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Is Steve Stone A Tool?

I used to like Stone for his thoughts and analysis but now I just think he is too full of himself.  I'm sure he would have agreed to be pulled from a no hitter when he was a pitcher.  Here are some comments from his appearance on the Mike North show:

Looks like ESPN analyst and former Mets GM Steve Phillips wasn't the only one who didn't think Lou Piniella should have let Carlos Zambrano finish that no-hitter on Sept. 14.

As Elliott Harris pointed out in today's Quick Hits, Sox analyst Steve Stone was on Mike North's Web show and echoed Phillips' sentiments.

They weren't the only ones who thought that because Zambrano was coming off a missed start due to rotator cuff tendinitis, Piniella should have limited his pitch count. Zambrano threw 110 pitches in the no-hitter.

''I don't agree with allowing Zambrano to throw 110 pitches,'' Stone said Tuesday on ''The Mike North Webio Show'' on wildfirerestaurant.com. ''I don't care if it's a no-hitter. The only job that Lou Piniella has to do, and still has to do, is make sure his pitchers are ready.

''I would have pulled him in the sixth. A manager is paid for some very tough decisions and no-hitters are delightful. You can always say you have a no-hitter.

''He is becoming Sammy [Sosa] Jr. They are creating another monster on the North Side.

''This is a really talented guy, but so was Sosa. But the point is, if you remain completely complicit, in guys you know in taking more and more, eventually the tail cannot wag the dog.''

 

What are your thoughts on the Cubs Ex-Analyst?

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