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ISUMatt
October 14th, 2006, 10:24 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2625500

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 game. He has been replaced for the remainder of the series by Los Angeles Angels announcer Jose Mota...
AppGuy04
October 14th, 2006, 10:30 PM
What did he say, I must have missed it
ISUMatt
October 14th, 2006, 10:33 PM
Apparently he said something like Habling espanol making jokes about that and said something along the lines that Pinella took his wallet in reference to pinella being Hispanic...Lou seemed awefully pissed and made sure Lyons ass was out the door
AppGuy04
October 14th, 2006, 10:35 PM
Open mouth, insert foot
bobcatfan06
October 15th, 2006, 04:09 AM
Pinella shouldn't even be broadcasting anyway. He's a bumbling idiot.