Comments on: Let’s Talk About How Much We Hate Steve Stone

By: don

don — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:14:03 +0000

why do you guys bash Steve Stone? He really is very knowledgable about the game and isn’t afraid of speaking his mind. So he doesn’t play politics and says it the way he sees it. Why do you have a problem with that? You say he’s out of line? He may have a big ego, but from what I heard his IQ is 140, so he is smarter than the average dumb’ass jock. Steve is a very intelligent guy, aside from his smugness

By: psychoch

psychoch — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:09:50 +0000

The Friday night Fukudome should have been Stone vs. Lou. Both are douches of the highest order. BK has covered Stone’s douchebaggery in elegant detail, but as for Lou, I have no use for anybody playing the “you can’t comment on my job as manager unless you’ve been a manager yourself” card.

Besides which, putting aside his whining, Stone’s absolutely right about Colvin. He should play everyday, if not here, then in AAA. Sitting him on the bench does nobody any good–not him, nor the team, and that’s the point that Lou’s missed all season.

By: JackB

JackB — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:14:54 +0000

I had thought about writing a post at EoC about Stone, but you’ve pretty much said everything I would have, BK. I also grew up listening to Harry and Steve and I thought Stone was a genius as well. But then he pulled that crybaby crap in 2004 and has had a hard-on for the Cubs ever since. Could the situation have been handled better? Sure, on both sides. I lost a lot of respect for Stone when he told Kerry Wood that he should be selling cars if he couldn’t stay healthy in the big leagues. Wood may have been injury prone, but I never once questioned Wood’s desire to play and when he was healthy, Woody always gave everything he had. He wasn’t some pussy crying over minor injuries, but a guy who endured shoulder and elbow troubles for most of his tenure with the Cubs.

And now we have Stone’s comments on Lou Piniella. While I agree that Colvin needs more playing time, at least more than Xavier Nady, I think Lou has actually done a good job of mixing the outfield up. Unless Colvin can bat more than once per inning, it doesn’t really matter, since he and Byrd are the only ones hitting with any consistency at this point. This was just another chance for Stone to kick the Cubs while they’re down and he’s taking full, gleeful advantage. It’s been six years, fuckstick. Why don’t you concentrate on commenting about the team that actually pays you to do so? He and Harrelson are a match made in dbag heaven.

By: Edelweiss

Edelweiss — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:15:57 +0000

Steve Stone might be a dipshit, but so is Lou Piniella. Have you noticed that the last two times Mike Fontenot came in to pinch hit, he came in from the bullpen instead of the dugout? Could there be any sane reason for a manager to make a position player sit out where he can’t watch the game? According to Lou, there is. Several times this year one of the big guys has come up behind Fontenot, and lifted him off his feet, while he was watching the game. Lou is worried one of them might get hurt, so what does he do? Does he tell them to stop? Oh no, he has a better idea. He makes Fontenot sit in the bullpen, even if it is raining, so the big guys aren’t tempted .
If anyone is wondering why the team is losing, and seems to lack spirit, look to Lou. Does he really think he can abuse the smallest guy in MLB, and not break the team’s spirit? First he benches Fontenot when he is hitting over .300; then he tells him he must earn playing time , but his only opportunities will come against the closers as a pinch hitter, then he is banished from the dugout because of something that was done to him, in which he was not a willing participant.
Now that Colvin is getting his starts, maybe Stone should call Lou out for singling out a player for abuse who did nothing to deserve it.

By: JozyMozy

JozyMozy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:20:09 +0000

Steve Stone is like that dipshit in high school that really, seriously believes that:
a)he’s a complete genius,
b)his ‘dry, snide sense of subtle humor’ (read:jackass) is awesome, and
c)he’s better than you. Way better than you. At everything.

He’s also that guy in your gym class that keeps trying to get everyone to look at his cock.

By: Pat Pieper

Pat Pieper — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:14:48 +0000

Seriously Dude. You don’t miss those “when will you ever pick up the tab” conversations Chip and Stoney had every other day? Hilarious! Beer came out of my nose just typing that.

By: Farewell Preston Gomez

Farewell Preston Gomez — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:12:29 +0000

@Frasier Crane - And by "cigar," you mean, "pole."

By: Frasier Crane

Frasier Crane — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:55:45 +0000

I met Steve Stone in spring training in 1994 & he was just a big cigar smoking self righteous asshole.