Re: Steve Phillips.....

[17 Seconds]

More awesomness......

 

Let's start with Phillips and the Fatal Attraction. His jilted lover, Brooke Hundley, dropped by his house. Before she could boil a rabbit, Mrs. Phillips got home.

 

Hundley freaked out and backed her car into a stone column. She did manage to leave a letter on the door for Marni Phillips. It included the birthmark info, just to prove that Hundley's mistress credentials were legit.

- the birthmark is on his junk, apparently

 

She'd earlier contacted Phillips' 16-year-old son via computer. Hundley pretended to be a classmate, flirted with him and dropped hints that his parents' marriage was dying.

 

http://www.fanhouse.com/2009/10/21/now-showing-on-espn-fatal-attraction-ii/?icid=webmail|wbml-aol|dl4|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fanhouse.com%2F2009%2F10%2F21%2Fnow-showing-on-espn-fatal-attraction-ii%2F

 

So not only is she an uggo, she's a pyscho too. Good job, Steve.

[Jehrico]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12420360

 

Sportsline reports he's been fired...

[BCVM22]

Clearly Steve's acumen for personnel decisions hasn't improved since he was a GM.

 

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Too soon?

[OleMissCub]

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/12420360

 

Sportsline reports he's been fired...

 

Often times suspensions like this are done so the lawyers for both sides can work on a buyout or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised if he is terminated next week.

 

8-)

[Schwarber Fan]

He won't be missed

[jersey cubs fan]

Clearly Steve's acumen for personnel decisions hasn't improved since he was a GM.

 

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Too soon?

 

As the 95,000th person to make that joke I think it's safe to say that no, it was not too soon.

[Mugged By Fluffy]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

[BCVM22]

As the 95,000th person to make that joke I think it's safe to say that no, it was not too soon.

 

Don't exaggerate, I can't be more than the 92,000th person.

 

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Harold Reynolds was fired because of a hug that set off a sexual harassment suit. Phillips got the axe for... well, all this. I think there's enough of a difference there to indicate that Phillips won't be sitting behind the desk in front of a camera anytime soon, unless it's as the local sports anchor in Poughkeepsie.

[SouthSideRyan]

As the 95,000th person to make that joke I think it's safe to say that no, it was not too soon.

 

Don't exaggerate, I can't be more than the 92,000th person.

 

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Harold Reynolds was fired because of a hug that set off a sexual harassment suit. Phillips got the axe for... well, all this. I think there's enough of a difference there to indicate that Phillips won't be sitting behind the desk in front of a camera anytime soon, unless it's as the local sports anchor in Poughkeepsie.

 

And people liked Reynolds.

[shnsajax]

I would fire him for bad taste, looking at her brings down the ESPN brand image.

[17 Seconds]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

[Mugged By Fluffy]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

 

Yes but unlike Phillips, every analyst on that station(ok...other than Mitch Williams) actually knows what he is talking about.

[J.R.]

Harold Reynolds is terrible.

[RedFlash]

fat chicks/slumpbusters need love too.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

And people liked Reynolds.

what people?

[jersey cubs fan]

And people liked Reynolds.

what people?

 

All the mediocre major league players he constantly lavished with praise?

[daske17]

How do we get someone to take one for the team with Joe Morgan?

[17 Seconds]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

 

Yes but unlike Phillips, every analyst on that station(ok...other than Mitch Williams) actually knows what he is talking about.

 

That's like the opposite of what I just said.

 

The analysts on MLBN are atrocious. I don't know how you can say that. I turned it on for 5 minutes the other day and I heard Harold Reynolds use the phrase "clogging the bases" THREE times in that span. Then they cut over to Al Leiter next to a big screen with the Twins lineup to break down how the Yankees would attack it. His plan? To retire the first 2 guys in the lineup. He talked for about 3 minutes about how they should focus on getting the top 2 guys out before Mauer/Cuddyer/Kubel come up.

 

Thanks Al. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to try and retire the top 2 guys in the lineup. Great strategy.

 

Pretty much every one of the analysts on that network relies on batting average, RBIs, and win totals for starting pitchers. It's bruuttttalllll.

[Guest]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

 

Yes but unlike Phillips, every analyst on that station(ok...other than Mitch Williams) actually knows what he is talking about.

 

That's like the opposite of what I just said.

 

The analysts on MLBN are atrocious. I don't know how you can say that. I turned it on for 5 minutes the other day and I heard Harold Reynolds use the phrase "clogging the bases" THREE times in that span. Then they cut over to Al Leiter next to a big screen with the Twins lineup to break down how the Yankees would attack it. His plan? To retire the first 2 guys in the lineup. He talked for about 3 minutes about how they should focus on getting the top 2 guys out before Mauer/Cuddyer/Kubel come up.

 

Thanks Al. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to try and retire the top 2 guys in the lineup. Great strategy.

 

Pretty much every one of the analysts on that network relies on batting average, RBIs, and win totals for starting pitchers. It's bruuttttalllll.

They are really, really bad. Billy Ripken makes the bile in my stomach want to leap out on to the TV screen. I had high hopes when they first started, but the network is basically unwatchable.

[jersey cubs fan]

They are really, really bad. Billy Ripken makes the bile in my stomach want to leap out on to the TV screen. I had high hopes when they first started, but the network is basically unwatchable.

 

I never got why people praised the network all summer. I gave up on it in spring training. It's a PR machine. Everybody is above average.

[SouthSideRyan]

They are really, really bad. Billy Ripken makes the bile in my stomach want to leap out on to the TV screen. I had high hopes when they first started, but the network is basically unwatchable.

 

I never got why people praised the network all summer. I gave up on it in spring training. It's a PR machine. Everybody is above average.

 

I like it for the live look-ins and the out-of market games.

 

Their baseball tonight is as bad as baseball tonight.

[fromthestretch]

They are really, really bad. Billy Ripken makes the bile in my stomach want to leap out on to the TV screen. I had high hopes when they first started, but the network is basically unwatchable.

 

I never got why people praised the network all summer. I gave up on it in spring training. It's a PR machine. Everybody is above average.

 

I like it for the live look-ins and the out-of market games.

 

Their baseball tonight is as bad as baseball tonight.

 

Same here. I'll keep it on just for the score updates and live look-ins, especially if the Cubs aren't on WGN.

[Pushfrog98]

How do we get someone to take one for the team with Joe Morgan?

Offer them Phillies WS tickets, apparently.

[Mugged By Fluffy]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

 

Yes but unlike Phillips, every analyst on that station(ok...other than Mitch Williams) actually knows what he is talking about.

 

That's like the opposite of what I just said.

 

The analysts on MLBN are atrocious. I don't know how you can say that. I turned it on for 5 minutes the other day and I heard Harold Reynolds use the phrase "clogging the bases" THREE times in that span. Then they cut over to Al Leiter next to a big screen with the Twins lineup to break down how the Yankees would attack it. His plan? To retire the first 2 guys in the lineup. He talked for about 3 minutes about how they should focus on getting the top 2 guys out before Mauer/Cuddyer/Kubel come up.

 

Thanks Al. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to try and retire the top 2 guys in the lineup. Great strategy.

 

Pretty much every one of the analysts on that network relies on batting average, RBIs, and win totals for starting pitchers. It's bruuttttalllll.

 

Maybe you should try watching more than 5 minutes of the MLB network then. Guys like Larkin are breaking down AB"s pitch by pitch,scene by scene,pitch selection by pitch selection and explaining exactly how Lee managed to neutralize hot A-Rod tonight with pitches low and in and low and away. Talked of how lefty Lee's good method of hiding the ball well to the right handed hitters worked to his advantage tonite. Talking all about Lee's off balance stuff and how he is adjusting to the Yankee hitters, instead of the Yankee hitters adjusting to the pitching like what happened in the Angles series. While they are saying this Showalter and Valentine over on Baseball Tonite can do no better than look at the highlights and throw cliche's out there like"Cliff Lee was dominant tonight" and "Yup he had everything working for him tonight" with basically no true analysis whatsoever.

 

How about the pitch by pitch breakdown that got Sabathia in trouble with Utley? Again....you see the video and the watch the atbats to Utley unfold. At bat video shows what leads up to a 3-2 count to Utley with consecutive fastballs inside, ultimately leading Utley to sit dead red on a fastball middle- in(that he'd seen over and over in the atbat) and drive the ball into the seats for his 2nd homer. Reynolds, as annoying as he is actually broke this down well. Saying "Of course Utley knew what was coming, because Sabathia has been pitching Howard and Ibanez the same way all night. He's made no adjustments to these Philedelphia left handed hitters" and then showed the same pitch sequence/selection in the atbat tfrom the previous inning where Howard doubled to back up what he was saying.

Over on Baseball Tonite.....they showed Utley's HR. "Wow that went a long way"says Singleton----with no analysis of the bad pitch selection, non adjustments made by CC and the Yankees or the events that led to the home run at all.

 

 

Some of these guys at MLB may be annoying and obnoxious, but they are heads above any of the analysts over at Baseball Tonite. And less east coast bias too.

[17 Seconds]

Let us all hope that he does not end up on the MLB network.

 

Actually he'd still be better than [retty much every analyst on the network. Their on air personalities are unbelievably atrocious. It makes BBTN seem like fangraphs.

 

Yes but unlike Phillips, every analyst on that station(ok...other than Mitch Williams) actually knows what he is talking about.

 

That's like the opposite of what I just said.

 

The analysts on MLBN are atrocious. I don't know how you can say that. I turned it on for 5 minutes the other day and I heard Harold Reynolds use the phrase "clogging the bases" THREE times in that span. Then they cut over to Al Leiter next to a big screen with the Twins lineup to break down how the Yankees would attack it. His plan? To retire the first 2 guys in the lineup. He talked for about 3 minutes about how they should focus on getting the top 2 guys out before Mauer/Cuddyer/Kubel come up.

 

Thanks Al. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to try and retire the top 2 guys in the lineup. Great strategy.

 

Pretty much every one of the analysts on that network relies on batting average, RBIs, and win totals for starting pitchers. It's bruuttttalllll.

 

Maybe you should try watching more than 5 minutes of the MLB network then. Guys like Larkin are breaking down AB"s pitch by pitch,scene by scene,pitch selection by pitch selection and explaining exactly how Lee managed to neutralize hot A-Rod tonight with pitches low and in and low and away. Talked of how lefty Lee's good method of hiding the ball well to the right handed hitters worked to his advantage tonite. Talking all about Lee's off balance stuff and how he is adjusting to the Yankee hitters, instead of the Yankee hitters adjusting to the pitching like what happened in the Angles series. While they are saying this Showalter and Valentine over on Baseball Tonite can do no better than look at the highlights and throw cliche's out there like"Cliff Lee was dominant tonight" and "Yup he had everything working for him tonight" with basically no true analysis whatsoever.

 

How about the pitch by pitch breakdown that got Sabathia in trouble with Utley? Again....you see the video and the watch the atbats to Utley unfold. At bat video shows what leads up to a 3-2 count to Utley with consecutive fastballs inside, ultimately leading Utley to sit dead red on a fastball middle- in(that he'd seen over and over in the atbat) and drive the ball into the seats for his 2nd homer. Reynolds, as annoying as he is actually broke this down well. Saying "Of course Utley knew what was coming, because Sabathia has been pitching Howard and Ibanez the same way all night. He's made no adjustments to these Philedelphia left handed hitters" and then showed the same pitch sequence/selection in the atbat tfrom the previous inning where Howard doubled to back up what he was saying.

Over on Baseball Tonite.....they showed Utley's HR. "Wow that went a long way"says Singleton----with no analysis of the bad pitch selection, non adjustments made by CC and the Yankees or the events that led to the home run at all.

 

 

Some of these guys at MLB may be annoying and obnoxious, but they are heads above any of the analysts over at Baseball Tonite. And less east coast bias too.

 

I've watched much more than 5 minutes. When the network first started I gave it plenty of time. I still watch it sometimes for highlight and stuff also, so I'm aware of what's going on.

 

I expected more than "they might be a little better than BBTN because they break down things more" when the network started. Not to mention I still don't believe that's true. At least BBTN will throw on guys like Kurkjian or Gammons every once in a while. Guys that at least understand how to properly look at stats. Meanwhile the clowns at MLBN keep babbling on and on about batting average and garbage like that.

 

I turned it on a few days ago and they were talking about the decline of Garrett Atkins. The 3 stats they broke down to show his decline? Batting average, home runs, and RBIs (not to mention they didn't even show the AB totals).

 

I'm not interested in Harold Reynolds talking about clogging the bases, or Dan Plesac talking about how Andy Pettitte is a big game pitcher, or Greg Amsinger saying that Ted Lilly shouldn't have been in the all-star games because "he only has a 9-6 record". I don't want to hear Harold Reynolds saying the Cubs would miss Ronny Cedeno more than DeRosa, or Al Leitier saying the Yankees' pitching plan should be to retire the top 2 guys in the lineup before the power.

 

So yeah, I've given the network plenty of time, and I still watch it for highlights and stuff. The only guys on that network that are tolerable are Vasgersian and maybe Barry Larkin.

 

The best way that I can describe it is that MLBN reminds me a lot of cubs.com