Losers
Remember when I said I might have been lucky not to go to a Phillies game? Well, I’m pretty sure of it now. One of the team’s owners, former managing partner Bill Giles, just got back from a trip to Italy and promptly put both feet in his mouth. The stuff about how the team owners really want to win and David Montgomery, the current managing partner, is doing a sensational job is frustrating but probably within the boundaries of “Well what do you expect him to say?” But then he has to offer his opinion on the Brett Myers fiasco, saying that Myers did nothing wrong and was really just trying to help his wife, despite other witnesses and police reports to the contrary. Montgomery came out today and said that Giles must have misunderstood what Montgomery was telling him about the incident. Which means that one of the team owners has a problem with listening comprehension and doesn’t have the sense to keep his mouth shut about events he doesn’t have any real knowledge or understanding of. Great.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.
Wednesday, July 12th 2006 at 5:47 pm |
The Phillies seem to be tripping over themselves to screw this up in the most spectacular way. If the idea of not benching Myers was that he had not been convicted in court yet and we should wait for the legal process to run its course, why is Giles second guessing witnesses? The simple answer, of course, is, he’s a moron. That seems to always be the answer to go with when the Phillies are involved.
I wonder how many people have cashed in their season ticket packages since this started?