Phillies Nation

Is this Mets Nation or Phillies Nation here? I’m confused!

Whether or not Romero plays for your favorite team should not matter. He admitted that he hit someone. Of course the guy he hit was a duche, but that’s no excuse.

Romero crossed the line and for that and that alone he should be suspended.
My personal take on this is that the loud mouth fan poked a lion with a stick and he got poked in return. Let’s see Mr. Eaton walk into any bar and talk sh*t to any given patron. He will have his hands full! Deep down this gentleman got exactly what he was looking for, trouble. He now goes to a lawyer? Take your beat down like a man. JC Romero is a human being and deserves to be treated accordingly, as do all players and fans. The notion that your ticket purchase includes the right to attack a player personally is nonsense.

GO PHILLIES!!!!

Keith I agree. Players are still people and they have their moments of weakness. But the fans should have more respect for players as people regardless of what you think of them as a player. I dont condone what JC did but at the same time if one of us were being taunted in a bar what do you think the outcome would be?

Romero is a cancer. Hes already been suspended once for either being a dumbass or cheating – depending on how you look at it. He goes out drinking the night before big series. Now he physically assaults a fan. As a pro athlete, you just cant do that no matter what someone says to you. Striking a fan is the cardinal sin of all professional athletics.

Get rid of this d-bag. Escalona is ok. Bastardo will be just as good at that role as Romero when he gets back from the DL

Geoff is out of his mind. Trade the guy because he shoved some big mouth idiot who got in his face? Please. I’m sure Geoff is the 2nd coming of Gandhi, and when people get in his face and talk shit he just meditates but JC Romero and the rest of us are human. Yeah, trade Romero so we can rely on Jack Taschner out of the bullpen. Great idea, genius.

Jason, I totally disagree. First, you cite incidents that are far worse than what Romero allegedly did to Eaton. Second, Eaton was clearly looking for trouble. Eaton said himself that he was yelling expletives and other things at Romero. Plus, Eaton was not harmed – he says he was “embarrassed.” Third, Romero has not been convicted or even charged with any crime. If he is found guilty in a court of law, MLB should suspend him. But only IF he is found guilty. I think Eaton is playing up the incident in hopes of getting some of Romero’s cash.

Riod Rage….Romero is nothing more then an over paid 13 pitch clown who has to deal with this and pay the man for his stupidity ….pushing someone is an assault minor yes but you can’t put your hands on someone………its that simple.

Im not even really a person of faith in the common sense of the word. I really dont hold any mainstream religious views one way or the other. I find those people who wear it on their sleeve are often not who they appear to be anyway. Im not even promoting over faith over another or faith at all. I believe what I do, you believe what you do….

NOW:

Im just saying that no matter how much of a d-bag a fan is you just gotta be a professional and walk away. It may even be ok to talk back to the fan, but dont strike them. Romero is a negative influence on the team, simple as that.

I wish Jimmay would get back on the Juice….he sucks playing clean.

There is a difference between someone “taunting” …. and someone being drunk, cursing at you, and getting in your face ..

I think some of you live in a fantasy world.. or maybe just the cyber-world ..

In the real world.. if you feel that someone has crossed the line.. or you feel like they are a threat to you.. you deal with it. as Romero did…

also.. he PUSHED the guy … I’m pretty sure that does count as controlling his temper, because if he wanted to.. he probably could have knocked the guy out for a few hours
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I would love to hear more of the trade, release comments though.. who should be gone… Rollins, Moyer, Madson, Myers, Romero, Bruntlett, Coste, …who am I fogetting?
You guys (and girls) have quite a list going of players that helped us win the World Series.. but that you don’t want on this team

Phil… i think Romero should get slap on the wrist by the league.. but i dont think we should trade him for the sake of trading him b/c of his actions.

unless of course that trade invloves a top of the rotation pitcher!

I do not believe this event it being blown out of proportion. Compare it to the average Joe in a bar, or in school, at any event and a fool gets in your face. 3 choices as I see it;
1) take matters into your own hands
2) walk away and ignore the jackass or
3) get a witness to this harrassment and call the authorities. This idiot may have been shocked when Romero came at him, imagine his reaction if the authorities – police or event authority pressing harrassment charges and slapping a fine on his dumb ass. There is retribution without having to walk away attempting to ignore this fool or getting yourself in trouble by grabbing at him. Not to mention the humiliation that goes along with being charged with this demeanor.
One of the problems being that this is not urged by either the event managers nor the players union.
Speaking of these types of clashes, who else remembers Roberto Alomar’s spitting incident?
The ump clearly crawled into Robbie’s personal life and he snapped. I say there has to be a way to avoid either just getting back physically or hanging your head in shame -

I never said trade him…I also still can’t believe any of you are sticking up for him. If you worked at the Gap and someone came in there and drunkenly got in your face and taunted you, I guarantee you’d still get fired if you pushed him. The proper thing to do is call security. Romero should have done just that, gotten a security officer. Furthermore, I heard he wasn’t even drunk. This is why I don’t post here anymore. You are all a bunch of homers. If Utley killed somebody out of cold blood I bet you’d all find a way to justify it.

Phil …. all im saying is that Jimmy’s performamce has dropped off and it might be a good idea for him to ask Rauul for some of his juice.

That way we can win another WS title

This is just a classic overreaction by some… and over-defending by others (myself included)

Romero should not have done what he did.. but we weren’t there.. and we don’t know the situation.

a drunk guy got in his face.. and Romero pushed him out of his face..

he didn’t punched him.. and the guy didn’t get hurt or anything…

the player’s association will FLIP out if players aren’t allowed to defend themselves like a normal citizen… it was outside of work.. if he went into the stands or something.. suspend him .. if he was defending himself when he felt he needed to, he should not be suspended

I have mixed feelings…

Romero should have acted more responsibly… I get that, but this Eaton guy (gotta hate this clown… probably a cousin of Adam sent to Philadelphia to heckle our team, a la Happy Gilmore) went out of his way to provoke Romero and took steps towards him, then I don’t really have a problem with Romero pushing him away. Why does he have to let anyone get in his face? You don’t know what your knee jerk reaction would be in that situation. Again, I get it, he could have stepped away but if all we’re talking about is a push, I don’t think that a very minor lack of judgment is worth a suspension. Let’s see what the courts decide… even if a suspension is warranted (if we find out that there’s more to this story), I don’t think that it’s going to be anything major.

I know A-Rod did roids, Geoff…I’m saying prove that Rollins did roids.

As for this situation, if Bobby Parnell or some other Mets bullpen pitcher hit a fan I guarantee you would all be calling for his head. You’re all acting hypocritical. What was he defending himself from? A guy yelling over a railing? He didn’t throw anything at him. He didn’t threaten him in anyway. He just accused him of doing roids. My friend threw a water bottle at Chipper Jones at a game in 2003. Chipper didn’t get in the stands and look for who did it, he turned around and gave the finger. My friend was later ejected from the Vet. Romero shouldn’t have pushed him or did anything. He should have gotten a security guard at the park to escort him out of the game.

A little shove when a fan was aggressively taunting? C’mon, we’re all human. No one was hurt. The idea that this was right on the edge of going more violent and thus tragic is ridiculous.

Romero should get a gentle slap on the hand. Nothing more. And I’d say the same thing if it were a Met.

YOu hear what is said and see whats thrown at the guys int eh visiting bullpen at CBP? its a miracle none of those guys attacked anyone yet…because theyre PROFESSIONALS.

haha Geoff, they’re not going to get it. If Cole Hamels was a terrorist and blew up the Sears Tower the fans here would probably say it’s okay.

Don M…what do you do for a living?

im sure they would phil, lol

He’s human..humans make mistakes…just because he is a pro-ball player Romero should be void of all emotions? I don’t think so. It’s so easy to sit here and say he shoulda done this or that.
IMO, A**Clown Eaton should be barred/banned from attending any games for a period of time. There’s responsibility from both parties.

I agree that JC deserves a suspension, but I’m not sure he will get one if he isn’t prosecuted, which seems fairly likely.

To Geoff, as I’ve said before you hated JC from the second the suspension went down, and you continue to make irrational claims about how we should get rid of him. Escalona and Bastardo are NOT, I repeat NOT, going to be as successful in the pen as Romero. I’m sorry you can’t admit that. Romero obviously has command issues but so does half the bullpen. His ERA is in the mid 3s and that’s fine for me. We need him on the team.