended period of time during the Rangers telecast. 

Regardless, though, it appears that last season's post-Rhadigan arrangement is going to remain intact on both the radio and television sides. I'm not sure how the fan base as a whole is going to react to this news, but, well, there it is.