Media Approval Ratings: Steve Phillips - Deadspin Comments

Media Approval Ratings: Steve Phillips

dhochbaum — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:35:46 EDT

He has absolutely no baseball knowledge that the average baseball fan does not have. He has no new insights to offer. If you were to mute when he talked and say what you thought, at worst, you would be correct just as often as he is. If he were still GM of the Mets, this offseason he would have included Reyes in the deal (assuming he could have even pulled it off) and signed Eckstien.

dhochbaum

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WayneFontesFanatic — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:28:00 EDT

Disapprove for picking Jeremy Bonderman as his 2007 AL Cy Young Winner. Not a good pick in hindsight, especially when making brainless award predictions is 1/2 your job.

WayneFontesFanatic

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blastitbiggs — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:07:57 EDT

Disapprove for not going with the Star Trek Mirror Universe look for his double.

blastitbiggs

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blastitbiggs — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:06:53 EDT

"Get your chocolate out of my peanut butter!"

"Get your - hey, we're identical!"

blastitbiggs

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EDogII — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:43:39 EDT

Sucks as a GM, but okay as an analyst. I like his hair

EDogII

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Sauerball — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:36:51 EDT

The secretary in Port St. Lucie heartily approves.

Sauerball

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Swolestice — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:15:43 EDT

Bobby Valentine on Baseball Tonight > Steve Phillips on Baseball Tonight

Swolestice

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LilJerrySeinfeld — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:43 EDT

This guy sucks...and I am not even saying that as a jaded Mets fan.

LilJerrySeinfeld

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wocka wocka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:00:50 EDT

indifferent. too many assholes around him for him to stick out

wocka wocka

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Philistine — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:59:24 EDT

An excellent sedative. Disapprove.

Philistine

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André Roussimoff — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:58:01 EDT

@RestoretheRoar: agreed - I couldn't approve fast enough

André Roussimoff

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Cooler Than Warm Milk — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:57:41 EDT

Lousy GM, lousy analyst.

Cooler Than Warm Milk

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RRich — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:23:47 EDT

Useless waste of protoplasm. Soylent Green him.

RRich

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metalmaniac — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:11:48 EDT

There's a reason(or 30) that he's a former GM. Disapprove.

metalmaniac

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Jubilation T. Cornpone — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:08:30 EDT

Me no likey.

Jubilation T. Cornpone

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RestoretheRoar — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:38 EDT

Well I approved, for the simple fact that I hate the Mets and he tried to ruin them.

RestoretheRoar

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THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:05 EDT

I still can't believe he didn't spontaneously combust during his anti-Josh Hamilton rant last year.

THEGINOCIMOLICONSPIRACY

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Helmet Touch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:56:11 EDT

26.2% of the voters on this poll get atomic wedgies.

Helmet Touch

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Et Tu, Schrute? — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:44:45 EDT

What's the big deal? Matt Millen has been pretending to be a GM for years.

Et Tu, Schrute?

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dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:44:11 EDT

So A-Rod, Yankees, if you're watching this segment, ("built" by the Home Depot), and if I'm not getting through to you, let's get clear on one thing: I hate your fucking guts.
- Steve Phillips.

dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac

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the earl of weaver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:43:49 EDT

No "INVIZIBUL SUB SANDWICH" comments yet for blue shirt Steve? Wasn't expecting that.

the earl of weaver

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GrinNBarrette — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:42:52 EDT

Phillips has an equally handsome twin brother? Who knew?

GrinNBarrette

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tater — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:41:50 EDT

@Southeast Jerome:
Yeah, and quit saying they traded Kazmir for Carlos Zambrano.

tater

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ghostsoftheSCupcountry — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:41:13 EDT

I'd only approve if he was still running the Mets.

ghostsoftheSCupcountry

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SlickBomb — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:40:03 EDT

Strongly disapprove. How a man who destroys a team with the highest payroll in baseball is considered an expert on anything but incompetence is beyond me.

SlickBomb

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jmjonesjr — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:39:55 EDT

I can't stand him at all. But he made the mets comically inept (considering the payroll) for years. It brought me IMMENSE joy. He gets the chop in approval for that alone.

jmjonesjr

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Yostal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:38:38 EDT

I'm torn. On the one hand, fake press conferences were emblematic of everything that is wrong with ESPN. On the other hand, the man did a great bit back in 2005 where he forced callers on his radio show to defend their proposed trades on how it helped the team that they were attempting to fleece.

I voted no, but it's not a hard no.

Yostal

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apostles03 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:38:08 EDT

During the off season he answers to the name Silas, and corporal mortification is his game.

apostles03

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Southeast Jerome — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:22 EDT

People who've never heard of Steve Phillips are voting (what are you doing on a sports blog?) and people who can't spell Scott Kazmir right are disapproving because of that old trade.

Not saying that means anything for thumbs up or down on Phillips, but for shame for these commenters.

Southeast Jerome

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Gourmet Spud — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:11 EDT

@Suss--:

You just made me vomit in my own mouth.

Gourmet Spud

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TerminatorX1 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:07 EDT

I cannot believe ANYONE, not even Steve Phillips, would vote for Steve Phillips.

Maybe there is an underground tanning culture that he controls, the red faced ignoramus.

TerminatorX1

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Chaunceyshammy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:33:17 EDT

White hair on top of head = OK

White hair in beard / goatee = not OK

Dissaprove

Chaunceyshammy

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:32:26 EDT

@OchentaYcinco: Nice punctuation there, Burgundy.

OchentaYcinco

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:31:55 EDT

I also disapprove of the Mets ever firing him. Because of incompetence?! Come on, look at how much fun Isiah's having?

OchentaYcinco

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Suss-- — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:30:48 EDT

"Yes."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Suss--

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shea_guevara — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:30:12 EDT

@parker91: I'd say Phillips is a smarmy, self-important jackass who doesn't know a fraction of what he thinks he does, whereas M. Donald Grant should burn in hell for trading away Seaver.

shea_guevara

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HebrewHammer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:30:12 EDT

He did make some terrible moves as GM, but he made some pretty damn good trades for Piazza and Leiter. I'm torn!

/scratches head

HebrewHammer

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:28:27 EDT

Once he changes his first name to Stone, I'll approve.

/3rd Rock'ed

Brazil Thrill

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What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:28:22 EDT

@buttons: I know. Seriously, it's like he's invisible. Like a perception filter that causes me to not notice his existence...

What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits

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J-No — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:27:25 EDT

He is a good looking guy. And annoying. No.

J-No

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:52 EDT

Right this minute, Steve Phillips is sexually harassing this poll.

UkraineNotWeak

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buttons — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:34 EDT

Why, oh why isn't there an option for "Meh."

buttons

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HappyFeltonsGloryHole — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:21 EDT

@7-8 Deville:

Imagine this for Phillips.....AAAAAAAGGHHHH!

HappyFeltonsGloryHole

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Send It In, Jerome! — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:01 EDT

@Randall Tex Cobb: Wasn't him. But still.

Steve Phillips, incidentally, could sexually harass a beer tap.

Send It In, Jerome!

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Carlton_Whitfield — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:24:33 EDT

I don't understand. How can Steve Phillips be interviewing himself?!? I must be at the nexus of the universe!

Carlton_Whitfield

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Doyle McPoyle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:24:14 EDT

@BigRicks: That sound you just heard in the distance was Mo and Jeromy Burnitz high-fiving.

Doyle McPoyle

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Weed Against Speed — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:23:46 EDT

Why is Steve Phillips Clone No. 1 doing the robot?

Weed Against Speed

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Secret Identity — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:22:38 EDT

@Randall Tex Cobb:

He didn't trade Kazmir. Jim Duquette did. He also brought in David Wright and Jose Reyes, as well as Kazmir.

Still, he sucks.

Secret Identity

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parker91 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:22:26 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: worse than M. Donald Grant? It's awfully close between the two.

parker91

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DeepFriar — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:21:50 EDT

I know its supposed to be about his television demeanor, but screw him for Rey Ordonez's inability to lay down a bunt
FAIL

DeepFriar

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Civil Negligence — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:21:35 EDT

I approve of all Albinos.

Civil Negligence

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:21:18 EDT

Oh God!!!! Most definitely no.

Tried to kill the Met franchise single handily.

UkraineNotWeak

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tater — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:20:48 EDT

I approve the tie-shirt combo...go with the same color every time.

tater

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MitchKayak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:20:30 EDT

waking up to steve phillips talking to bud selig made me want to overdose on sleeping pills.

FAIL.

MitchKayak

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7-8 Deville — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:20:12 EDT

cloning is a sin, man.

7-8 Deville

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Gourmet Spud — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:20:11 EDT

Look at that goatee. Not a hair out of place.

If that's not responsible journalism, then I am not a journalist.

Gourmet Spud

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shea_guevara — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:20:07 EDT

@Randall Tex Cobb: He was gone by the time Kazmir was traded. But he made a multitude of deals (and put the kibosh on others) that were just as idiotic.

shea_guevara

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Summer-of-George — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:55 EDT

Did you know Steve Phillips was once the GM of the Mets?

I'm shocked that the fucker can still work that into every Baseball Tonight.

I rather vote Bush.

Summer-of-George

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muggsybogues — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:54 EDT

@BigRicks: So does Roberto Alomar's, Armando Benitez's, and, well, Roger Cedeno, too.

/team to beat

muggsybogues

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Master of Karate and Friendship — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:26 EDT

To the 20 who voted approve: I know where you live.

Master of Karate and Friendship

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GorgeForeman — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:14 EDT

Yellow-haired, logic-challenged horndog whose multiplatform ubiquitousness becomes genuinely alarming by about the second week of April. Disapprove.

GorgeForeman

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BigRicks — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:18:44 EDT

Mo Vaughn's Wallet approves

BigRicks

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The Fan’s Attic — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:18:27 EDT

Survey says....DISAPPROVE!

/Richard Dawson

The Fan’s Attic

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Da_Mang — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:18:06 EDT

@Laser Guided: You chose.......poorly.

Da_Mang

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Doyle McPoyle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:17:58 EDT

In the memorable words of one Ike Clanton: "I hope you die."

Doyle McPoyle

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Randall Tex Cobb — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:17:32 EDT

Always brings up when the Mets won the pennant. Never discusses trading Scott Kasmir.

Disapprove.

Randall Tex Cobb

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:17:12 EDT

Will, if you're going to use that picture, we should really get to disapprove twice.

OchentaYcinco

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Herbies_Wingman — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:17:08 EDT

I disapprove of Steve Phillips...especially at 6am

Herbies_Wingman

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What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:16:54 EDT

He sits there. He talks. For some reason, I don't hear what he says.

Disapprove.

What Would Kornheiser Do? Presented by Larsen's Biscuits

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JackElliotsMustache — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:16:32 EDT

I find myself not caring...yet voting anyways

JackElliotsMustache

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VTBen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:15:57 EDT

He's not a GM but he plays one on TV.

VTBen

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Roy Hobbs — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:15:40 EDT

DO NOT WANT

Roy Hobbs

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Laser Guided — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:15:34 EDT

I approved because I have never heard of him, and I am a gambler.

Laser Guided