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Postseason Preview Week
I still don’t understand why Joe West reviewed a non-home run call on instant replay, especially when Charlie Manuel never asked him to review it. (West said Manuel did, but Manuel did not speak with West until after he reviewed the play so that seems impossible — unless telepathy was involved.) I’ve got to think something will happen to West, some sort of disciplinary action, although I doubt we’ll hear about it. But I will bet the final score stands because MLB does not have a history of overturning rulings in protested games.
I also don’t understand why fans insist on reaching onto the field of play to catch baseballs. I know, it’s instinct, yadda, yadda, yadda. I say have some self awareness. Hey, I’m in the first or second row, if a ball comes my way I’m not going to do anything that might make me the next Steve Bartman or cost my team a victory. (The fans offer their sides of the story here. “Get over it,” one said.)
But, as Cliff Lee would say, whatever.
That’s yesterday.
Today the Phillies begin a stretch of seven consecutive games against two teams they could face in the postseason. They open a three-game series tonight against the Braves at Citizens Bank Park before flying to Milwaukee to play the Brewers in a four-game series at Miller Park. If the postseason started today the Phillies would be playing Arizona in the NLDS, while Atlanta would be playing Milwaukee. If those seeds held in the first round the Phillies would be playing either Atlanta or Milwaukee for the NL pennant.
So there’s certainly plenty of intrigue this week.
To recap:
- Joe West: Huh?
- Interferring fans: Really, dude?
- This week’s games: Oooooh.
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Victorino Files Complaint
Shane Victorino never felt the beer or the cup hit him as he made the catch.
A Cubs fan threw a full beer on Victorino as he made a catch at the left-center field wall in the fifth inning last night in 12-5 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Victorino only realized what happened after the fact.
“I didn’t even know it was happening,” Victorino said. “It didn’t affect me at all.”
Victorino said he does not want to press charges, but he said would file a complaint with Chicago police. He has since filed that complaint. The Cubs also filed a complaint with the fan.
The fan could be charged with assault.
“We’ll look for him, and we’ll hand it over to police,” Victorino said. “If I file a complaint, they’ll at least go get the guy. If I press charges, he gets arrested. He’s probably at home laughing right now watching all these replays, ‘Ah, they got the wrong guy. I got away with it.’”
Cubs security pulled the wrong fan from the stands because he appeared to pointing at Victorino after it happened.
“We’re going to get the right guy,” Victorino said.
Victorino later said on the field, “I hope he gets to understanding that you can’t do stuff like that. If it happens on the streets, I don’t think he’d be walking too far with something like that happening in the streets. It’s just not something that you do. The big picture is this guy should be held accountable.”
Update (7 p.m.): Chicago police said a man believed to have dumped the beer on Victorino has turned himself in. Chicago police detectives entered the Phillies clubhouse following the team’s 6-1 victory over the Cubs. Victorino declined comment.
Update (10 p.m.): We’ve got a name!
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Photo courtesy of Chicago Sun-Times.
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Romero Involved in Incident with Rays Fan
A man tells The St. Petersburg Times that J.C. Romero assaulted him Thursday night after he made a comment to him about steroids.
Robert Eaton told the Times that Romero grabbed him by the neck and pushed him following Thursday night’s game between the Phillies and Rays at Tropicana Field.
“We are disappointed to learn about the alleged incident with a Rays fan and one of our players following Thursday night’s game at Tropicana Field,” the Phillies said today in a statement. “We are in the process of gathering all of the details surrounding the situation. Until such information is provided, it would be inappropriate for us to comment at this time.”
Eaton told the newspaper that he was attempting to get autographs from Phillies players. Once a few Phillies players declined, Eaton said he said something like, “How about you get me some juice?” to Romero.
Romero just finished serving a 50-game suspension for violating the league’s policy against performance enhancing substances.
Eaton said Romero told him to “shut the f— up” and that he didn’t know what he was talking about
“He reared back and kinda grazed my chin and grabbed me by the neck and threw me back,” Eaton told the Times. “I was in shock.”
Eaton has hired a lawyer.
“I don’t feel what I said was wrong,” Eaton said. “I feel if you cheat the game you’re going to hear it from people. He brought that on himself. I just can’t believe that a professional athlete would cross the line.”
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