Steve Lyons is hablaing ‘Unemployment’

Fox Baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been relieved of duty sh*tcanned for his allegedly racially insensitive remarks during last night’s A’s – Tigers game. 

In the second inning of Friday’s game between Detroit and Oakland, Piniella talked about the success light-hitting A’s infielder Marco Scutaro had in the first round of the playoffs. Piniella said that slugger Frank Thomas and Eric Chavez needed to contribute, comparing Scutaro’s production to finding a “wallet on Friday” and hoping it happened again the next week.

Later, Piniella said the A’s needed Thomas to get “en fuego” — hot in Spanish — because he was currently “frio” — or cold. After Brennaman praised Piniella for being bilingual, Lyons spoke up.

Lyons said that Piniella was “hablaing Espanol” — butchering the conjugation for the word “to speak” — and added, “I still can’t find my wallet.”

“I don’t understand him, and I don’t want to sit too close to him now,” Lyons continued.

I don’t know what Lyons was trying to say but whatever he meant has gotten him a pink slip.  This isn’t the first time Lyons’ mouth has gotten him in trouble.  In the past he has chided Jewish baseball player Shawn Green about not playing on a Jewish holidy.  He has also made fun of a nearly-blind man on national TV.  So, it’s not like this was a one time thing.  Lyons does seem to have an appropriate nickname though…psycho.