Comments on: Phillips Screwdriver

By: Why would Matt Millen calling Thursday night games be so bad? | Lancilo USA

Why would Matt Millen calling Thursday night games be so bad? | Lancilo USA — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:55:50 +0000

[...] people dislike Steve Phillips on ESPN’s baseball coverage not because he was an awful general manager, but because he’s an awful analyst. If Millen is [...]

By: Tuesday swag - World of B

Tuesday swag - World of B — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:52:14 +0000

[...] Joe Posnanski takes down ESPN village idiot Steve Phillips in the nicest possible way. The point is clear though — Phillips is a moron whose opinion should be [...]

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:45:46 +0000

Gotta hate the guy at work with “intangibles’… Some people just see what they want to believe. Or, is is “believe what they want to see”?

By: Matt T

Matt T — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:30:41 +0000

FJM??? Please?

By: Michael Bleach

Michael Bleach — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:02:25 +0000

Steve Phillips being the leading analyst for ESPN may be the most puzzling decision in all of sports history.

The man is the babe ruth of sucking at his job. A first ballot, unanimous hall-of-famer for sucking at his job.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:07:52 +0000

Response to #68. Actually Melvin Mora was not on that World Series team. He was traded to the Orioles midseason for Mike Bordick for what was believed to be defensive purposes (presumably grit and pluckiness were also factors in Phillips’ decision). Bordick went on to make as many errors as Mora in slightly more games at shortstop for the Mets. He also was an offensive sieve that served as a Designated Out throughout the three rounds of playoffs that year. Mora wen on to be a cheap and effective regular for several years after the trade. Bordick went back to the O’s the next year and made his way out of baseball by 2003.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:19:27 +0000

Don’t love all your work, but thought this piece was awesome. About time Phillips got called out by a legit columnist. I have no clue how Phillips and Joe Morgan are still broadcasting despite having moronic thoughts and no knowledge of the game, respectively. Great piece and especially loved the shot at the end.

By: David in NYC

David in NYC — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:30:27 +0000

“Even after my comments on Sunday night, Beltran let a fly ball drop in between himself and Angel Pagan in the Dodger game.” — Steve Phillips

Yeah, imagine the nerve of that Beltran guy — making an error after Steverino told him not to make errors (and on the TV, not as Beltran’s manager or GM).

Sheesh, what an asshole.

By: captain

captain — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:22:00 +0000

Thankyou for blowing up Steve Phillips, it has come to a point where the roommate and I, mute phillips and put some classic vinyl album on the record player and crack another beer. The worst part other than his analysis is that espn puts him on every single baseball telecast they have. When Chris Berman did the game the other night it was a breath of fresh air and I hate Berman. Phillips had disposal income at his fingers to build whatever he wanted with it and he proved to be the biggest moron in baseball, not counting Alard Baird of course.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:45:33 +0000

While Phillips was the GM when the Mets made the World Series in 2000, you have to wonder how they even made it that far. Timo Perez, Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani, and Jay Payton were regulars. The bench was a who’s who – Melvin Mora (who turned into a good player), Pratt, Joe McEwing, Matt Franco, Rickey Henderson (done), Darryl Hamilton, Timo Perez. Wow, that Phillips was great.

Phillips is also the guy that went to see Mo Vaughn hitting in a cage in Connecticut and decided that he was worth trading Kevin Appier and taking on his huge contract(from the Angels, despite him coming off a season where he didn’t play because of injury). He was out of baseball two seasons later.