You know.....

The Phillies haven't scored many runs since they took away the binoculars.

Just sayin'.

The Hall of Fame wants Eric Bruntlett's jersey?

So I see that the Baseball Hall of Fame for some reason has requested the jersey of Eric Bruntlett who turned an unassisted triple play to end the Phillies/Mets game Sunday.

Without ever having been to the Hall of Fame, I think it is now safe to say that they have too much stuff. They just do.

Eric Bruntlett's feat of course was not a difficult baseball play and was a consequence of being in the "right place at the right time". Kind of like being a lottery winner or the 10 million'th person to enter a stadium and we don't usually celebrate those people, other than maybe taking their picture and giving them a handshake.

Do they have the cleats of the shoe that Vince Coleman wore when he got stuck and rolled into the tarp that one game?

Do they have those beer bottles that Joe Charboneau opened up with his eye socket?

Do they have any broken or burned records from Disco Demolition Night?

Where does it end?

If Topps somehow got a hold of that jersey and cut it up, what would the game used jersey card be worth? A couple dollars? Ok, more but still.

If the Hall of Fame moves a Babe Ruth bat, or even Eddie Gaedel's bat, for this jersey, I am not going to be a happy camper. I just won't.

Brett Myers' black eye

Brett Myers of the Phillies who has been out since May 28 due to a torn labrum in his right hip was forced to miss his first scheduled rehab start Saturday as he is sporting a swollen eye. Unfortunately, the Phillies really don't know how he got it.

Per AP, Myers originally said Saturday that he injured his eye while playing catch with his 4-year-old son. Later that day, Myers told Phillies GM, Ruben Amara Jr. that he actually slipped while getting out his truck and hit his face Friday night.

"Brett told us one story and then he told us this story," Phillies spokesman Kevin Gregg said, "We were misinformed by Brett."

Of course, Brett Myers is the same guy who was arrested for beating his wife in the middle of the street a few years ago.

Look, I don't know how Myers got his black eye. Apparently, neither do the Phillies.

I bet his wife knows how it happened.

Hey Phillies, aren't guaranteed contracts just great?

What's with Jamie Moyer?

With the arrival of Pedro Martinez tonight, Jamie Moyer is the odd man out in the Phillies rotation and is being sent to the bullpen.

He is not happy about it.

Per David Murphy at the Philadelphia Daily News, this is what Moyer had to say about it:

"I'm just going to tell you that, you know what, I'm not really happy with the decision that the Phillies have made. I really felt that Ruben (Phillies GM) kind of parlayed to me that this type of situation would not happen. I actually even had some conversation with David Montgomery and them reassuring me this type of situation won't happen."

"I feel a little bit like I've been misled. I feel like I've played this game long enough that the respect factor should be there."

Ok. Let's break this down, shall we? Moyer has a 5.47 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP which are frankly terrible numbers and probably unacceptable for any major league team not named the Pirates.

Here are the ERA's of the Phillies starting five:

Hamels - 4.77 (High but he's not going anywhere)
Lee - 2.95 (2008 A.L. Cy Young winner)
Blanton - 4.02
Happ - 2.75
Pedro Martinez - Hall-of-famer arrives today and will not be blocked by a 5.47 ERA.

Ok, so who among the above five pitchers is Moyer better than right now? Yep, nobody and it ain't even close and you don't expand to a 6 man rotation to accommodate a 5.47 ERA.

I am going to assume that Ruben Amaro is a competent GM and did not promise a spot in the Phillies rotation, let alone a roster spot, to a 46 year old pitcher. Frankly if he did, the Phillies need a new GM so I am going to have to give Amaro the benefit of the doubt on this one.

So why, other than this alleged promise of a fixed rotation spot, does Moyer think he belongs there?

I am all ears.

Waiting.

When was the last time someone bought a ticket to watch the umpires?

This is what Shane Victorino should have asked when he was being thrown out of the game by an umpire 300 feet away who did not like that he raised his hands while standing in center field in reaction to a ball/strike call.

Hey guys, nobody pays to watch you call a game! You are not the show here.

Can't we provoke them to resign in mass like they did years ago and then rehire new ones?

We need a labor dispute or something.

No bobbleheads tonight. We are throwing them out.

Per the Clearwater Threshers, a minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, website, the Pat Burrell bobblehead promotion scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled. The Threshers were having bi-weekly World Series bobblehead giveaways to celebrate the Phillies winning the 2008 World Series. The plan was to give away a bobblehead of every starting player in the Phillies 2008 World Series lineup. The Threshers had previously given away bobbleheads of Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins but the Pat Burell bobblehead giveaway as well as all future bobblehead promotions have been cancelled due to....(petty behavior upcoming)....the Tampa Bay Rays who probably not coincidentally lost to the Phillies in the 2008 World Series.

Apparently (and I should note that the Threshers are too diplomatic to mention this on their website but this has been confirmed through other sources), the Rays have chosen to execute a rarely used agreement between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball that allows any MLB club to prohibit a minor league franchise within 60 miles of their club to give away bobblehead dolls at any game. I guess the Rays are pathetically claiming that these 1500 bobbleheads given away at a minor league game nearby will negatively affect their gate. I say pathetic because it truly is pathetic for any major league team to be at all concerned with the actions of a low minor league affiliate of another major league team that just so happens to play near them. That is not being very neighborly if you ask me.

To the Rays, you are assured of bad karma for the foreseeable future and I personally am wishing the following things happen to your franchise:

1. I hope a potential game winning home run hits one of those weird catwalks above the field in your park and lands in the mitt of an opposing infielder. (Bad karma not over)

2. I hope Scott Kazmir never gets off the DL. (I like Kazmir and all but there is some bad karma going on out there for some reason)

3. I hope the Florida legislature led by the Clearwater congressmen pass a law that taxes the Rays profits at a 100% rate. If there are no profits (which I suspect is the case), all the better.

Sorry! Hell hath no fury like a bobblehead collector scorned!