Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports reports that Brett Myers finally did something publicly inappropriate that we all secretly (and not-so-secretly) agreed with.
(Myers, left, finally does the right thing)
After last night’s Phillies win, Brown notes:
As Myers walked past (Cole) Hamels near Hamels’ locker he said, mocking, “What are you doing here? I thought you quit.”
Myers of course was referencing Hamels’ post-Game 4 quote in which he said he wanted the season to end. (”I can’t wait for it to end.“)
Thank you Brett.
Brown reports that some of Myers’ teammates were “disturbed” by his comments and Charlie Manuel put on a frown for the media when asked about it. But if you’ve ever been in a real major league clubhouse, as I was throughout my main media career, you know there are plenty of players who loved what Myers did.
Hamels’ has a track record of saying and doing stupid things, and his comment after he threw away the Phils’ Game 4 lead said it all about his commit to the team. That is, that he has none. That it’s all about him.
Other thing is, I’ll bet the vast majority of Phillies fans loved Myers comment. Embraced it. He probably won more points with that remark than he has his entire career in Philadelphia.
And Hamels now says he wants the ball for Game 7. If you were Manuel, would you dream of doing that?
11:04 am on November 3rd, 2009
Guy just had a baby, probably wants to spend time with his family. He was just being honest, give it a rest.
11:18 am on November 3rd, 2009
Stupid comment about a train wreck of a year, but mis-interpreted and overplayed. I sure wouldn’t put a ball in his hand in Game 7 (or most of the Phillies bullpen, now that I think of it……) I wonder if Cliff Lee can pitch two more complete games?
11:22 am on November 3rd, 2009
Brett Myers is a wife-beating scumbag. F. him.
11:33 am on November 3rd, 2009
I’m not sure why we’re getting on Hamels for this. Dude had a really bad game, has had a rough post-season, and was frustrated. I disagree that it says anything about his commitment to the team or winning. Nobody questioned his commitment to the team when he was winning MVP last year around this time. Zip it up!
2:58 pm on November 3rd, 2009
Hammels needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. Philadelphia fans love a player how tells it like it is, but there is a time and a place for it. And the time and the place is after the season and in the privacy of your own home with your wife.
For God’s sake, there are potentially four freaking days left in the season. You couldn’t tough it out until then???