Cole Hamels called into the Beningo & Roberts in the Midday show this afternoon on New York’s WFAN to do a little World Series video promotion and bash Jose Reyes and the Mets.  The World Series MVP was about as blunt as an athlete could be during the interview, poking fun at Jose Reyes’ 3rd inning home run celebrations and calling the Mets “choke artists” when questioned.

Here’s the conversation, conveniently outlined in block quotes:

(Cole Hamels’ “uhhhh’s” and “ya know’s” have been omitted for your reading pleasure)

Evan Roberts: I heard a story, during the LCS, that Shane Victorino when he hit that big home run off of Sabathia in the first round, ya know, was getting a little excited.  So some guys in the Phillies locker room — maybe it was you — put a picture of Jose Reyes or you wrote the name “J. Reyes” with a question mark to kind of send a message — this is true.  Elaborate on this story, cause all of us in New York wants to hear about it, go ahead…

Cole Hamels: Well, I’m hoping I don’t hurt too many people right here with this…

ER: Nah, go ahead.

CH: You know, when Jose Reyes hits home runs, he points his finger up like he won the game and he might have hit it only in the first inning or the third inning.  Well, when Shane did it, he did the same exact thing so we were like, “Hey Shane, this doesn’t win the game, we still got a lot of game to play.  Why are you trying to be like Jose Reyes?” And so that was kinda where it came from was — even though you hit the big home run, you don’t need the [???].  You just need to run around the bases and just kinda get the game started.  So, that’s kinda where it came from.

ER: Are you trying to say you hate Jose Reyes, is that fair?

CH: No, I think he’s a great player.  But when he hits a home run off you, it’s one of those things where you’re not a big fan of the big home run or giving up the big home run but I think it’s all in perspective of respect the game — run around like you’ve done it before, don’t act like it’s the best thing on the face of this planet because you could easily lose a game even though you hit a home run.

Then Beningo & Roberts verbally fellate Cole for about five minutes before getting into the whole thing about the Mets choking.  Mr. Hamels chose to be honest and did not disappoint:

Evan Roberts: Do you think the Mets are choke artists?  A lot of Mets fans think they are, but from afar, do you look at them and say, you know what?  We know they’re gonna find a way to lose this thing.

Cole Hamels: Last year and this year, I think we did believe that.  Three years ago we didn’t because they smoked everybody.  And I really thought that was the year they were gonna go to the World Series — unfortunately it didn’t happen.  But that’s kinda what we believe and I think we’re always gonna believe it until they prove us wrong.

ER: So you say the Mets are choke artists?

CH: Yeah, yeah, for the past two years, they’ve been choke artists.

Now, as awesome as that interview was, it’s definitely gonna get blown way out of proportion.  Seriously, Cole was just being honest.  I know it’s rare for an athlete nowadays, but what was he gonna do?  Call them a clutch team?

Good interview, Cole.  Fuck the Mets.

Here’s the audio:

Cole Hamels on WFAN

I’ve been sitting on this Chase Utley “interview” from the unlistenable Boomer & Carton show for a couple days debating if it was even worth a post.  After some soul-searching (I don’t even know what that means), I decided to embed the audio and let you, the reader, decide for yourselves.

As a little primer for the interview, here are some tid-bits of knowledge you should know:

• Chase Utley is probably the most boring interview ever.
• Boomer & Carton might be the worst sports morning show ever.
• Chase Utley was available for the interview to promote his new endorsement deal with Vaseline.
• Craig Carton used to be employed by 610 WIP, a popular AM sports talk channel on Philadelphia radio.
• While on-air, Craig Carton informed the listening audience that then-Flyer Eric Lindros missed a game because he was hungover from the night before.
• The Philadelphia Flyers disagreed, said he was hurt, then went ahead and sued 610 WIP.
• Craig Carton was fired.

Mmm kay, I think we’re all caught up here.  Let’s go to the tape!

Chase Utley on the Boomer & Carton Show – WFAN (9/15/08)

After the jump, more words…

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By far the funniest story this weekend (or most pathetic, depending on your moral stance) was the outing of Ryan Ward, a Jersey shore resident who spent his entire summer banging unsuspecting women who were under the impression that he was actually Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain.   Although it sounds like a blast, there is apparently some crime called “criminal simulation” that Ryan committed.   With the possibility of jail time looming, he turned to The Howard Stern Show in search of a certain bloated attorney (mayday!) who may be able to help out.  Besides rehashing everything from Saturday’s story in the New York Post (including the part where he bedded between 60-100 women), Fake Joba also relays some new information including:

• Fake Joba is actually a Phillies fan born in Wilmington, DE.

• Fake Joba is going to have a face-to-face meeting with Real Joba on Friday at Yankee Stadium.  Not surprisingly, the New York Post put this together for a follow-up piece.

• Fake Joba used to be married to the daughter of Debbie McIntyre.  Debbie McIntyre was the mistress of Wilmington lawyer Thomas Capano.  Thomas Capano, if you recall, murdered Anne Marie Fahey in 1996.  The gun he killed her with was purchased by Ms. McIntyre.  Sound confusing?  Good.

• Fake Joba was the High School baseball teammate of current Toronto Blue Jay and owner of an Eagles tattoo, Kevin Mench.

• Fake Joba is “probably” facing jail time, but “really doesn’t care.”

Below, I’ve embedded the audio from the show so you, too, can hear how shady this guy is.  He talks about his Joba-induced conquests in a bragging tone, and shows absolutely zero remorse for anything he did.  It’s quite comical, actually.

The clip is actually three different clips edited together.  The first is the discussion when they find out the Fake Joba is in the building, the second is when Ba Ba Booey can’t find him, and the third is when he finally makes it into the studio.  Enjoy:

Audio: Fake Joba on Howard Stern [explicit language]

Also see:
Summer of Scam | New York Post
The true life story of the Jersey Shore’s fake Joba Chamberlain | Big League Stew

When Sarge Matthews and Tom McCarthy relieve Chris Wheeler and Harry Kalas of their broadcasting duties in the top of the 3rd inning tonight, you will probably notice that Sarge may be a little more excited than he normally is.

That’s because, for the first time, he’ll be the colorman in a game in which his son, Gary Matthews, Jr. (aka “Little Sarge) is playing. Little Sarge will most likely be patrolling centerfield for the Angels tonight when they make their first ever trek to CBP for an interleague series. His proud father will no doubt want his name sake to do well, but that doesn’t mean he’s pulling for the Halos. At least that’s what he told Angels.com,

“Being with the Phillies, having played for them and being with them now, you have to be able to pull for them,” Matthews Sr. said. “I’d like to see the Phillies win, and, obviously, I’d like to see junior do well.”

(That’s why Sarge is my favorite)

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Phillies backstop Carlos Ruiz isn’t exactly what you would call “popular” or “marketable,” but that didn’t stop the fine folks at Lincoln to seek him out for voice-over work on their local radio spots. Every couple innings during the Phils broadcast on 1210 WPHT am, a fluent, personable Ruiz pops in and tries to persuade you to drive the car he drives — the 2008 Lincoln MKS MKX . Listen to the embedded audio below the pic.

Carlos Ruiz Lincoln MKX radio spot

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