Aug 17 2009
Eye for an eye
Time for a post about Philly sports. If you think I’m avoiding talking about the Eagles signing Michael Vick, it’s true. I’m sure there are plenty of other blogs talking about it so I will touch on a more humorous story. Pitcher Brett Myers has suffered a minor setback in his recovery and his hope to return to the Phillies. No, it has nothing to do with his repaired hip. Instead, Myers hurt his eye over the weekend. When I heard the news yesterday, it was the same as the “official” story from Brett, that he tripped and fell while getting out of a truck and banged his eye causing it to swell up.
I later found out that there are a lot of questions surrounding Myers’ story. Brett admitted that the reported original reason, that he hurt his eye while playing catch with his 4-year old son, was a story that he had made up. “The reason I told the Phillies that story at first was because I felt like an idiot, a klutz. But then I felt bad so I told them the truth.” Uhh… okay. Because you felt like an idiot, you made up a lie that made you look like more of an idiot.
Then, of course, there is the rumor swirling that Myers was somehow involved in an altercation that took place that same night in a Jacksonville, FL bar. One witness says that a friend of Brett’s was involved, but Brett was not. I think a bar fight makes for a better story than both of the scenarios Myers came up with, but he denies that he was involved. I guess I believe him but it kinda makes you wonder.
