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It seems that Brett Myers has a temper… anybody surprised?  After giving up two homeruns in the ninth inning during Saturday night’s game, surrendering the lead and the series to the Padres, Myers had a few choice words for a reporter.  The reporter, Sam Carchidi from the Inquirer seemed to just encourage Myers, trying to provoke him into doing something he might regret.  Don’t we have enough to worry about as our chance at making the playoffs again looks like it is slipping away?

To set this up, here’s a snippet from the wrap-up article for the game on phillies.com.

Kevin Kouzmanoff and Terrmel Sledge quickly quieted the 37,957 fans at Citizens Bank Park, delivering ninth-inning homers, though Myers didn’t agree with either call. 

“I wanted to win that game. I lost on two popups,” Myers said. “Sledge didn’t even know where the ball went and it lands in the flower bed. What are you going to do? I fell behind and threw him a fastball in a good spot, good location. Popups go straight out of here.” 

Criticism of the park aside, Myers (2-5) couldn’t get his team to the dugout with a tie score. Already frustrated at having given up home runs on balls he felt were fly balls, Myers lashed out when a reporter questioned that contention, offering that Kouzmanoff’s ball was well hit.

Myers didn’t appreciate it and he and the writer exchanged words, with Myers having to be restrained by teammates Pat Burrell and Antonio Alfonseca.

You can listen to the audio of the fight here at

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 (mp3), or read my attempt at transcribing it below… 

Myers:     Guess it wasn’t the right pitch.
Carchidi:  Looked like the one to Kouzmanoff was on the outside corner, is that…
Myers:     Yeah it was a good fastball, down and away.  And then, uh, Sledge… I looked at it on tape, looked like he didn’t even see where it went.
Carchidi:  You thought they both were popups?
Myers:     Yeah didn’t you?  Do you think they crushed them?
Carchidi:  The first one I thought was out, second one…
Myers:     Yeah cuz you’re a retard, you don’t know shit about fucking baseball, you’re filling in for somebody.
Carchidi:  How do you spell retard?  Since I’m a retard, I don’t know how to spell it.
Myers:     Uh, You know how to spell it, it’s in your… it’s in your fucking vocabulary, I’m sure you know.
[Background noise, others trying to break it up]
Carchidi:  You are classy, I’ll tell you.
Myers:     Alright, go home.  Outta here, you fucking idiot.
Carchidi:  No, you’re the fucking idiot.
Myers:    Hey, you point at me mother fucker!?  I’ll tell you what dude, I will knock you the fuck out.  You’re tough when fucking people are standing in front of you, aren’t you you piece of shit?  You fucking idiot, yeah, you’re tough when fucking people are standing in front of you, you stupid ass.
Carchidi:  He called me a retard?
Myers:     Yeah that’s right, you’re a fucking idiot!  You ask stupid ass fucking questions!
???:          Whoa whoa, don’t be a tough guy, just walk out.
Myers:     It’s a shame you’ve got a fucking job!
???:          Why are you still standing there, walk away!