Keith Law Chat: The David Wright/Jose Cruz Jr. trade that never happened
baseballthinkfactory.org 10/24/2009 — Are you the two biggest idiots ever? Eddie (Milwaukee) What was Steve Phillips thinking? Almost trading a 19 year old David Wright for Jose Cruz Jr.? Ridiculous. Klaw (1:42 PM) I’ve been asked about that trade rumor for three years but never ...

The Wright-Cruz Rumor
fangraphs.com 10/23/2009 — Yesterday, Keith Law confirmed an interesting old trade rumor, noting that he was in the room in 2002 when Steve Phillips offered J.P. Ricciardi a straight up swap of David Wright for Jose Cruz Jr, which Ricciardi then declined. Given how their ...

OK, One More Item on Steve Phillips’ Talent Evaluation Skills
slanchreport.com 10/23/2009 — One of my favorite baseball writers/evaluators is ESPN’s Keith Law who writes extremely well, is smart, witty, snarky and an excellent judge of talent (even if he doesn’t like Anna’s Tacqueria); I trust his eye. During his time as a special assistant to JP Ricciardi in ...

Odds & Ends: McCourts, Manny, Duncan, Blue Jays
mlbtraderumors.com 10/23/2009 — A few links to check out between ALCS pitches... Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt has fired his wife, Jamie, as CEO of the team. The McCourt's are famously going through what will likely be a messy divorce, and ...

More on Steve Phillips
fangsbites.com 10/26/2009 — This next development comes in the first part of the Steve Phillips rehabilitation and apology tour. From Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated who tweets: Statement from Agent (Steve Lefkowitz): "Steve Phillips is voluntarily admitting himself to an inpatient treatment facility to address his ...

ESPN’S STEVE PHILLIPS SUSPENDED
withleather.uproxx.com 10/23/2009 — ESPN analyst Steve Phillips has been suspended by that network, apparently for banging A 22-year-old production assistant back in July. Phillips, 46, tried to break off his affair with Brooke Hundley, who then harassed Phillips and his family ...

The Steve Phillips Story
metspolice.com 10/21/2009 — I'm mentioning Steve Phillips because I don't want to be the one blog that doesn't. It's a nice juicy story about a good Mets villain and you can read about it in the Post. For whatever reason I just don't want to dish personal dirt. The goal of this site has always been to encourage the ...

Steve Phillips Fired By ESPN
metsmerizedonline.com 10/26/2009 — Baseball analyst Steve Phillips has been fired by ESPN days after the former Mets general manager admitted having an affair with a production assistant. Phillips’ admitted to his relationship with 22-year-old Brooke Hundley which led to his wife filing for divorce. This wasn’t ...

Steve Phillips fired from ESPN
theropolitans.com 10/26/2009 — Steve Phillips is out at ESPN, according to Mike Soltys of ESPN PR. [[ Home || Twitter || E-mail ]]

ESPN's Full Statement On Steve Phillips
fangsbites.com 10/26/2009 — It's not much longer than what I originally posted a few minutes ago, but this is the full statement from ESPN regarding Steve Phillips' termination tonight. Phillips Statement: Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN. His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been ...

ESPN: Woman who had affair with Phillips fired — SI.com - MLB 10/26/2009
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday.

Steve Phillips Fired by ESPN After Caught Cheating — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/26/2009
"When you become the cheating baseball player, it becomes who you are, and nobody wants to walk around with that." - Steve Phillips So what about if you're a cheating ex-GM who spouts incredible wisdom to ESPN audiences on a regular basis? ...

Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis: On Rooting for the Phillies or Yankees — Bleacher Report - MLB 10/26/2009
The raging debate that will go on from now until Wednesday (actually, through the end of the series) is really tearing me apart.  What's a Met fan to do? You've got our current arch nemesis, the Phillies, against the "jerk of a big brother" in the ...

ESPN: Woman who had affair with Phillips was fired — Examiner Sports 10/26/2009
The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday.

For Mets Fans, Choosing the Lesser of Two World Series Evils — NYT > Baseball 10/27/2009
Some Mets fans, suffering under the indignity of seeing two despised rivals face off, swore off baseball until spring training, while others have tried to sort out which team they dislike less.