“…I even exchanged my first rude words with a Philly fan in my life, if I’m not mistaken. I went to visit my dear friend Rick Maese in right field, right in the pit of baby-blue-hued PH-t-shirt-gimmicky nonsense, and I had to walk past six Phillies fans to get to Rick’s seats. When I left a few minutes later, one of the fans rolled her eyes at me. ‘Ahhhh, if you don’t like it, go back to Philly,’ were my words, more or less . How I wish she had thrown her beer on me.”

–Dan Steinberg

You heard the man.  She rolled her eyes at him.

Her eyes.

How he had the nerve to type out the incident for the rest of us to read, his hands shaking and his body shellshocked from the traumatic exchange, is beyond me.   (more…)

You can reach into his future and get your hands all over his face for your marketing purposes.  But don’t try to worm into the past and twist the relationship this team had with him in order to make him feel safe and warm in your arms.

Here are my favorite parts. (more…)