Thread: Steve Lyons Fired for Racially Insensitive Comments
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Old 10-14-2006, 05:42 PM   #10
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I'm guessing the wallet line is what got him fired.

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Lyons said that Piniella was "hablaing Espanol" -- butchering the conjugation for the word "to speak" -- and added, "I still can't find my wallet."
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