Baseball season is so close, we can almost smell the fresh grass, taste the draft beer, and hear the idiotic comments from Steve Phillips.
Since the former Mets general manager has joined ESPN, he and The Media Circus have created a complex love-hate relationship involving numerous pictures of a fake press conference.
We fully expect 2009 to be yet another memorable summer filled with Phillips’ zany opinions and his perfectly groomed facial hair.
Just as the players are gearing up for the season in Florida, we too are gearing up for our six-month, one-way exchange with Steve-O. Just to get us primed, he gave us a small nugget to chew on from his seat as the analyst during a World Baseball Classic game between the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic.
It was small and not terribly controversial, but it reminded us that we better perk up our ears because it’s only going to get better from here.
“My opinion, the best player in the National League. He can do everything that can impact a game.”—Steve Phillips speaking of Marlins short stop, Hanley Ramirez.
Call us homers, Steve, but that Pujols guy is pretty good too. Considering he had a better batting average, slugging percentage, and on base percentage, more home runs, RBI, doubles, walks, less strikeouts, and also plays substantially better defense than Hanley, we think we’ve got a pretty good case.
Ah, good to have you back, Mr. Phillips.
Crap That Actually Came From Somebody’s Mouth
“However, (West Virginia coach Bob Huggins) cannot wear that suit that makes him look like 300 pounds of butter running up and down the sidelines”—Bobby Knight on Huggins’ yellow suit.
The beauty of this quote is that it was funny and that Bobby Knight didn’t even crack a smile when he said it.
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“(Ty) Lawson is so close to a triple double. He has 10 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.”—Jim Nantz
Even closer to a double-double, Jim.
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“They’ve got three former general managers (Walker, Bonifay, Bavasi). That’s a pretty good brain trust up there.”—Dusty Baker
Someone should kindly tell Dusty that Bill Bavasi was a horrible general manager—and part of the reason the Mariners lost $4.5 million in ‘08. We guess that
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“On the field, he’s going to create, or need, a lot of attention from the defense.”—Trent Edwards, on T.O.
Ah Trent Edwards…yes…the young lad who doesn’t see the irony in his quote.
T.O. Coverage Stock Soars to Unprecedented Levels
If there’s one thing all of us can count on, it’s ample coverage of all things T.O. Lord knows we’ve never heard nor seen this story in our existence.
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