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Maybe he was kidding. Maybe not.

You've no doubt heard what supposedly happened in the Phillies clubhouse after Game 5. Various media outlets reported that Brett Myers made a snide comment to Cole Hamels - something on the order of "what are you still doing here? I thought you quit." Myers told two Inquirer reporters yesterday that there was no confrontation - that he and Hamels are tight and he was just messing around.

Could be. But here's the thing: Myers apparently told that same joke several times that evening in a room full of reporters. Players - like sportswriters - are notorious for busting chops. But if it was all in good fun, why crack on your boy in front of a pack of people who will turn your words into national news? It doesn't make...