As we all know, Ren and I are big fans of Philly sports, particularly the Phils and the Birds.
Over the past baseball season we've learned some things about on of our favorite Phils, Shane Victorino. Ren was an early fan on the Flyin' Hawaiian for obvious reasons - his speed, consistency, rocket arm and generally what just seemed like good natured sportsmanship.
Two things happened this year to make us think otherwise:
Incident #1 - Each year the Phillies host "Photo Day" usually held on a Saturday or Sunday, it gives fans the opportunity to come a few hours early for a day game, and get a chance to take pictures and get autographs from all of the players. My cousin took his 9-year old son, and huge Phillies fan out to photo day. Came home with tons of pictures, some great and stories about players who were really nice and genuine (believe it or not, they found Pat the Pat to be among the nicest, friendliest players, particularly to the kids), but also came home with a huge case of disappointment in one particular Phil - Shane Victorino. Apparently, Mr. Dicktorino (as I now refer to him) was down right dismissive to the children, and seemed too good to take some time, sign a few autographs and snap a few pictures. Now, this could be an isolated incident, maybe he was having a bad day, maybe there was a medical emergency that required him to bypass the children and get to the clubhouse, maybe he signed more than everyone else and was spent for the day. Hell, my cousin, unlike his son, is a Yankees fan and I wouldn't put it past him to make a snide comment. I'm willing to let him slide, and think he was just busy and/or in a hurry. Sure, Howard, Chutley, Camels and even Harry the K were friendly enough as evidenced by some great photo ops, so why wouldn't the Hawaiian be? But that leads me to...
Incident #2 - Ren receives Sports Illustrated, compliments of his lovely wife, me. I flip through it from time to time, especially for the regular columns in the front of the mag. I guess each issue they do a "Pop Culture" grid where they take a handful of players from various sports/teams, and ask them the same random 5 questions. Shane Victorino was among those questioned.
Question #1 - "I'm Superbad when I...." most answers here were of the "when I'm golfing" nature. Victorino's answer "Get around women."
Question #2 - "What is in your pocket?" All of the answers, except his were some combination of wallet, keys and cell phone. His answer "Wallet, cell phone, Trojans" and I am assuming here that he cannot fit the USC football team in his pocket. ." Wow.... professional baseball players get lots of girls????????? Go figure.
Question #4 - "Boxers or Briefs"..... to me there are two answers here (well three, since a few went the boxer-brief route). But his answer , "None I go commando." Being that you sweat in a uniform for at least 3 hours a day, I find this just disgusting.
Question #5 - "Person I am dying to have dinner with?" Should be an insightful answer that illustrates the type of person you are. Once again, Victorino has a doosey - "Jessica Biel."
What is he gong for here? Is he trying to come off as an a-hole? I mean seriously. Maybe I feel this way because I am a woman, but I feel like if this is the kind of guy you are, then you deserve the trashy groupies who hang around professional athletes looking for a piece. I'd hope that Sports Illustrated draws a slightly more sophisticated readership of men than that of Maxim or Stuff, which would be a more appropriate venue for such answers.
First you're too good to take a picture with a 9-year old fan, then you think you're cool cause you let your disease infested junk hang out there, while fishing for your Trojans and waiting for Jessica Biel to dump JT and return your calls? You're not even among the top 5 best-looking Phillies!
Grow up, Shane, grow up. And put on some dang underwear.
-posted by Ariel
2 comments:
Ok so I'm not sure why Shane dismissed a 9-year old fan, but we're never going to know that so I'm going to continue loving the Flyin' Hawaiian.
But have you ever heard of a joke? I have only ever heard that Shane Victorino is both super nice and funny. How can you base your impression of him on a 5-question survey from sports illustrated...that I personally thought was hilarious? He was probably trying to think of answers that would make people laugh.
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