August 29, 2003

"An all-timer" : is how one veteran described Larry Bowa's tirade after the Phillies completed a 1-9 road trip. The manager blow up: the best of baseball.

posted by garfield to baseball at 01:45 PM - 4 comments

But the Phillies have been a bunch of Lollygaggers all season! Seriously, is there another team that has underperformed as much as they have. At the beginning of the season, I thought they would at least give the Braves a run for the division, and what's Pat Burrell's average again these days?

posted by trox at 01:53 PM on August 29, 2003

All I know is, they KILL the damned Cardinals. And someone should tell Burrell to stop going to Vanilla Ice's hairdresser.

posted by wfrazerjr at 03:26 PM on August 29, 2003

I'm guessing everyone started tuning Bowa out after the 50th temper tantrum this season. With a postseason race this tight, I'm pretty sure Tony Peņa cracking jokes to keep everyone loose is more effective than Bowa screaming until he's blue, again. I hate being around people that can't keep a level head under pressure. I work with a lady that "gives up" every time she has a computer problem, while raging about how much she "hates the computer" and "why won't it just work," and on and on. Instead of working on a solution, some people (like my colleague and Larry Bowa) just scream at the problem. It's not effective. It is entertaining, though...

posted by dusted at 03:34 PM on August 29, 2003

I wonder who was screaming for more respect in that Kerrigan/Myers spat. Joe Kerrigan is a fine pitching coach as long as he stays in that position. He just sucks as a manager.

posted by jerseygirl at 10:07 PM on August 29, 2003

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