May 12, 200619 yr I wish i could find a clip of this..... SAN DIEGO - Rick Sutcliffe, a Cy Young award winner and ESPN baseball analyst, gave a rambling, slurred interview during the local television broadcast of the Brewers-Padres game Wednesday night. Sutcliffe's microphone eventually was cut off. Craig Nichols, general manager of Channel 4 San Diego, on Thursday described the interview as embarrassing. It was the second time in three weeks that comments during a broadcast at Petco Park drew attention. On April 22, Former Mets and Cardinals All-Star Keith Hernandez, now a broadcaster for New York, said that women ``don't belong in the dugout'' after spotting Padres massage therapist Kelly Calabrese high-fiving Mike Piazza after he hit a home run. Sutcliffe, who used to broadcast Padres games for Channel 4 San Diego, dropped by the broadcast booth late in Wednesday night's game and was warmly welcomed by announcers Matt Vasgersian and Mark ``Mud'' Grant, a former big league pitcher. The trio first talked about golf and actor Bill Murray, who was with Sutcliffe at the game. The conversation turned to Sutcliffe's daughter, who, the pitcher said, has been accepted to Harvard Medical School. That's when Sutcliffe began to meander. ``She's on her way to Africa tomorrow,'' Sutcliffe said. ``How about that? Over there on one of those missions, man. George Clooney - you been reading about all that, you been seeing that?'' To which Vasgersian responded with surprise: ``George Clooney?'' ``Yeah, he's up there with the Congress, he's trying to get everybody to go over there and solve that thing.'' Sutcliffe then said: ``I'm getting yelled at from Bill Murray in the back. I need to go. I'd much rather hang with you guys.'' Grant thanked Sutcliffe for joining them. ``Mud, you're the best, man,'' Sutcliffe replied. ``Anybody on Earth that doesn't like Mark Grant, they've got problems.'' Sutcliffe then asked Vasgersian, ``Matty, what are you still doing here in San Diego?'' Vasgersian tried to steer the conversation to baseball, but Sutcliffe persisted. ``No, no, no, Matty - everybody on Earth has been trying to steal you - the Dodgers, the Cubs, ESPN. What are you still doing here?'' Sutcliffe's microphone apparently was cut off then, because a voice in the background can be heard saying: ``They turned it off.'' Sutcliffe couldn't be reached for comment on Thursday. ESPN executives declined comment, spokeswoman Diane Lamb said. Nichols said Sutcliffe ``used remarkably poor judgment. I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed for the Channel 4 team, and I'm embarrassed for the viewers. They're trying to watch the latest win. This is all I'm talking about today. The focus should have been on that win.'' Nichols said the station received dozens of e-mails and phone calls about the interview. Based on Sutcliffe's background, ``under any other circumstance, I think any other broadcast booth in the world would have invited him in,'' Nichols said. ``He started talking about things that weren't of interest. It wasn't what we wanted on the air.'' After Wednesday night's game, Sutcliffe and Murray visited the Padres' clubhouse. When Sutcliffe introduced Murray to infielder Mark Bellhorn, who was seated, the actor hugged the infielder tightly and the two tumbled onto the ground. ``You were a Cub!'' Murray said. Sutcliffe won the NL Rookie of the Year in 1979 with the Dodgers and the Cy Young in 1984, the year his Cubs lost to the Padres in the NL championship series
May 12, 200619 yr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MT0JTwBehA heres a link to it on you tube. I think mentions something about George Clooney in Africa with Communists or something.
May 12, 200619 yr QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Was he drunk or sick or something to make him nanner on like that? He was drunk.
May 12, 200619 yr QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Was he drunk or sick or something to make him nanner on like that? That would be a nasty ailment to cause you to act like a fool on national television. he was certainly way too drinky.
May 12, 200619 yr I didn't know if he was a diabetic. When they have really high blood sugar episodes, it's often mistaken for being drunk. That was the only thing besides drink/drugs that I could think of that would make him look that bad. Edited May 12, 200619 yr by Queen Prawn
May 12, 200619 yr QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:55 AM) I didn't know if he was a diabetic. When they have really high blood sugar episodes, it's often mistaken for being drunk. That was the only thing besides drink/drugs that I could think of that would make him look that bad. He issued an apology today that basically said that he was drunk and used poor judgement by accepting the invitation into the booth.
May 12, 200619 yr Yeah, he sounded more high than drunk. He must have been REALLY drunk if it was alcohol that caused that.
May 12, 200619 yr QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 12, 2006 -> 04:03 PM) haha, wasted on tv. thats great Namath was better. I was rolling on the floor laughing my ass off after that one.
May 13, 200619 yr Hanging around all day with Bill Murray doesn't affect blood sugar levels, but it CAN affect blood alcohol levels.
May 13, 200619 yr in like the first 15 seconds it looks like there's a head that is crossing the video, what is that?
May 13, 200619 yr QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 13, 2006 -> 02:40 AM) in like the first 15 seconds it looks like there's a head that is crossing the video, what is that? that was sutcliffe's sobriety falling out of the booth.
May 13, 200619 yr It was painfully clear 10 seconds into him opening his mouth that he was somehow impaired. WTF took them so long to pull the plug on the guy?? Sure Suttlciffe was drunk, but it's the guy in the truck's fault for letting it go on for so long. By the way, he sounds like Chong with all the "yeah maaan, you're the best maaaan".
May 13, 200619 yr QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 13, 2006 -> 10:55 AM) It was painfully clear 10 seconds into him opening his mouth that he was somehow impaired. WTF took them so long to pull the plug on the guy?? Sure Suttlciffe was drunk, but it's the guy in the truck's fault for letting it go on for so long. By the way, he sounds like Chong with all the "yeah maaan, you're the best maaaan". Thats probably cuz he is sooooooo f***ing high!
May 14, 200619 yr That mofo is blitzed as hell. No way that's just being high, and there's no way he's just drunk.
May 14, 200619 yr QUOTE(witesoxfan @ May 14, 2006 -> 12:07 AM) That mofo is blitzed as hell. No way that's just being high, and there's no way he's just drunk. Drunk is enough for some. Or 90% drunk, 10% idiot. Wow, he's gone.
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