It's the middle of August, the hottest portion of the summer in the Northeast.
Here in Philadelphia, Jimmy Rollins is walking on a melting, thinning ice.
Here in Philadelphia, Phillies fans are growing tired of the stuck-up act, the me-first Ricky Watters-esque bravado that is molding the J-Roll character. It's happenstance when Jimmy Rollins does something right... and it's becoming a team-killing distraction.
I know, what Jimmy Rollins told "Best Damn Sports Show, Period!," the bottom-feeders of national sports syndication, is quasi-old news.
But the booing of the once-beloved sports figure continues... and could persist for as long as Rollins is batting in the low .260s.
Rollins, at some point in the middle of a four-game sweep to the Dodgers in Los Angeles, spoke bluntly about the Philadelphia fanbase. He called the most passionate fanbase in the world of sport "frontrunners."
Rollins had the opportunity to retract the dubious claim the very next day. He didn't...
...Well, in his way, he did...
... Well, kinda sorta...
He tried to make it sound like front-running wasn't what the word actually means: Bandwagoners. Fair-weather fans.
There was another term he should have used.
So Rollins didn't quite mean to sound so negative.
No excuse.
Jimmy Rollins returned home Tuesday night and was booed incessantly. He went 0-for-4 in his first game back on Broad Street.
Rollins, prior to the Phillies' win over the Nationals Wednesday night, manned up to his words again. He held an interview session in the dugout and was asked about the front-runner comment. I'll give him kudos for even talking to the Philadelphia media about the subject...
For a second time, Rollins had the chance to redeem himself but fell short. Instead, he compared the fans and the baseball team to that of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Please, Jimmy. Get real.
All season Rollins has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. He's having one of the worst seasons of his career, following a remarkable MVP campaign in 2007.
And as long as Rollins keeps on doing his thing -- taking the MVP for granted and, consequently, not producing at the plate -- the Phillies aren't going to make much of a fuss in September and beyond.
After all these years, Jimmy Rollins still doesn't get Philadelphia...
Here in Philadelphia, Jimmy Rollins is walking on a melting, thinning ice.
Here in Philadelphia, Phillies fans are growing tired of the stuck-up act, the me-first Ricky Watters-esque bravado that is molding the J-Roll character. It's happenstance when Jimmy Rollins does something right... and it's becoming a team-killing distraction.
I know, what Jimmy Rollins told "Best Damn Sports Show, Period!," the bottom-feeders of national sports syndication, is quasi-old news.
But the booing of the once-beloved sports figure continues... and could persist for as long as Rollins is batting in the low .260s.
Rollins, at some point in the middle of a four-game sweep to the Dodgers in Los Angeles, spoke bluntly about the Philadelphia fanbase. He called the most passionate fanbase in the world of sport "frontrunners."
Rollins had the opportunity to retract the dubious claim the very next day. He didn't...
...Well, in his way, he did...
... Well, kinda sorta...
He tried to make it sound like front-running wasn't what the word actually means: Bandwagoners. Fair-weather fans.
There was another term he should have used.
So Rollins didn't quite mean to sound so negative.
No excuse.
Jimmy Rollins returned home Tuesday night and was booed incessantly. He went 0-for-4 in his first game back on Broad Street.
Rollins, prior to the Phillies' win over the Nationals Wednesday night, manned up to his words again. He held an interview session in the dugout and was asked about the front-runner comment. I'll give him kudos for even talking to the Philadelphia media about the subject...
For a second time, Rollins had the chance to redeem himself but fell short. Instead, he compared the fans and the baseball team to that of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Please, Jimmy. Get real.
All season Rollins has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. He's having one of the worst seasons of his career, following a remarkable MVP campaign in 2007.
And as long as Rollins keeps on doing his thing -- taking the MVP for granted and, consequently, not producing at the plate -- the Phillies aren't going to make much of a fuss in September and beyond.
After all these years, Jimmy Rollins still doesn't get Philadelphia...
3 comments:
nice post Matt. He should do his taling on the field, but I don't think he ever will. Also, not a good move to get on the side of Philly fans. They're just as bad if not worse than NY fans if you don't produce, not to mention talk crap.
I know, Mets and Phillies fans are a lot alike, even though we don't wanna admit it. Mets fans booed Beltran and Alomar for years for not producing regularly. In Philadelphia, booing the star athlete is nothing new.... but that goes without saying...
I think the general feeling here was the fans would jeer Rollins that first game back and move on. Well, it's getting worse by the day. There's a smattering of cheers when he steps to the plate, but the boos are loud when he makes an out (which is just about every at-bat) or mishandles a ground ball at short.
This could get ugly.
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