OT: Halladay Apologizes to Fans

J-Roc · Post #1 » by **J-Roc** » Sun May 12, 2013 5:49 pm

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phil ... -fans.html

It's tough. You feel an obligation to the organization, to your teammates, to the fans to try to go out and pitch. Especially on a competitive team that sells out. For me, that was a big factor. If I'm playing for a last-place team and there's things going on, you maybe speak up. But we have a chance to go win a World Series and we have sellouts and fans have expectations. You want to do everything you can to try to make it work.

Q: No one doesn’t like you.

Halladay: If I paid $60 and the team was down 9-0 when I showed up, I wouldn’t like me.

Santoki · Post #2 » by **Santoki** » Sun May 12, 2013 6:06 pm

"It’s hard to explain how much you appreciate them when you come from places where you don’t have fans like that. I think it’s important to recognize them".

He might not have meant it, but it certainly comes off as a shot against Jays fans.

Tyrone Slothrop · Post #3 » by **Tyrone Slothrop** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:30 pm

Santoki wrote:"It’s hard to explain how much you appreciate them when you come from places where you don’t have fans like that. I think it’s important to recognize them".

He might not have meant it, but it certainly comes off as a shot against Jays fans.

If anyone's going to take it that way, it's DEFINITELY going to be Jays fans

Randle McMurphy · Post #4 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun May 12, 2013 11:17 pm

Only Doc would apologize to the fans for being unable to pitch through a torn rotator cuff. I do wonder who will take the chance on him next season. I suppose he could even be in play for the Jays depending on what their rotation situation is.

whysoserious · Post #5 » by **whysoserious** » Mon May 13, 2013 2:18 pm

Santoki wrote:"It’s hard to explain how much you appreciate them when you come from places where you don’t have fans like that. I think it’s important to recognize them".

He might not have meant it, but it certainly comes off as a shot against Jays fans.

You can read in to it what you want. And there definitely seems to be elements there but I think his point is more about acknowledging the Philly fans as opposed to taking a shot at Jays fans or fans in Toronto.

Toronto has some of the best fans ever, but it's been a long time since they've had anything to cheer about consistently. The Jays really havent fielded a contending team in over 20 years and still they have a great core of fans.