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So can someone explain to me what qualifications Steve Phillips has to be an ESPN contributor? Yes he worked for a major league organization, but he was fired for incompetence, and not hired by anyone else.

It certainly isn't for his analytic or writing talent. Have a look at his latest if you haven't already, although you need an Insider password to read the whole embarassing thing.

He actually takes something that I would consider to be an interesting idea, and makes you question it all along the way. In his draft of all players, he smartly takes A-Rod, Pujols, Tejada, Santana 1 through 4.

But Pedro #5? Chipper Jones #9? Over Carlos Beltran (20)?
He'd pick a closer (Lidge, Gagne) over players like Beltran and Ichiro?
I really can't rationally discuss this, so thought I would point it out for other people to shake their head as they read through it.