Make no mistake, the real story this morning is how Chase Utley and Cliff Lee threw the hopes of a repeat World Series title on their backs and extended the series for at least one, hopefully two, games in New York.
Chase Utley had two home runs and Lee lasted 7 innings against a relentless Yankee lineup. No matter how the series turns out, we'll talk about how those two have performed to our grandchildren.
But what will also make headlines this morning is a story about two Phillies players who have had more of a love/hate relationship with fans. According to a Yahoo! Sports report, Brett Myers and Cole Hamels got into a bit of a verbal altercation over Cole's "just put me out of my misery"-type comments following Game 4.
As Myers walked past Hamels near Hamels’ locker he said, mocking, “What are you doing here? I thought you quit.”
Hamels, the witness said, responded with an expletive.
Before the situation escalated, Myers was guided away by a team official.
It's an easy story to believe, after all, Brett Myers and Cole Hamels definitely operate on two entirely different plane of existence. Brett has tattoos, Cole has delicate bangs. Brett shoots first, asks questions later while Cole wouldn't pull a trigger without 4 days of rest.
The true personality of the team is really somewhere in the middle and while I'm glad somebody said something to Cole, I'd be more curious to see how Chase Utley or Jamie Moyer or Charlie Manuel or Jimmy Rollins would have handled it [or, for all we know, did handle it].
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Update: Multiple sources are now debunking the story above. Not sure who to believe at this point. My guess is that Myers did actually say that to Hamels, but jokingly, and Hamels took it that way.
