03 August 2009
It’s not easy for me to name my most hated Phillie, because quite frankly I hate all of them. And in recent years, this page would have been reserved for Pat Burrell. But with Burrell’s departure there’s a new public enemy, and his name is Shane Victorino. Its hard for me to say this, but Victorino is everything I love in a baseball player. He is undersized and scrappy, but he is also fundamentally sound, he plays hard, he is a great defensive player and he has a knack for collecting clutch hits. He’s the type of guy I would want on my team any day of the week. But as a Mets fan, he is nothing more than a thorn in my side. I feel like he always comes up with a big hit and always runs down the tough fly ball. Plain and simple, I hate him. And I find it ridiculous that he whines and bitches like a little girl when Jose Reyes hits a home run and points to the sky, and yet he has the nerve to do the same thing in a playoff game. It was basically a big “fuck you” to the Mets. At some point in this rivalry there will be a Mets-Phillies brawl, and I hope Jose gets his chance to take a swing at the “Flying Hawaiin”. What a queer nickname.
Shane Victorino
