THATSRACIST.GIF

Nyck · **THATSRACIST.GIF -** 10-14-2006, 02:37 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2 ... id=2625500

Lmao!!!! GG

[quote:73e16]DETROIT -- Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series.

The network confirmed Saturday that Lyons was dismissed after Friday's comments. He has been replaced for the remainder of the series by Los Angeles Angels announcer Jose Mota.

"Steve Lyons has been relieved of his Fox Sports duties for making comments on air that the company found inappropriate," network spokesman Dan Bell said.

Lyons had been working in the booth for the ALCS alongside Thom Brennaman and Piniella.

A call to Lyons' cell phone was not immediately returned Saturday.

In the second inning of Friday's game between Detroit and Oakland, Piniella talked about the success light-hitting A's infielder Marco Scutaro had in the first round of the playoffs. Piniella said that slugger Frank Thomas and Eric Chavez needed to contribute, comparing Scutaro's production to finding a "wallet on Friday" and hoping it happened again the next week.

Later, Piniella said the A's needed Thomas to get "en fuego" -- hot in Spanish -- because he was currently "frio" -- or cold. After Brennaman praised Piniella for being bilingual, Lyons spoke up.

Lyons said that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" -- butchering the conjugation for the word "to speak" -- and added, "I still can't find my wallet."

"I don't understand him, and I don't want to sit too close to him now," Lyons continued.

Fox executives told Lyons after the game he had been fired.[/quote:73e16]

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 10-14-2006, 02:50 PM

pwnt ed:

Eight Ace · 10-14-2006, 03:24 PM

he'll be back because Fox have one of the best Lost discussions out there.

Simo Häyhä · 10-14-2006, 06:27 PM

[quote="Eight Ace":92070]he'll be back because Fox have one of the best Lost discussions out there.[/quote:92070]
roffs!

gtboys34 · 10-14-2006, 07:33 PM

[quote="Eight Ace":1adec]he'll be back because Fox have one of the best Lost discussions out there.[/quote:1adec]PWNED!x2

+1

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 10-14-2006, 07:43 PM

when i rule the world, expect politically correctness to be abolished

Colonel · 10-14-2006, 11:36 PM

I've read his comments several times. I don't get firing a guy over that. Jokingly saying that a guy is "hablaing Espanol" is racist? Holy mackerel.

Nyck · 10-14-2006, 11:38 PM

if you watched the game this afternoon, they replaced him with a hispanic guy.

bukdez · 10-15-2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Colonel

I've read his comments several times. I don't get firing a guy over that. Jokingly saying that a guy is "hablaing Espanol" is racist? Holy mackerel.

ummmm, no... its the stolen wallet while standing next to a mexican comment that did it...

Colonel · 10-15-2006, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bukdez

...ummmm, no... its the stolen wallet while standing next to a mexican comment that did it...

I still don't get it. Pinella brought up the wallet thing. Lyons didn't say his wallet was stolen ... just that he couldn't find it.

bukdez · 10-15-2006, 02:21 PM

i think he was implying that the mexican guy stole it...

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 10-15-2006, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bukdez

i think he was implying that the mexican guy stole it...

Thank You captain obvious.

Pyro · 10-15-2006, 08:43 PM

pinella set him up...wtf this is bullshit.

That type of set up can't be thrown away.