Stephen A. Smith, as anyone with a TV can tell you, is everywhere on ESPN and recently he’s had a number of bad mistakes that have made many wonder if that’s a good thing for the sports network.
There was that time last fall where he totally botched a Chargers-Chiefs preview. And then the time he called former Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins “is more of a runner than a thrower, I could be wrong about that.”
Well, he had another bad mistake Tuesday when talking to ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan. Stephen A. asked if Mike Trout’s huge new deal would put pressure on Angels manager Mike Scioscia to win now or perhaps lose his job in the future.
Scioscia, however, is no longer the team’s manager as he stepped down after last season. Here’s the awkward exchange:
Here’s the transcript of it:
Smith: Having said all of that, we look at other individuals, a Mike Scioscia for example, entering his 19th season as the manager for this ballclub. Does a contract like Mike Trout apply more pressure to somebody like him to turn things around or else (Angels owner Arte) Morenos is going to move in a different direction?
Passan: Well Scioscia is gone, actually. Brad Ausmus is the manager of the angels now.
Smith: Oh my god, I’m sorry. I totally forgot about that. I can’t believe I forgot about that because Mike Scioscia is one of my favorite guys.
Passan did a great job of correcting him but man, that was really tough to watch.
But we agree with this take:
