Ex-Phils Coach Steve Smith On Amazing Race

Have you been wondering what former Phillies third-base coach Steve Smith has been doing? Wonder no more. Smith and his daughter Allison will be contestants on the new season of the CBS show "The Amazing Race." Smith joined the Phils in 2007 and was let go by the team just six days after the Phils won the 2008 World Series. He was hired by the Cleveland Indians this past November to be part of new manager Manny Acta's staff.

Smith wasn't really a favorite with the fans. There were a number of times during his two years as third-base coach, particularly early on, where baserunners either were thrown out at home when they shouldn't have tried to score or were held at third when it seemed they could have scored easily. There were reports at the time of Smith's firing that manager Charlie Manuel wasn't happy with him, in part because of on-field incidents that caused Smith to be suspended twice by Major League Baseball in 2008.

In case you haven't seen the show, on "The Amazing Race" teams of two, usually related or best friends or otherwise connected, travel to exotic locales around the world and complete a series of tasks, with the winning team receiving a $1 million prize. The new season, it's 16th, debuts Sunday, February 14.