He's too good of an announcer not to be working regularly somewhere, though.

DmL:hopes that this doesn't have to turn into another "I hate that egotistical prick thread"

Farmer: "Swing and a long one"
Farmer: "Three run blast here and we're within a salm" (He actually said this last year when they were down something like 18-11)

Steve Stone is a good anaylst.  Maybe not being able to see himself on TV amy lessen the EGO.  Doubt it though.

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2007/Stone-in-Exile/

When Piniella and Sinatro joined Santo and Hendry, who had arrived first, they began to talk about the team and the batting order (Soriano at lead off or fifth, etc.), and then moved on to telling stories. They got around to Stone, and Santo and to a lesser extent Hendry told how Stone imploded at the end of 2004. Santo was the main story teller, but Hendry would confirm certain aspects, as Piniella and Sinatro had never heard the story. The thrust of the story was that if Stone would "be a man" and go down to Baker's office and apologize, he'd still be working with the Cubs today. Stone refused. An apology was demanded and expected because Stone called out the players and Baker on the air rather than say it to their faces, and when given the opportunity to talk face to face alone with them about it, he also refused to do that. So, either talk face to face about the team shortcomings Stone perceived or simply apologize for not criticizing them first to their faces. All involved at that time (2004) agreed Stone needed to do that. Piniella also thought so when he heard the story.

Well, we all know how that turned out. Suffice to say, Stone was hard enough for all of them to get along with anyway, and with this, it was the last straw. As long as Hendry, Santo, and whoever is left in the front office now who was there in 2004 is around, Stone will NEVER be a regular in the Cubs booth on radio or TV.

One more thing as it relates to oomments made about Santo's intelligence. Granted, the guy is an awkward speaker and he seems not to be tuned in a lot of the times. Sometimes that's probably true. However, in the few conversations I've had with him, he's very perceptive and observes and takes in more than people realize. Often, I think, what he sees just doesn't matter to him as he's decided at this stage of his life to focus in on what is important to him. Sometimes, a trivial baseball matter means more to him than something with more import because he realizes he doesn't have much time left, and he just wants to talk about what interests him or makes him happy, even if it often is himself. When he wants to, he can articulate any point he wants very well. To his detriment many times, he just chooses not to do so.