March 3, 2009
Brandon Phillips, Brown-noser
In a quote from Reds reporter John Fay’s blog, Brandon Phillips had this to say.
I don’t believe that on-base percentage stuff. That’s overrated to me. If you get hits, you’ll be on base. That’s what it’s about.
My first reaction is similar to Fay’s and others: that it does nothing more than piss off baseball fans with brains. However, the more I think about it, the more I think the quote wasn’t for us.
Phillips was directing that comment directly to “manager” Dusty Baker. That’s right, Brandon Phillips is kissing ass.
Of course he is gonna brown nose Baker. What other manager would lock him in the cleanup spot 2 months before the regular season is slated to begin?
I’m as big a Brandon Phillips fans as there is, but even I don’t know what kind of an idiot would have him batting clean up.