As suspected, Brett Myers' eye was injured in a bar fight, Randy Miller of the Bucks County Courier Times reported today. Somehow the story didn't get much traction from the rest of the Philly beat writers. First, young Brett said he was hurt playing with his son Kolt. Then he said he was injured falling in his car. There were reports of a fight, but police and sources said Myers was not involved.
Here's the latest story - which Charlie Manuel could have shot down but did not:
The real story, according to team sources, is that Myers was punched in the face Friday night during an altercation in or outside of Shannon's Irish Pub in Jacksonville, Fla., his hometown.
Myers, who has been rehabbing from hip surgery in Clearwater, Fla., drove four hours Friday to Jacksonville to see his family and ended up watching a band at Shannon's. There was a fight there that night and Myers was in the restaurant/bar with his wife, but the couple was only involved in a verbal dispute, according to a police report.
Manuel suspects there is more to Myers' latest story.
"He's a grown man; I'd like to see him be a professional," the manager said. "At the same time, there's not a whole lot I can do when he's down in rehabbing and getting ready to pitch. When he's (in Philadelphia), my concern becomes greater. I don't want him to get in trouble."
C'mon Brett: Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
In less police blotter pitching news: Pedro dubbed himself and Jaime Moyer "two old goats" after they defeated the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. J-Moy still isn't happy about being in the bullpen. {Maybe he's just disappointed that he didn't get to be on The Pen.} ... Buchholz is in the midst of three tough matchups - Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay. Combined, the trio is 50-18 with a 3.17 ERA. Clay has held his own - four earned runs in 19 innings.
He was 0-2 in these matchups, but picked up a win tonight. He outpitched Doc, and the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 6-1.
I found out last minute that the Red Sox were on ESPN tonight. I was looking forward to watching Lee pitch, but Christine and I wound up watching our teams in different rooms. I missed another Cliff Lee beaut. He tossed his second complete game for the Phillies, giving up an unearned run on two hits with 11 strikeouts in the 8-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Halladay gave up five runs, four of them earned, in five innings tonight. Ruben Amaro Jr. should be fired for not getting him at the deadline.
Tacos: I made tacos for dinner tonight. I mention only because there's a new fan club in Philly: Bako's Tacos.
2 comments:
General Lee was outstanding against the D-Backs. I'm just hoping that his success so far isn't simply that the national league hitters haven't faced him yet. We'll see how effective he is once other team's lineups have faced him a few times. I have an inkling that even then he'll still be one of the best.
And hats off to Moyer for the fine job he did in his first appearance out of the pen.
Bucholz "was" a Phillie. It's great to see him doing well as a Sock.
Well, he can't keep pitching at this level forever, but I'm sure his numbers will still be pretty at year's end.
I can't wait for the Beckett/Lee World Series matchup.
And, I'm sure both of our teams are glad that this year's Clay Buchholz for Lou Marson trade rumors never happened this year.
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