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Nope not alone at all. He was the worst starting pitcher in all of the majors last year and still ended up with 10 Wins. I watched this interview 2 or 3 times to make sure I heard what he said and how he said it correctly and each time it pissed me off more and more. He clearly wasn’t joking around in any way when he said it, instead he sounded and looked bitter that the offense wasn’t supporting him as much as others. He just got an ovation from the fans, his team is looking to continue their dominance and they just put 2 runners in scoring position with no outs – he should be thrilled. Instead, he came off as a selfish prick who only seems to care about his own run support. Totally inappropriate.

eh, lame joke attempt that didn’t fly so well and he comes off arrogant…
At most it deserves a behind doors apology to his teammates. At least…forget about it.

Yea, as a fan it pissed me off because he didn’t appear to be joking and he has no reason to say it. But on the other hand, his teammates know him best and maybe they understand this is his type of humor and they take it with a grain of salt. If not, and there’s some pissed off people on the offense, its in his/our best interests if he makes that behind doors apology.

He said it with a big grin. He was joking. The Phillies seem like the kind of team to have a sense of humor. Myers with that prank on Kendrick was way worse than this. haha

eh, i think that was pretty harmless. pure gallows humor.

I think you are letting your dislike of Eaton show. He’s done a good job this year. I thought he was just busting on his teammates and enjoying the moment.

That’s all it is really, everyone is an Eaton hater. They can’t get last years season out of their minds. He was hurt last year, but this year Eaton’s leading the team in quality starts. Not saying he’s our ace or anything, but in all honesty, he’s our 2nd or 3rd best starter right now. That’s actually really sad and it shows how much we need to get another 1 or 2 pitcher.

Here’s a link that I just saw that writes about the Phillies signing of Larry Bowa… thought I would share

http://www.cardboardgods.com/LarryBowa-1975.html

I thought it was hilarious. Here is a guy that is leading the team in quality starts this year, and walked into the game with a 1-3 record and still was routinely crucified by the fans and media.

Last year when he was terrible, he never ran from the press or camera and took full responsibilty for his failings. He made a joke, when he had the lead and was already in line for a win.

Not a big deal at all, and in fact I think it shows the looseness of the clubhouse, and the comfort Eaton has with the guys in the clubhouse. Let’s not be Mets fans and look for subtext in everything. Let’s enjoy this good run that the team and Eaton is on, and hope it continues.

Eh, I’m not too worried about it – no biggie.

Not a big deal.

Heres my big thing though: its ok to be critical as I am, even harsh at times, during the season and stuff. But once the playoff rosters are set and the playoffs begin, I really dont like to get all negative until after its all over win or lose. Thats really annoying. It annoyed me when people got that way with the flyers. If you listened to some of those people, they said theyd lose like every game. thats so annoying and childish.

once the playoffs start ill be behind them completely because i know that the players are who they are and theres nothing that can be done. regardless of all the shortcomings they have, of which there are certantly some holes to fill here, once they get there then i expect them to win and will approach the situation as such.

Not a big deal to me, but I hate the in game interview in general. How many times this year has Tom McCarthy been interviewing some random doofus or giving a report when something big happens in the game. Then he steps all over it and Harry is left to either give a late call or describe what already was described.

It’s a disgrace what the organization is doing to Harry. Look at other broadcasts like I do every night on the extra innings package and you’ll get a better sense of how poorly he is treated.

I thought McCarthey thanked Eaton for doing the interview when I heard it. Then Eaton said what he said…I guess I should stop doing dishes during the late innings.

I’m the reason that Adam Eaton’s win-loss record sucks.

As much as I appreciate the sackriders on this thread wanting to give me the Cy Young for a 4.63 era, you don’t have to cheer me up. I was paid $265,000 to pitch last nights game.