Just Another Day in the Life

Brett Myers has taken much in stride during his few years as a pitcher in Philadelphia - the harsh booing from the notoriously brutal Philly crowd, year after year of 'almost but not quite' in the playoff race, allegedly beating his wife publically in midtown Boston - wait, what?

If you were as shocked by the last statement as I was, you can join the thousands of others sans, of course, Brett Myers. Hours after Myers was arrested for an alleged domestic assault against his wife openly in the city of Boston and soon after Myers was released from prison on 200 dollars bail posted by his wife, he was out in the open, talking to the press. How did he handle it? What remorse, if any, was shown? For Myers - none.

"I'm sorry it had to get public. Of course it's embarassing." That's all the Phillies ace had to say on the topic. No apology. No remorse. Not even an inkling of regret. Myers is sorry he got caught not for what happened, plain and simple - that much is clear from his ice cold responses.

So what did the Phillies, as an organization, do following the incident? Why, they trotted him out there to pitch his next start, a day and a half after the alleged incident. Sounds like swift justice to me.

"I think getting back on the mound will be good for him and I think he's ready," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I don't think this is going to be a big distraction at all for him." Nevermind how having a domestic assault case fresh off your hands couldn't be distracting to Myers, what about the rest of his teammates? How do they feel about going to war with a man who allegedly put welts on his wife and mother of two in public?

The Phillies complete failure to act aside, the question now that begs to be asked is - is this an isolated incident? This being purely speculation, but Myers' cold, remorseless and manufactured response makes one think if this is run of the mill, routine or simply a happening in his life. Secondly, that very same aforementioned response has almost villified him up with the likes of John Rocker or OJ, at least in the hearts of baseball fans.

So where does this circus lead us to next? Perhaps I'm wrong about all of this, maybe it was one grand ole' misunderstanding and I'll be shown the err of my ways, but I doubt it. The only thing I can guarentee, at this stage of the game, is that the fans won't be as forgiving of the situation as he seems to be.