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Yikes! Fatal Attraction Mistress Hits Former Mets GM Steve Phillips

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by exmediahack, Oct 21, 2009.

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  1. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Re: Yikes! Fatal Attraction Mistress Hits Former Mets GM Steve Phillips

    Was just wondering about that. He's gonna get clobbered in the divorce, and I really don't see him getting another GM job, at this point.

    Dude really threw a lot away for some tail.
     
    zeke12, Oct 25, 2009
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  2. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    He wasn't getting another GM job anyway.
     
    Armchair_QB, Oct 25, 2009
    #146
  3. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Right, but what does he do, now?
     
    zeke12, Oct 25, 2009
    #147
  4. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    MLB Network in two years.
     
    Small Town Guy, Oct 25, 2009
    #148
  5. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Yep
     
    Armchair_QB, Oct 25, 2009
    #149
  6. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Re: Yikes! Fatal Attraction Mistress Hits Former Mets GM Steve Phillips

    But if you are the MLB Network, why bring him in? If he so much as looks down a PA's blouse, you can get sued for hiring a known sexual harasser. He was pedestrian as an analyst. How can he possibly be worth the risk? Is MLBN planning a fake news conference show?
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Oct 25, 2009
    #150
  7. Karl Hungus

    Karl Hungus Member

    If Rob Dibble can be an analyst for the Washington Nationals (not putting him and Phillips in the same boat off the field), Steve Phillips can find work with some regional sports network, at some point.
     
    Karl Hungus, Oct 25, 2009
    #151
  8. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    I tend to agree with Pope. He won't be worth the risk.
     
    zeke12, Oct 25, 2009
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  9. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    Was she fired too?
     
    ifilus, Oct 25, 2009
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  10. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Re: Yikes! Fatal Attraction Mistress Hits Former Mets GM Steve Phillips

    Dibble is an idiot. Undeniable. But I doubt that a network's legal dept would tell you that Dibs is a legal risk given his background, unless there is a civil tort for on-air stupidity. But a sexual harassment victim could easily point out that Phillips' history of workplace sexual affairs/harassment would be common knowledge to anyone who Googled him and his new employer hired him with that knowledge.
     
    PopeDirkBenedict, Oct 25, 2009
    #154
  11. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Maybe the Newark Bears need a general manager.

    Even if she is a headcase, I don't think the woman should have been fired.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Oct 25, 2009
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  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    I was kind of surprised that Phillips didn't just resign. Maybe he figures he can argue that he was fired simply for getting caught doing what others have done.
    My guess? He latches on with some agent to work on evaluating prospects, dealing with owners during arbitration and that sort of thing.
    But I had to laugh about ESPN citing credibility issues as a cause, do they watch their own programming?
     
    DanOregon, Oct 25, 2009
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