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| 25th October, 2008 - 9:22 am | ESPN - The Phillies were upset that only the team's starting players were announced prior to Game 1 on the World Series in Tampa Bay.
"It's disappointing and some guys were extremely mad about it," Matt Stairs said early Friday evening. "I think it's bootleg when you have the World Series and guys are jogging out to the line and they don't take the extra five minutes to introduce the players."
Jimmy Rollins, the team's union representative, felt badly for some of the team's older players.
"As far as each player being announced, it should be," Rollins said. "You worked this hard all year long and you're the last two teams left.
"I thought it was kind of cheap those guys didn't get the chance to get recognized. It took 25 players to get here, and each one of them should have been recognized. Bottom line."
The Phillies are trying to do something about it, saying that Fox Television asked baseball to forgo the tradition. [READ] |
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