Steve Phillips Is A Big Fucking Idiot, Part I

On the 10/01/06 edition of Baseball Tonight:

Steve Phillips, regarding possible (probable) AL Rookie of the Year, P Justin Verlander:

"He's a rookie because the age and numbers say he is, but the way he pitches he's not a rookie."

Huh. I thought Verlander was a rookie...cuz this was his first year.