ATLANTA -- Talk about a busy news day. To recap:* Brett Myers went on the DL and started losing his mind.
* Ryan Howard came off the DL and looked like his old self.
* Chris Coste was assigned to double-A Reading. It was his choice not to go to triple-A Ottawa.
* Mike Zagurski -- "Call him Bronko," Myers wise-cracked -- was called up from double-A Reading and pitched a scoreless inning.
Real estate is precious in the 50-cent edition these days, so you probably had to dig to find this nugget. Jon Lieber, Dontrelle Willis and Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez were fined an undisclosed sum for their roles in Thursday night's dugouts- and bullpens-clearing flareup in Florida. And, unfortunately, when you came upon that info, this quote wasn't present. I left it out. My bad.
"If there’s bad blood, we shouldn’t be over there kissy-facing before the game, high-fiving and enjoying their company," Charlie Manuel said of the simmering Phils-Marlins feud. "When you put this uniform on, you go out there to win the game, and actually, it’s a fight.”
Manuel and several other Phillies coaches, including Davey Lopes and Jimy Williams, have been unhappy with the glad-handing that goes on before games. In their playing days, they insist players fraternized less on the field, and they addressed the issue during their long team meeting April 21 in Cincinnati. Listening to Manuel today, it's apparently still an issue.
Oh, and Jamie Moyer beat the Braves for the first time in 20 years. Phils are back to .500 -- again -- and tomorrow, Adam Eaton will try to help in their latest attempt to achieve a winning record for the first time all season.
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Just a note, it's Zagurski, not Nagurski.
Another note about Coste: after listening to asst. GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. talk last night to the Phils broadcasters about how Coste is "still a part of our club", I'm lead to believe that Barajas will indeed be traded or released once the date for trading your free-agent signings (anyone know when that is?) arrives.
Rob: Thanks for having my back. It's been a long week. Want a job as a newspaper editor?
I wouldn't get your hopes up about Barajas being traded, although, if the Phillies thought they could get a decent return, I'm sure they would consider it. I think there's a better chance Coste gets moved to a second-division team that's looking for a cheap, and potentially productive, catching option.
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