After viewing that, allow me to share my thoughts on the matter. Steve Stone is an analyst. He makes a very nice living not only serving as color commentator for Chicago White Sox broadcasts, but he also serves as a baseball analyst for Comcast Sports Net and various other media i.e. The Score. We all know Steve Stone's long history and bitter ending of his broadcasting services with the Chicago Cubs. Stone is not too shy about letting people know he has an ego, and at times it has rubbed people the wrong way. Dusty Baker and Kent Merker are living examples of guys who have taken exception to Stone for exactly those reasons.
The crux of the argument that I've had about people who have defended Lou's outburst, seems to stem from them not liking Steve Stone and finding him annoying. Again though, I believe that liking or disliking Steve Stone is irrelevant and here's the reason why. The issue was Stone suggesting that Lou has not played Tyler Colvin enough this season. Now Lou's response wasn't "I disagree, I think I've played him enough", or maintain his "It wouldn't be fair to the other three veteran outfielders" theory. Lou decided to go "Street Cred" on Stone in a major way, even though Fred Mitchell asked Lou a question about Jake Peavy! Lou brought up the fact that Stone hasn't managed, been a coach, or a farm director, and therefore has no right to question Lou's lineup making. I won't get into the slippery slope of whether or not Lou thinks ANYBODY who hasn't done those things has no right to criticize him. All I will ask though is WAS STEVE STONE RIGHT? Lou didn't answer that question during his outburst did he?
Flash forward 72 hours later, and this report crosses the wires. Now Lou thinks Colvin should play more?! Are you kidding me?! After all of Lou's histrionics and strident yelling about who has done more as a manager in baseball. After all of his grandstanding, self-indulgent righteous indignation, and "1800 wins" B.S., Lou does the EXACT THING Stone said he should do?! You have got to be kidding me Lou. That is completely PATHETIC, and you should be ashamed of yourself. What's also disturbing if you are a Cub fan, is that this isn't the first time he's reversed himself after yelling at a member of the media for suggesting something to him either.
So the question now becomes, does Lou have Alzheimer's Disease, or did he realize that Stone might be right? If it's the former, then he needs professional help right away. If it's the latter and if he's concerned with showing any kind of class or accountability, he might want to think about apologizing to Stone, or at the very least admit that Stone might have had the right idea about giving Colvin more playing time.
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