:(

Didn't we have this, like, hours earlier? Is Will posting drunk again? Because, well, I'd support that.

When does Salisbury show up on MLB Radio?

Good morning to everyone that went to bed. When I was 12, Princess Diana died while I slept. You're experiencing a much deeper version of the feeling I had that morning.

wow...that's either the worst fake moustache i've ever seen, or the drunkest shave job.

nice tie.

"I have created a brand and it's time to expand into other opportunities in TV, radio, Internet, publishing, movies and public speaking, among others."

/Sean Salisbury

"Hey dad. Have you seen my Sean Salisbury action figure? I thought I left it right beside my Stephen A. Smith bobble head collection and my limited edition Chris Berman leather jacket."

/Will Leitch Jr.

so sad...but hey, he has a brand, so there's that.

Love that he plugs his own resume in his goodbye statement. Nothing subtle about that.

Hairy Balls and an exposed dick.

I can't believe ESPN Jewed him out of a job.

What? No, I don't think I said that.

"I have grown as much as I can at ESPN"

I have a picture message that proves this.

Crypt Keeper wins this round.

So does this mean no more Sean Salisbury Wisdom?

Salisbury's "brand" is an outline of a large penis. It's on his left thigh. He was wasted in college, man. Just wasted.

He's leaving to star in pictures.

Let this be a lesson, you just do not cross John Clayton

Hey! Wha' happened?

Lil' Sean has created a brand and it's time to expand into...

@1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes: No, they chewed him out of a job. Jeez.

Chris Carter doesn't exactly set the world on fire as an analyst, either.

But I'm liking this Vikings circle of change. I look forward to ESPN analyst Tarvaris Jackson in a dozen years.

Wait. No, I don't.

I've heard of some "Vikings circles", but "of change" no.

Shoulda been you...ummm...

Nah, it shoulda been him.

And I will take
with me the memories
To be my sunshine down through the rain,
It's so hard
To say goodbye
To Li'l Sean

Lil' Sean R.I.P.

@Innings Eater: You want an ex-Viking as an ESPN analyst? I've got two words for you: Fred. Smoot. For those of us who are anxious to see footage of a double-donging incident involving Erin Andrews and Adriana Monsalve, Smootums is our only hope.

Since I've already drank enough liquor for the night, I will now eat cake and drink milk in rememberance.
In other news, I saw NOFX tonight.

oh, this is where everybody is now

Weintraub's gonna need a new name next season for the column.

Or he could just scrap it...

/hopes

Hopefully this mean that ESPN is switching up their style over substance positioning as of late.

Yes, let's remain hopeful about this, because if they are going to choose substance over style we'll be seeing the end of hacks like SWS, Berman and Stuart Scott.

proof God hates us.

God, if this is the sentiment that results from Salisbury's dismissal...I can't wait to see the state funeral that kicks off when Isiah is fired.

"GETTING FIRED BLOWS" t-shirts, available soon

And the worst part for Lil' Sean, Merril Hoge still has a job.

@frontrowgirl: The Smokey Tornado does have its side effects.

@TheStarterWife:

+ 1.

Say it ain't so! It is? Even better!

It's gonna be a good day, Tater.

This news has left me so distraught that I went and paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

"I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football.

"I'd done nothing wrong, and if you hear otherwise, it's not true. I did everything that was asked of me."

...I assume that Dana Jacobsen was the one who asked for the penis photo.

@buttons:
Yes, yes it will.

@DukesDawg: heeeeeeeeeeeey...there might be a silver lining!

And yet Emmitt Smith is still employed at ESPN as a sports analyst. Ouch.

@Carlton_Whitfield: once a douchebag always a douchebag

Does this mean we won't get to vote on him in the Media Approval ratings? Or will only those of us registered as independents get to vote?