Steve Lyons pulling down his pants after sliding into first base.
The guy parlayed that into a pretty sweet gig being a color / studio guy for Fox Baseball for years. No chance in hell does he get that gig if he isn't known for dropping trow.From his wiki page
Controversial remarks while broadcasting
Lyons has been known to make racially questionable comments on multiple occasions, for example implying that it was okay if a Japanese journalist's camera was smashed by Hideki Irabu, because as an Asian the journalist must have half a dozen spares.
Lyons maligned outfielder Shawn Green, who is Jewish, for sitting out a game on Yom Kippur in 2004, saying:
“ He’s not even a practicing Jew. He didn’t marry a Jewish girl. And from what I understand, he never had a bar mitzvah, which is unfortunate because he doesn’t get the money. ”
Lyons was suspended briefly without pay after his remarks, and the network apologized for Lyons' comments, though Lyons never made an on-air apology.[1]
In August 2006, while working an Angels-Yankees game, Lyons discussed Italian American Yankees' catcher Sal Fasano, and the fact that he had to shave his moustache to accommodate owner George Steinbrenner's grooming code. Responding to a comment by his fellow Fox sportscaster about how one doesn't want to cross Fasano, Lyons replied:
“ Well, you know Fasano is the type of guy "who knows a guy that knows a guy." ”
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Lyons and fellow sportscaster Thom Brennaman made fun of a 64-year-old New York Mets fan wearing an unusual device over his eyes at a game during Game 2 of the 2006 National League Division Series between the Mets and Dodgers, with Lyons saying:
“ He's got a digital camera stuck to his face. ”
The man turned out to be nearly blind, except for limited peripheral vision in one eye, and this headgear were special glasses (a "JORDY," a magnifying device) that allowed him limited vision with which to see the game. Brennaman later apologized to the man and his family on-air during Game 3 of the series.[3]
During their broadcast of Game 3 of the 2006 American League Championship Series, broadcast colleague Lou Piniella, who is of Spanish descent, made an analogy involving the luck of finding a wallet, and then briefly used a couple of Spanish phrases. Lyons responded by saying that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" -- Spanglish for "speaking Spanish" -- and added,
“ I still can't find my wallet. I don't understand him, and I don't want to sit close to him now. ”
eion Sanders playing in an NFL game AND the NLCS on the same day. What kind of a selfish jagovff does this and moreover, how did he get away with it?Mark Fydrtch's whole routine, is really lunacy in retrospect too. Would a guy get out of the minors today with this schtick?
