Who's The Joke On?

A lot of people are talking about the video of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick getting punked by teammate Brett Myers. Myers went out of his way to pull off the prank, going so far as to bring in the manager to break the trade news to Kendrick and several members of the media who asked questions about the trade, which was to a Japanese team for a pitcher named Takeru Kobayashi. Yes, that's the same Kobayashi that has won the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest six times. I feel sick just thinking about that guy chowing down whole hot dogs.

Anyway, Kendrick certainly doesn't seem like the brightest bulb in the socket because he doesn't recognize the name Kobayashi or even realize that American teams aren't allowed to trade players to Japan. For that matter, he was never once concerned that his agent never called to tell him about the trade. So he sort of had it coming.

Here's the video in case you've had your head buried in the sand and haven't seen it yet:



Anyway, after watching the video a few times (works been kind of slow), I realized that the joke is actually on the Phillies because Kendrick looks jacked and pumped to be getting traded. Yeah, he'll be getting a big raise but I think he also realizes that he's getting out of that dump called Philadelphia and Japan can't be any worse. He's even wondering if they have good food in Japan. So, congratulations, Philly, you've got yourself a pitcher who would rather play for Japan than your team.

As a side note to Myers, he's a total loser and that's being way too nice. The Phillies came to Boston two years ago and Myers was walking down Boylston Street with his wife when he decided to start punching her and dragging her by the hair. So I have no clue why Myers would want to draw any type of attention to himself with a stunt like this. I just wish that when people mentioned the fact that Myers is a real club house clown that they'd also mention the fact that he beats his wife. Here's one of the hundreds of articles that was written at the time: Visiting Player Hit Wife