FanHouse Steve Phillips

ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips Sunday after learning of his affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley (who was fired a day later).

Phillips, who had a history of infidelity dating back to his days as the Mets general manager in the late 1990s, has now entered sex addiction rehab treatment facility, according to his agent.

Steve Lefkowitz, who represents Phillips, told the New York Daily News that "This was planned in advance. It has nothing to do with him getting fired. He's trying to save his marriage."

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In less than a week, the news of the Steve Phillips-Brooke Hundley affair broke, ESPN issued a public statement on the matter, and today both Phillips and Hundley no longer work at the World Wide Leader.

Via the Associated Press: "An ESPN spokesman says the production assistant whose affair with Steve Phillips led to the baseball analyst's firing is no longer with the sports network.

Spokesman Mike Soltys said Monday that Brooke Hundley doesn't work at ESPN anymore. He declined to say whether she quit or was fired. Hundley did not immediately return a phone message Monday."

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On Wednesday word broke that ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips had an affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley. ESPN addressed the allegations later that day, and Phillips took "an extended leave of absence." And Sunday night Phillips is out at the World Wide Leader.

Via ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz's Twitter feed:

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Wednesday, after the fervor surrounding the Steve Phillips-Brooke Hundley incident died down, and after everybody weighed in on the matter, and after ESPN finally commented on the situation, Deadspin ended the day with a final, vitriolic post about the sexual conduct of ESPN employees.

Editor's Note: Clay Travis, a senior writer at FanHouse, was employed at Deadspin as an associate editor and writer from July 2008 to December of '08.

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Earlier Wednesday Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio went to war with ESPN in retaliation for stonewalling from inside Bristol about the Steve Phillips affair. In a post that went up at noon ET, Daulerio unloaded on ESPN for denying any impropriety on Phillips's behalf when he asked them about it in September.

When it comes to the personal lives of public figures, we're not supposed to be too judgmental. So I'll try to ignore Steve Phillips' morals, his taste in women and the big birthmark on his crotch.

I do wonder how ESPN can let Phillips and his crotch back on the air. Then again, if ESPN canned every employee who acted like Phillips, SportsCenter would be hosted by a janitor and Beano Cook.

At least that's the perception after Wednesday's news that Phillips had an affair with a production assistant. The New York Post reported Phillips got a one-week suspension, which makes you wonder what Harold Reynolds did to get fired for his alleged indiscretions three years ago.

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Earlier today, we mentioned that Steve Phillips had been reportedly suspended by ESPN following the revelation of his (now no longer alleged) affair with a 22-year-old staff member named Brooke Hundley.

The affair become a public matter when Phillips called police because of concerns that Hundley, based on her previous statements, might harm his family (you can read about them here). ESPN, somewhat surprisingly, issued a statement from Phillips, and one of their own, on SportsCenter around 2:40 PM ET Wednesday.

Phillips first:

ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips, embroiled in an affair with Brooke Hundley, has reportedly been suspended for a week by the network based on the public turn the affair has taken, including potential threats to Phillips' wife, Marni Phillips.

Hundley is a 22-year-old production assistant with ESPN. According to the NY Post, she went off the deep end after the announcer dumped her, Phillips was forced to involve police in the situation, and the media caught wind of the news shortly thereafter.

So Steve Phillips has done two games in the booth for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, and I think he deserves a big round of applause from baseball fans everywhere. It's not easy to make Joe Morgan sound smart and Phillips has been doing it with ease since joining him and Jon Miller. Congratulations, Steve.

Of course, when not making Morgan look good, it seems that Phillips has spent the rest of his time backpedaling. You may remember that back in March Phillips said Cubs manager Lou Piniella did a bad job of handling Kosuke Fukudome last season, and that Piniella took exception to Phillips' comments. Well, like any good analyst would do, Phillips apologized to Piniella for having an opinion on Sunday before the Cubs took on the Brewers in Milwaukee.

ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast will kick off its 20th season on the air in 10 days when it opens the regular season on the night of April 5 in Philadelphia with the world champion Phillies hosting the Atlanta Braves.

Play-by-play announcer Jon Miller and color commentator Joe Morgan have been fixtures in the booth for all 20 seasons, but the big change to the broadcast this season is that for the first time they will have company. Former Mets general manager Steve Phillips will join Miller and Morgan this season.

The crew talked to the media in a conference call Thursday afternoon, and FanHouse was listening in. The highlights are after the jump.