How quickly they turn

Per Frank Fitzpatrick of the Philadelphia Inquirer:

"(Cole) Hamels will never be one of us and it's not his fault.

The whiny voice. The fashion-mag looks. He was born with those. In Southern California, no less.

That's all fine for him. But it's grating to us."

"It's easier to imagine him as a waiter in a trendy restaurant ("Hi, I'm Cole. I'll be your waiter. Would you like to hear our specials?"); a dance instructor ("You call that a battement fondue?"); an architect* (If I don't use dentil molding, it could ruin the neoclassical motif.") or a model ("Work it, Cole. Work it!")"

If they keep it up, maybe he will do what anybody else in his situation would do** and file for free agency when he is eligible and then the city can finally be rid of this guy they perceive as a problem. ("Get out of here already guy!")

*I have never thought of architects as wimpy guys but maybe that is just me. They design big and strong buildings, don't they?

**"That crap was hard enough for two years. They expect way too much." Billy Wagner on Philly fans.