Mike Schmidt, the Phillies’ Hall of Fame third baseman and current team broadcaster, did an interview on WIP this morning in which he said some monumentally stupid things.
It started when Angelo Cataldi brought up Odubel Herrera, and mentioned that Herrera isn’t the kind of player Schmidt was. Schmidt’s response?
“Almost exact opposite.”
Cataldi then asked if a player like Odubel is a guy you can build a team around. And here’s where things get bad.
“My honest answer to that would be no because of a couple of things,.