1.  No, it was not “like” the Steve Bartman thing.  Not even close.

2.  I would have shrieked at him too, then again, I shriek at most people on the street who aren’t even doing anything and also I am a dangerous psychopath.

3.  A fan’s reflex is to catch a ball coming toward them.  A player’s reflex is to catch any ball they can.  This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

3.  Jokes relating this to the Werth/Jen Utley rumors = no.  Not for any other reason than simply “not a humorous thing,” for the same reasons no one laughs at George Lopez or a newspaper article about tax reform.

4.  Yeah, he should apologize.  But this is also another casualty of the whole “baseball is a job that happens to be performed in front of a huge audience” thing.  The Phillies needed a win here, and when this happened, it seemed like a fan had reached up and snagged any chance of a W out of the air and given it to his son.  Anybody would be mad if they couldn’t catch a break while desperately needing one.

Jayson was pissed.  We all are. Some people think the worst thing that can happen is “shouting.”

It’s not.

5.  And, because baseball punishes those in search of second chances, I did not see us winning that game.

6.  Maybe our concern should be on why Shane Victorino’s knee jerk reaction to a thrilling victory is to mimic stabbing someone through the torso rather than Jayson Werth being pissed he couldn’t make a play through no fault of his own.

7.  The Good Phight linked to this first but the contrast is pretty hilarious.

8.  Ha ha, okay, yeah, he should definitely apologize.

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