Rosa Rodriguez said nothing about the seamy sex scandal that has knocked Phillips off his perch at ESPN and appears to have torpedoed his marriage, but she wasn't shy about getting her picture taken.
"Just make sure the photos are good," she said before driving off from her Long Island home.
Phillips was laying low after it was revealed that he had fling with a "delusional" 22-year-old named Brooke Hundley. He claims she cyberstalked his teenage son and bombarded his wife with phone calls and taunting texts.
Phillips would lecture his female workers about the importance of maintaining a wholesome image while he cultivated a family man facade in six years with the Mets.
But in 1998, Phillips suddenly took a paid leave after learning that a former Mets employee who worked at the team's Florida offices was planning to sue him and the team for sexual harassment.
When Phillips returned to work, he admitted to having a "brief, consensual relationship" with the woman and having "consensual sexual relationships" with other women during his marriage.
One of them was Rodriguez.
Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine ripped Phillips for his off-the-field dalliances before Phillips left the Mets in 2003.
In a strange twist, Valentine will be doing some of the baseball analysis for Phillips, who took a leave of absence to deal with his latest domestic crisis.
Phillips' wife, Marni Phillips, filed for divorce after coming home and finding Hundley on her doorstep and a letter detailing her affair with her husband.
In a police report, Steve Phillips said he feared Hundley, a low-level ESPN worker, might harm his family. He said she "clearly displayed erratic behavior and delusional tendencies." He also admitted to "three sexual encounters" with her.
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